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National Rulings February 5 – February 11, Vet McCrosky Banned 24 Years

on 02/11/2026 5:48 PM

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)-related rulings from around the country. The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU)'s “pending” and “resolved” cases portals. Among this week's rulings, a HIWU arbitrator has banned I...

Journalism Nearing Return to Worktab, ‘Postured for a Serious, Serious Campaign’

on 02/11/2026 4:59 PM

Last year's GI Preakness S., GI Santa Anita Derby and GI NYRA Bets Haskell S. winner Journalism (Curlin), back in training with Michael McCarthy at Santa Anita since mid-January, is nearing a return to the worktab. Campaigned in partnership by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, breeder Don Alber...

Charlatan’s Easy Decision Off The Mark In Aqueduct Maiden

on 02/11/2026 4:57 PM

EASY DECISION (c, 3, Charlatan–All Laced Up, by Bernardini) was unveiled as the 9-5 choice here. The chalk initially took on longshot pacesetter Lord King (King for a Day), but was reigned in to stalk up the backstretch. Taking aim at the leader and Complex Charlie (

First Foals Arrive for Darby Dan Farm’s Grade I Winner Blazing Sevens

on 02/11/2026 3:34 PM

Darby Dan Farm's Blazing Sevens (Good Magic-Trophy Girl, Warrior's Reward), winner of the GI Champagne Stakes, is represented by his first reported foals, including a filly out of the Adios Charlie mare Rye Lane born on Feb. 9 and a colt born on Feb. 11 out of the Ribchester (Ire) mare Championofmyheart ...

First Foals Arrive for Darby Dan Farm’s Grade I Winner Blazing Sevens

on 02/11/2026 3:34 PM

Darby Dan Farm's Blazing Sevens (Good Magic-Trophy Girl, Warrior's Reward), winner of the GI Champagne Stakes, is represented by his first reported foals, including a filly out of the Adios Charlie mare Rye Lane born on Feb. 9 and a colt born on Feb. 11 out of the Ribchester (Ire) mare Championofmyheart ...

First Foals Arrive for Darby Dan Farm’s Grade I Winner Blazing Sevens

on 02/11/2026 3:34 PM

Darby Dan Farm's Blazing Sevens (Good Magic-Trophy Girl, Warrior's Reward), winner of the GI Champagne Stakes, is represented by his first reported foals, including a filly out of the Adios Charlie mare Rye Lane born on Feb. 9 and a colt born on Feb. 11 out of the Ribchester (Ire) mare Championofmyheart ...

Like A Zippo, Igniter Reliable In Allowance Win At The Big A

on 02/11/2026 2:56 PM

IGNITER (c, 3, Volatile–Malibu Prayer {GISW, $618,026}, by Malibu Moon), after being featured in TDN's Second Chances series, broke his maiden by a length during the Belmont At The Big A meet in late September. The homebred was off for two months, then was entered in the GII Remsen Stakes at th...

Like A Zippo, Igniter Reliable In Allowance Win At The Big A

on 02/11/2026 2:56 PM

IGNITER (c, 3, Volatile–Malibu Prayer {GISW, $618,026}, by Malibu Moon), after being featured in TDN's Second Chances series, broke his maiden by a length during the Belmont At The Big A meet in late September. The homebred was off for two months, then was entered in the GII Remsen Stakes at th...

Like A Zippo, Igniter Reliable In Allowance Win At The Big A

on 02/11/2026 2:56 PM

IGNITER (c, 3, Volatile–Malibu Prayer {GISW, $618,026}, by Malibu Moon), after being featured in TDN's Second Chances series, broke his maiden by a length during the Belmont At The Big A meet in late September. The homebred was off for two months, then was entered in the GII Remsen Stakes at th...

Belmont Stakes Festival Offers $11 Million in Stakes Purses

on 02/11/2026 11:47 AM

The Belmont Stakes Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course for the third and final time from June 3 to 7, will feature 25 stakes races worth $11,075,000. Anchoring the festival is the $2-million GI Belmont Stakes, one of 10 Grade I events over the five days of racing in upstate New York.

