Coming off a fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), Litmus Test defeated stablemates Blacksmith and Provenance in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) for a Bob Baffert-trained trifecta.
Haras Rio Iguassu's 5-year-old Obataye surged past five rivals in the final furlong to capture the 1 1/2-mile Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional (G1) Dec. 13 at Hipodromo de San Isidro, earning a spot in the 2026 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T).
Originally scheduled to begin Dec. 21, racing on Sundays at Tampa Bay Downs will not begin until Jan. 4, with the two missed days to be made up on Thursdays in February.
Touchuponastar has now gone one better in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes than his sire, Star Guitar, winning the $150,000 state-bred race for a fourth year in a row, surpassing Star Guitar's three-peat.
Unraced since the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), trainer Doug Cowans provides an update on star marathoner Next as he gears up at Turfway Park for a potential final season in 2026.
After missing out on his few opportunities to run the dirt marathon distances in 2025, Next is back in training with Doug Cowans at Turfway Park as they assess a potential final season in 2026.
Tappan Street, last seen in action while upsetting Sovereignty in the $1.02 million Florida Derby (G1) March 29, has been entered to return in a mile allowance optional claimer Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park.
In the eighth and final race Dec. 12 at Fair Grounds, veteran jockey Jareth Loveberry scored the 2,000th win of his career, guiding the front-running Island Cabana to victory for trainer Justin Jeansonne.
Trainer Linda Rice captured a record 165th training win on the New York Racing Association circuit for 2025 when Snide posted a 28-1 upset in the fourth race Dec. 12 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Dylan Browne McMonagle admits it will be hard to top his breakthrough 2025, when he won his first Irish jockeys' championship and scored in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Del Mar, but he has no intention of resting on his laurels.
Two starters from the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), 2024 participant Skelly and 2025 runner Banishing, headline the $150,000 Ring The Bell Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at 6 furlongs Dec. 13 at Oaklawn Park.
The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) Dec. 14 is the first of three big races for Japanese 2-year-olds with connections hoping to find contenders for next year's Classics.
A 17-horse field has been entered for the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional (G1) at Hipodromo de San Isidro Dec. 13 in Argentina, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.
Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of equine herpesvirus type 1, also known as EHV-1. The track canceled live racing Dec. 21 and Dec. 28.