Saturday was the penultimate night of the 2026 New Jersey racing season and the card at the Meadowlands was, sadly, typical of what has become of the sport in the Garden State. There were only six races, with 44 horses taking part, and the all-sources handle was an anemic $1,109,739. These are very tough times

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TIME TO DAZZLE (m, 5, Not This Time–Staria, by Unbridled's Song) came flying down the center of the Keeneland turf course Sunday to successfully defend her crown and win the GII Franklin Stakes for the second year running. Unable to find the winner's circle since this race one year ago, the Mark Casse runner was

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D. J. Stables LLC's Odenkirk (c, 2, Nyquist–Astrollinthepark, by Divine Park) captured Sunday's Display Stakes at Woodbine for 2-year-olds over seven furlongs on the synthetic to stay unbeaten after a slight delay when Quipster (Practical Joke) acted up in the gate. The field was backed out as Quipster was evaluated and scratched, then reloaded with

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The 2026 Thoroughbred Makeover event, held Saturday in Lexington, KY, crowned champions across 10 disciplines while awarding over $135,000 in guaranteed base prize money and an additional $40,000 in special awards. The 10 named champions are: Barrel Racing: White Dove (Violence) Competitive Trail: Our Girl Flint (Flintshire {GB}) Dressage: Twice a Dollar (Twice As Bad)

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Reigning Eclipse-winning Older Dirt Horse Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) continued his preparation for a return tilt in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic Oct. 31 with a half-mile breeze at Belmont Park Sunday morning. Working solo with assistant trainer Yuki Araki aboard, Japan's Horse of the Year went four furlongs in :51 4/5 (37/38),

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