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Belmont Stakes Festival Offers $11 Million in Stakes Purses

on 02/11/2026 11:47 AM

The Belmont Stakes Festival, which will be held at Saratoga Race Course for the third and final time from June 3 to 7, will feature 25 stakes races worth $11,075,000. Anchoring the festival is the $2-million GI Belmont Stakes, one of 10 Grade I events over the five days of racing in upstate New York.

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Peter Pan Stakes Highlights Final Aqueduct Meet

on 02/11/2026 11:27 AM

The Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet, which will open Apr. 30 and conclude June 28, will feature 16 stakes races worth $2.475 million in purses and will mark the final days of racing at Aqueduct Racetrack. Highlighting the stakes schedule is the $200,000 GIII Peter Pan Stakes, the New York prep for the

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Submissions Open for Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade

on 02/11/2026 10:19 AM

Submissions to participate in the Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade May 1 are open now through Mar. 3. This year's Survivors Parade will honor 150 Breast and Ovarian cancer survivors and fighters with tickets for the selected recipient and a guest to attend the Kentucky Oaks and to participate in a march on the Churchill Downs

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Submissions Open for Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade

on 02/11/2026 10:19 AM

Submissions to participate in the Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade May 1 are open now through Mar. 3. This year's Survivors Parade will honor 150 Breast and Ovarian cancer survivors and fighters with tickets for the selected recipient and a guest to attend the Kentucky Oaks and to participate in a march on the Churchill Downs

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Local Runners Can Leave Their Mark On Saudi Cup Night

on 02/11/2026 9:43 AM

One need go no farther back than 2022, when Emblem Road (Quality Road) charged home to defeat America's Country Grammer (Tonalist) an...

Mark Casse Joins the TDN Writers’ Room Podcast Presented by Keeneland

on 02/11/2026 9:36 AM

Mark Casse is among the hottest trainers in America, was recently named Chairman of the Board of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, and continues to help lead the fight to save racing in South Florida. So, there was plenty to talk about when the Hall of Fame trainer joined this week's TDN Writers' Room Podcast

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Latest Episode Of Ferrin Peterson’s “The Boundless Podcast” Features Interview With Dr. Kayce Anderson

on 02/10/2026 5:15 PM

Jockey and veterinarian Ferrin Peterson has launched her latest “The Boundless Podcast,” and her guest is Dr. Kayce Anderson, who is the daughter of WinStar Farm co-founder Bill Casner. Anderson is the executive director of the charity “For the Good.” In her bio on the organization's website, she is described as “a humanitarian, ecologist, mom,

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Five Fleet Fillies Of The Week, Feb. 2-8

on 02/10/2026 4:22 PM

Big returns to the races was the hallmark of many of the five fleet fillies this week, but it wasn't the 2025 champ who took down the number one spot. 5. ME AND MOLLY McGEE, SA, 2/7-6th, 7 furlongs (Video) Beyer Speed Figure-93 (2nd). (f, 4, by Vekoma-Molly McGee, by Quality Road) O-Exline-Border Racing, Aaron

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Letter to the Editor: Why Showing Up Matters: KEEP at the Capitol

on 02/10/2026 2:52 PM

Kentucky's horse industry is strong by any measure: economically, culturally, and politically. But that strength did not happen by accident. It was built through years of consistent engagement with lawmakers by groups such as the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA), the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club (KTFMC), and the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP). Participation by

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Hall Of Fame Trainer King Leatherbury Passes At 92

on 02/10/2026 2:37 PM

Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, whose career spanned eight decades and included 52 training titles combined at Pimlico and Laurel, has passed away. He was 92 and died Tuesday at his home. “He's one of a kind, said one of his twin sons, Taylor Leatherbury. “There's never been a man more appropriately named than

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