America’s Best Racing (ABR), the fan-development platform and national marketing initiative funded by The Jockey Club, today announced the return of its 11th annual Pre-Preakness Party on Thursday, May 14, at Laurel Park.
America’s Best Racing (ABR), horse racing’s national fan-development platform and marketing initiative funded by The Jockey Club, and the Hennegan Brothers, three-time Eclipse Award-winning filmmakers, today announced a partnership to launch “UNBRIDLED,” the industry’s first made-for-social vertical docuseries. “UNBRIDLED” will focus on storytelling of racing’s major events, starting with the lead-up to the 2026 Kentucky Derby.
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.), which encourages the retraining of Thoroughbreds into other disciplines upon completion of careers in racing or breeding, today announced the winners and other placings from its 2025 performance awards program.
Attending the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve this year for the 152nd edition of the race? Congratulations! You’re one of the lucky few (OK, thousands), but for those of us not attending this year’s running at Churchill Downs — this writer included — there is still plenty at stake and many avenues to pursue.
One action-packed weekend leads into another as April brings a trio of important prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the spring-meet opening of one of horse racing’s iconic tracks.