Timeless Victory (By My Standards) will be trainer Eddie Plesa Jr.'s final starter in Saturday's GI Florida Derby as the Florida horseman closes up shop after over 40 years at the track, it was announced via press release Friday. A second generation horseman, and one of the most successful horsemen in Florida racing history, Plesa

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FanDuel TV, the television channel known for bringing horse racing into American homes since 1999, will be phased out over the next 20 months. The news, initially reported by the Paulick Report, was announced via a company-wide meeting Friday. The report indicates that the channel will honor its current broadcasting commitments through this year's Triple

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Seven GI Kentucky Derby winners in the last 20 years–including last year's winner and Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief)–have used the GI Curlin Florida Derby as a launching pad to success on the first Saturday in May. Could we see another one emerge from Saturday's loaded renewal at Gulfstream Park? Chief Wallabee (Constitution)

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I've read every HISA annual metrics report since the first one landed in 2024. All three of them. Cover to cover, footnotes included. And every year I've come away with the same feeling: something is missing. Not from the effort. The effort is real. HISA has built the most comprehensive equine health database in the

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The Japanese Road to the Kentucky Derby remains a wide-open affair, but the fourth and final leg of the series, Saturday's $226,736 Fukuryu Stakes (allowance) at Nakayama Racecourse, will be the final piece to the puzzle, with a field of 10 set to face the starter. The 'most valuable' of the races, with a total

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