Nick Luck, fresh off of helming the innovative and well-received NBC Sports Network live broadcasts from Royal Ascot, will be the 'Racing Keynote' speaker at the upcoming first inaugural Equestricon horse racing convention in Saratoga Springs. Luck will deliver his speech at 10:30 a.m. on the event's final day. The convention, the first of its [...]

Reddam Racing's Irap (Tiznow) shocked the world when capturing the GII Toyota Blue Grass S. at 31-1 Apr. 8, and it appeared that performance was indeed a fluke when he backed up to finish 18th in the GI Kentucky Derby next out. The $300,000 OBS March buy legitimized his Keeneland heroics with a game victory [...]

A consistent performer in graded stakes, Reddam Racing's Mopotism (Uncle Mo) will look to break through as the clear favorite in an eight-horse GIII Indiana Oaks. Third to eventual GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Acorn S. heroine Abel Tasman (Quality Road) at 33-1 in the GI Starlet S. last fall, the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton March buy [...]

Kaleem Shah's 'TDN Rising Star' and Grade I winner Klimt (Quality Road) will make his belated 3-year-old debut and first start for trainer Art Sherman in Saturday's GIII Los Alamitos Derby, where he'll meet former stablemate West Coast and six other foes. A second-out victor to earn his 'Rising Star' nod last July at Santa [...]

“Inside the Winner's Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale that have gone on to achieve success on racing's biggest stages. “It's not supposed to be like this is what everybody's telling me.” Those are the words of Bob Edwards, the founder and owner of e Five Racing [...]

5th-BEL, $77k, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 7fT, 3:41 p.m. EDT Don Alberto Stable's RUBILINDA (Frankel {GB}) unleashed a powerful stretch kick on debut here May 27, coming home in :22.57 to score going away and become the first American-based 'TDN Rising Star' for her sire. The bay homebred returns stretching out a furlong in this spot [...]

In all sports, excitement and intrigue become palpable when there's a battle for an individual title that comes down to the season's final days. Whether that's a scoring title in basketball, a batting title in baseball or a duel for the top ranking in sports like golf or tennis, all eyes are on those players' [...]

LANDALUCE S., $100,345, SA, 7-2, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:03.84, ft. 1–#SURRENDER NOW, 122, f, 2, by Morning Line 1st Dam: Surrender, by Stormy Atlantic 2nd Dam: Beaucette, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Mackie, by Summer Squall ($19,000 RNA Wlg '15 KEENOV; $40,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $220,000 2yo '17 BARMAR). O-Rockingham Ranch; B-Elaine Macpherson (KY); [...]

One is returning to the scene of her greatest triumph, while one is returning to where she suffered her most heartbreaking defeat, but Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow) and Suffused (GB) (Champs Ulysses {GB}) will knock heads as the clear favorites in the 1 1/4-mile GII Dance Smartly S. at Woodbine Sunday. Lael Stables' Rainha [...]

Green Mask (Mizzen Mast), who was beaten just a half-length in the fastest six-furlong race in world history, will go favored in a field of eight turf sprinters trying to solidify a Breeders' Cup spot in Woodbine's GII Highlander S., a Win and You're In race for the year-end championships. Running first or second in [...]

After capturing the GI Secretariat S. last summer, it looked as though 'TDN Rising Star' Beach Patrol (Lemon Drop Kid) was on his way to big things in the male turf division. Three second-place finishes and two fourths later, however, the dark bay colt is looking to reestablish himself, and he'll have a good shot [...]

It may not have the graded designation of its male counterpart, but the Debutante S., lacking a clear favorite, drew more than twice as many entrants as the GIII Bashford Manor S., as a baker's dozen of juvenile fillies go postward Friday on closing night of the Churchill Downs spring/summer meet. Slight preference on the [...]