Recruiting Quarter Horse outfits to race at Emerald Downs in 2027 will be an offseason focus by track management in an attempt to bolster business at the lone remaining commercial Thoroughbred venue in the Pacific Northwest. Phil Ziegler, the president of Emerald, delivered the news during Friday's monthly Washington Horse Racing Commission (WHRC) meeting. Pat

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Champion Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is back to defend his title in a fantastic renewal of the GI Woodbine Mile, one of four Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' qualifiers on a stacked card at Woodbine Saturday. Last year's GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner and last-out G1 Sky Bet City Of York S. hero

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Prosecco (Girvin) looked more or less hopeless for the opening half-mile of this career bow, but found her best stride when it mattered most to get the job done in Friday's seventh race from Churchill Downs. Pinched back at the break, the $425,000 Keeneland September yearling began to lose touch with the rest of the

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Sovereignty (Into Mischief), the 2025 GI Kentucky Derby-winning Horse of the Year and the recent 3-1 future-wager favorite to win the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, will miss his planned next start in the Sept. 18 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. David Grening of Daily Racing Form reported the news Friday, citing confirmation by  Sovereignty's

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Gary and Mary West homebred GREATEST HITS (c, 2, Into Mischief–Living Good, by Blame) struck all the right notes while making his first trip to the races Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs, coming with a blitz to lead a quarter-mile out before holding sway to the line. First away with Flavien Prat at the controls,

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