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My World Scores Another Aqueduct Win in Jerome Stakes

Winning a stakes like the Jan. 3 $139,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct may earn a 3-year-old some Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points but winning a one-turn mile like the Jerome and the testing 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby are light years apart.

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Thoroughbred Racing’s Winningest Horse of 2025: Small-Track Star Sharp Warning

While Sovereignty reigned over North American racing in 2025 — sweeping the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes w

An Uphill Battle for First Female Jockey Diane Crump

Any day, at any racetrack across the country, you’ll most likely find a female jockey in one of the races.

They’ve won Triple Crown races, Breeders’ Cup races and marquee stakes such as the Kentucky Oaks and Pacific Classic. Julie Krone, who won 3,704 races, is enshrined in the Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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The Spring of Smarty-Mania: Remembering a Magical Triple Crown Bid by Smarty Jones

A feel-good story that had damn near everything a Hollywood scriptwriter could want mesmerized sports fans in the spring of 2004 – murder, health issues, mammoth sums of money, unlikely heroes, and a budding star from humble beginnings. Even 20-plus years later, it sounds too far-fetched to believe.

‘Eclipses’ an Important Part of Racing History

More than 260 years ago, a total solar eclipse swept across Great Britain. It was on that day — April 1, 1764 — and during the eclipse itself that a horse was born at Cranbourne Lodge. Arriving as he did during such a rare, celestial event, the horse was named Eclipse, and through his achievements on the track and at stud, he would ensure that the name Eclipse would never be forgotten.

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