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Women in Racing, Maggie Sweet, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Women in Racing: Maggie Sweet a Force for Change for Retired Racehorses

America’s Best Racing has launched a monthly series to celebrate women in racing, explore the challenges they face in what has been a male-dominated industry, and highlight their achievements.

After nearly 25 years as a mainstay in Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher’s operation, Maggie Sweet was ready for a new challenge. She found a rewarding but massive one with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF).

American Promise, Nik Juarez, D. Wayne Lukas, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Triple Crown, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

A ‘Monumental’ Preakness Homecoming for Jockey Nik Juarez

There’s only one way that Maryland-born and raised Nik Juarez’s homecoming this week could be any better.

“It’s monumental to be at Pimlico,” the 31-year-old jockey and fourth-generation horseman said. “One, to ride the Preakness. But let’s win it.”

Heart of Honor, Jamie Osborne, Saffie Osborne, Jim and Claire Bryce, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Triple Crown, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Team Behind Heart of Honor Excited to 'Give it a Shot' in Preakness

If trainer Jamie Osborne and Heart of Honor, his entry in the May 17 Preakness Stakes, seem out of place at Pimlico Race Course it’s probably because there hasn’t been a starter in the second leg of the Triple Crown bred outside of North America since th

Jockey Jareth Loveberry, trainer Ethan West, Chunk of Gold, 2025 Kentucky Derby

Loveberry Gets Another Chance at Kentucky Derby Glory Aboard Chunk of Gold

Half a dozen of the jockeys participating in the May 3 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve have experienced the thrill of winning it.

Ethan West, Chunk of Gold, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Triple Crown, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Chunk of Gold Takes Trainer Ethan West, 32, to First Kentucky Derby

Ethan West, 32, didn’t expect to find himself in the position of saddling a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve starter so early in his training career, which launched in 2018.

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