Ron Flatter

Led by the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $7.8 million in stakes races when the track kicks off its 80th season on Saturday, May 10.

Pegasus World Cup day & Kentucky Derby 2025 prep lead weekend filled with 11 key stakes.

It did not matter whether it was the national pari-mutuels that were run this weekend by Churchill Downs or the fixed odds that are available 24-7 in Nevada. Barnes, the $3.2 million colt trained by Bob Baffert, is still the futures favorite to win Kentucky Derby 2025.

It might not be a slam dunk, but the consensus of publicly expressed opinion suggests it is a layup that Thorpedo Anna will be named horse of the year.

Thorpedo Anna is the presumptive favorite to be named horse of the year and is certain to be named the top 3-year-old filly of 2024. But will she carry her trainer Kenny McPeek and breeder Judy Hicks to victories in their own categories? That is one question that will be answered Thursday at the 54th annual Eclipse Awards.

Its history may be short, but past performances tell us the winner of the Pegasus World Cup will carry even odds of winning an Eclipse Award in about a year or being voted into the Hall of Fame in about six.

Gulfstream, Aqueduct, Santa Anita host Kentucky Derby preps, 3 of 10 key stakes this week.

Even though the favorite did not race, the gap between 2-for-2 Barnes and the rest of the Kentucky Derby 2025 hopefuls widened in Las Vegas during the last week.

The legal fight over the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will not be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court during the current term that ends in June, and there was no indication Monday if or when the case finally may be heard.

After 167 years, Northern California racing suffered what appeared to be a fatal blow Tuesday when the California Authority of Racing Fairs said it would not go forward with its traditional summer and early fall meets.