The Grade 2, $200,000 Ruffian Stakes brings together a strong field of 11 older females, including three millionaires, on Saturday during the Belmont at the Big A meet.
The NTRA’s National Horseplayers Championship [NHC] is ready to reconvene in Las Vegas for the 26th time with the finals set for Friday through Sunday, March 14-16. The NHC handicapping tournament is the culmination of a year-long series of contests that crowns the next Eclipse Award winner for Horseplayer of the Year.
If there is someone to root for, it is Joe Tartaglia.
The Stage 4 cancer patient will fulfill a dream when he competes in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s National Horseplayers Championship this weekend at the Horseshoe Las Vegas.
In a new twist on the Triple Crown trail, the Virginia Derby, previously a turf race for 3-year-olds held during Colonial Downs’ traditional summer meet, has been rebranded for 2025 and is now a 1 1/8-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presen
