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Shortleaf Stable homebred Caddo River has been retired from racing and is to begin his stallion career in 2024 in Arkansas.

After some extra time to catch ones breath, or jump-start ones bank account, live racing at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort is back for its first three-day weekend of the season today through Sunday.

A look at some of the horses set to complete in various Breeders' Cup races at the World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita.

Paramount Prince won the newly renamed King's Plate in Canada and 3-year-old fillies took their star turn on both dirt and turf in weekend horse racing.

After winning her first stakes race on July 15 and her second on Aug. 13, the 35-year-old trainer Lindsay Schultz enjoyed the biggest win of her three-year career when Whelen Springs surged past Trademark at the sixteenths pole to score a half-length win in Saturday’s $250,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.

John Ed Anthony, a longtime Thoroughbred owner and breeder, offers his thoughts on how the sport has changed over the years.

Shortleaf Stable’s homebred Vivar held off the late charge of Therapist to win the inaugural running of the $175,000 Chorleywood Overnight Stakes on Saturday at Ellis Park.

J. Keeler Johnson analyzes the potential of Vino Rosso to develop into a sire of classics contenders.

Shortleaf Stable’s Kentucky homebred Bubble Rock made an off-the-pace rush under Joel Rosario to score a half-length win in Sunday’s $150,000 License Fee, a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for older fillies and mares, at Belmont Park.