Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.
This year’s Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets will be held June 7, and for the second straight year the final jewel of the Triple Crown will be hosted by Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.
The first two legs of the 2025 Triple Crown delivered a surplus of drama and excitement thanks to Sovereignty’s powerful rally in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on a sloppy track May 3 at Churchill Downs followed by Journalism’s gutsy win in the
The final Preakness Stakes has been run at Pimlico Race Course, marking the end of an era and many years of memories at “Old Hilltop.” Fans celebrated a thrilling weekend of racing in Maryland, which brought not only emotional farewells as the historic building will be torn down and replaced with a modern, new grandstand but also significant movement across the 2025 Equibase leaderboard, headlined by
Graded stakes-winning trainer Larry Demeritte, who inspired many in battling cancer while training 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve starter West Saratoga, died May 19 in Louisville, Ky., according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. He was 75.
The first Bahamian to enter a horse in the Kentucky Derby, Demeritte sent out 2023 Iroquois Stakes winner West Saratoga to a 12th-place finish in the 150th run for the roses.
