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2026 Century Mile Handicap at a Glance

The $75,000 Century Mile Handicap is a high point on the racing calendar at Century Mile Racetrack outside of Edmonton, Alberta. This year’s race originally was scheduled for July 11 but hail and heavy thunderstorms forced the entire Saturday card to be rescheduled for Monday, July 13, with a post time shortly after midnight eastern time for the Century Mile. The race drew a nine-horse field, with every contender entering off a start on Century Mile’s dirt track.

The Claim-to-Fame Journey of Lava Man

The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of jockeys, trainers, and horses that rise from humble beginnings to achieve success at the highest levels of the sport.

Few such stories can compare with that of the remarkable gelding Lava Man, who went from claimer to Hall of Famer to dominate California horse racing for much of three unforgettable years.

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2026 Indiana Derby Cheat Sheet

Horseshoe Indianapolis hosts its marquee raceday of the year this Saturday led by the 32nd running of the Grade 3 Indiana Derby, one of eight stakes races with six-figure purses on the 13-race card.

Barbara Livingston: Renowned Photographer Devoted to Capturing Beauty of the Horse

Renowned photographer Barbara Livingston suspects Thoroughbreds view her as an “odd clicking person.”

Humans would more likely describe her as a wonderful clicking person.

Make no mistake, clicking sounds emanate from her almost constantly as she strives to record the magnificence of one horse after another, all the while brightening the dawn at racetracks across the country with her smile.

Frank Whiteley: ‘The Fox of Laurel’ and Trainer of Champions

As difficult to comprehend as it might be for someone living at a time when statistics have become an obsession, there’s no way of telling exactly how many races trainer Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. won in his career.

Numbers, though, are probably the least effective way of measuring the quality of his work and the tremendous respect he gained during the 48 years he spent caring for the horses in his barn.

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