For trainer Steve Asmussen, the $148,500 Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) was truly a family affair.

Rebel's Romance is a global star, but he proved he is just as happy closer to home when landing yet another big race in a Yorkshire Cup Stakes (G2) thriller.

The $150,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) lures quick horses to Pimlico Race Course to race six furlongs. Two of the race favorites—Booth and Concrete Glory—are speedsters, highly effective when racing three-quarters of a mile.

From the moment he was born, American Pharoah was destined for greatness. Sobhy Sonbol had a front row seat for the horse who ended a Triple Crown drought.

Making a determined bid inside the final furlong, Los Melli's Sarawak Rim wore down the favored Martana to win the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1) on dirt at Hipodromo de Palermo May 1 in Buenos Aires.

Led by Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich (G2) winner Martana, a field of seven fillies and mares has been entered for the May 1 Gran Premio Criadores (G1) in Argentina. The winner will earn an automatic starting berth into the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1).

On Racing

The Breeders' Cup announced the 2025 "Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In" television schedule. Consisting of five live programs across NBC, FOX, Peacock, and CNBC, the series features automatic qualifying races at premier racetracks.

Tickets for the 2025 Breeders' Cup World Championships are on sale now. Beginning April 23, fans can secure their place at the 42nd running of the season-ending international championships, which will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Royal Ascot will be the next destination for George Boughey's globetrotting pupil Believing as the trainer sets his sights on more group 1 success for the mare owned by the Coolmore partners and John Stewart's Resolute Racing.

Breeders' Cup announces the 2025 schedule for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen, an incentive-driven program offering participation bonuses to horsemen preparing runners for dirt races at the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The Breeders' Cup announced an expanded schedule for the 2025 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, which will feature 93 races in 15 countries—the most in Breeders' Cup history.

A front-running Dark Saffron defeated the world's best sprinters with a stunning 65-1 upset in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) at Meydan Racecourse April 5.

Unleashing a furious rally down the stretch under Florent Geroux, Hit Show caught fellow American Mixto by a half-length in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan Racecourse.

Other winners of the four turf group stakes races offered on the Dubai World Cup (G1) card April 5 at Meydan Racecourse include Dubai Future, Believing, and Danon Decile.

Just in case he wasn't already front-of-mind with racing fans worldwide, Japan's Forever Young stirred souls in the Saudi Cup (G1), prevailing over Romantic Warrior (IRE) in one of the greatest stretch duels in international dirt racing history.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Henri Matisse is entered for his 3-year-old debut March 30 in the Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes (G3) at Leopardstown.

So much has happened in the real world since American Pharoah swept the 2015 Triple Crown and capped his 3-year-old season with a historic "Grand Slam" win in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

Woodbine's CA$750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) has been added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series as an official "Win and You're In" race. ​The winner receives an automatic, fees-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T).

NBC Sports will continue to present the Breeders' Cup World Championships on NBC, Peacock, and USA Network through 2030, as Breeders' Cup and NBC Sports announced a multi-year extension of their partnership March 26 .