Marcus Hersh

Trainer Michael Tomlinson claimed Harrodsburg, on behalf of owners Rod Hatfield and Bud Hatfield, for $50,000 in May 2024. Harrodsburg has not run for a claiming tag since, and on Saturday he won the Grade 3 Bango Stakes by three-quarters of a length over Built.

A new horse from the class of 2023 now wears the crown, and while it was not an earthquake that brought him to the top, Magnitude, exponentially better this summer than last, has steadily risen to become a mountain of a racehorse.

Three people still active in the practice of training Thoroughbred racehorses have housed a Horse of the Year in their barn four times, but if the 2026 season ended today, Steve Asmussen would become the only one with five.

Deep Flame proved more than ready for a jump from maiden racing to graded-stakes competition, breezing to a 5 3/4-length victory Sunday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $250,000 Maxfield Stakes.

The asset that won the Hanshin Stakes for Nu What’s New on Sunday at Churchill Downs is as old as American dirt racing – speed.

Jimmy DiVito started training horses on his own eight years before the first Breeders' Cup. If things go the way he hopes this summer and early autumn, he'll have his first Breeders' Cup runner on Oct. 31 at Keeneland.

The way in which they won diverged sharply, but favorites Doncho and Big Trouble both got the job done in six-figure turf-sprint races Friday afternoon at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Junior Alvarado swept the two dirt stakes races for older horses Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis, riding Kapoor to a front-running score on dirt in the Marie Hulman George Memorial after piloting Bendoog to victory in the Schaefer Memorial.

Maximum Offer, her connections' pre-race plans notwithstanding, set a slow pace and could not be caught in the Indiana Oaks on Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Trainer Brad Cox’s bold move running seven-furlong debut winner Leading Change in the Grade 3, $300,000 Indiana Derby paid off.