Category: Horse Racing Betting

Sadly, our long time photographer and friend Vanessa Ng passed away on Friday evening after lingering from a massive stroke in late October. We will miss her!

Pool 5 of the 2023 Kentucky Derby Future Wager will open on Friday and run through Sunday, with Forte as the top choice this time at 4-1. The single Kentucky Oaks pool will run concurrently and the favorite there is Wonder Wheel at 8-1. Get all the horses, morning line odds, and free past performances here.

Tim Yakteen got the best of his former boss, Bob Baffert, with Practical Move’s 2 1/2-length victory in the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, calling the horse “just a gifted, gifted individual.”

Saturday at King Abdulaziz Racecourse, Panthalassa won the featured $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) for Japan over Country Grammer. Japan also won the Red Sea Turf (G3) with Silver Sonic and the 1351 Turf Sprint (G3) with Bathrat Leon. Other winners were Elite Power in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G3), Commissioner King in the Saudi Derby, and Mostahdaf in the Neom Turf Cup (G3). Get the results, chart, and photos here.

Panthalassa led all the way to win the $20 million Saudi Cup by three-quarters of a length on Saturday night, relegating trainer Bob Baffert’s horse, Country Grammer, to second place for the second straight year.

— The Breeders' Cup has selected Del Mar to host the 41st world championships next year, marking the third time the picturesque Pacific track will stage the season-ending graded stakes races that feature the top thoroughbreds.

Entries were drawn Wednesday for the fourth running of the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh. Bob Baffert trained Taiba is the likely favorite from post 2 with stablemate Country Grammer second choice in post 10. Get all the horses, post positions, odds, and free past performances here.

Already the winningest trainer in America, Steve Asmussen hit the 10,000 lifetime wins milestone, 27 years after winning his first race at Ruidoso Downs. Find out more about his career here.

Steve Asmussen — already the all-time winningest trainer in the United States and Canada — became the first trainer with 10,000 victories in North America on Monday, when Bet He’s Ready won the fifth race at Oaklawn Park.

Bulldog Hanover, who last year became the fastest horse in harness racing history, is the sport’s first unanimous selection for Horse of the Year.