all in The Sport

Since taking oversight of the sport’s safety in 2022, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has not pulled a long list of new rules from the clouds, but its ability to ensure uniform adoption of often already field-tested safety initiatives to protect horses and the sport’s human participants has made all the difference.

The winter-spring meet at Fair Grounds wraps up this coming weekend with the track’s signature race, the $1 million, Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby.

Fair Grounds’ path to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve reaches its end Saturday with the $1 million, Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby. The field will travel 1 3/16 miles on dirt in this race, making the Louisiana Derby the longest U.S. Kentucky Derby prep.

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offer qualifying points for the first leg in the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs.

Senor Buscador’s stunning emergence in the $20 million Saudi Cup provides a vivid reminder about one of the keys to racing success. If ever there was a horse that embodies the value of patience, this hard-trying 6-year-old son of Mineshaft is it.

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