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Jockey Romero Maragh in the paddock at Saratoga Race Course 2025

Romero Maragh Set for Return, Will Relocate to Woodbine in Strategic Reset

Maragh will begin his comeback at Gulfstream Park on March 1 before shifting his tack to Woodbine Racetrack

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Saturday's DRF Race of the Day is Fair Ground’s 12th race, the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes.

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, February 14, 2026

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, February 8, 2026

Race of the Day for Sunday February 8th: King Cotton Stakes

Preview for the Sam F. Davis Stakes from Tampa Bay Downs

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, February 7, 2026

Previewing the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes from Oaklawn

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, February 6, 2026

Race of the Day on Thursday, January 28th 2026: Gulfstream's 8th Race

Horses

Sovereignty, with Junior Alvarado up, wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025

Kentucky Derby 2026: Paladin Solidifies Favoritism with Risen Star Victory

KokoMotion

Storm Rolling for Icon Racing: Two Starters, Two Winners- and the Momentum is Building

Outrider Greg Blasi helps lead jockey Junior Alvarado and Sovereignty to the Winner's Circle after the 2025 Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby 2026: Top 10 Contenders – Week of Feb. 11

Jayson Werth, Icon Racing

Icon Racing Brings Ownership, Community & First Timers to Festival Preview Day 46 at Tampa Bay Downs

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Gulfstream Race track

Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday January 29th, 2026

Race of the Day

Gulfstream’s 13th Race: Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup

DRF Horse Racing Playbook

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, January 24, 2026

Nycon, Icon Racing

Nycon Sets the Tone for Icon Racing’s 2026 Season

Race of the Day (Fair Grounds)

Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes Horse Race Analysis and Preview

Playbook (Hooves)

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, January 17, 2026

Gulfstream Park, Horse Racing

Dania Beach Stakes Handicapping and Race Preview

Gulfstream Race Park

16 of the Best Horse Races Across America for New Year's Day 2026

Results

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Gulfstream Park

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, December 28, 2025

Turfway's 8th Race

Race of the Day on Thursday December 18th: Turfway’s 8th race.

Gulfstream Race Track

Predictions for the 10 Best Horse Races on Thursday December 18th

Woodbine Horse Racing

8 of the Best Horse Races for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Los Alamitos Race Course

Daily Racing Form Spotlight for Saturday December 12th: Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity

Aqueduct Race Track

Race of the Day for December 6th: Aqueduct’s 10th race

Aqueduct

Six Best Horse Races on Saturday December 6th

Horse Racing at Gulfstream Racetrack

Race of the Day on Thursday, December 4th 2025: Turfway’s 8th race.

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Race of the Day: Santa Anita

The Grade 1 Malibu Stakes from Santa Anita

Jun 7, 2025; Saratoga, NY, USA; Sovereignty with Junior Alvarado up wins the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Eclipse Awards: Meet some contenders for each category

Woodbine Race Track

11 of the Best Horse Races to Bet for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Forever Young held off Sierra Leone to win Saturday's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar.

Best Horse Race for Betting on Saturday, November 29th

Horse Racing September 13th

Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, November 29, 2025

Sovereignty, with Junior Alvarado up, wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Best Horse Race for Today, Friday November 21st: Churchill Downs’ 9th race

Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

Jockey Club Oaks Horse Racing Betting Tips for Saturday, November 15th

Woodbine Race Track

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, November 15, 2025

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Forever Young held off Sierra Leone to win Saturday's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar.

Forever Young holds off Sierra Leone for historic Breeders' Cup Classic victory

May 17, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Bob Baffert, an American racehorse trainer, crosses the track prior to the running of the 150th Preakness stakes. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

Seismic Beauty Seeks Fourth Straight Victory in 2025 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Nov 1, 2024; Del Mar, CA, USA; Immersive ridden by Manuel Franco wins the Juvenile Fillies during the 2024 Breeders' Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Tommy Jo Leads Star-Studded Field in 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Showdown

Oct 30, 2025; Del Mar, CA, USA;2025 Breeders Cup Championship logos in the saddling paddock at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Expert picks for each of Saturday's Breeders' Cup races

Scenes from around the track at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Expert picks for each of Friday's Breeders' Cup races

Fierceness, trained by Todd A. Pletcher, exercises in preparation for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Even without Sovereignty, the Breeders' Cup Classic stacked with star power

Minnie Hauk, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 29, 2025.

Minnie Hauk battles the boys in Breeders' Cup Turf

Rhetorical, trained by William Walden, exercises in preparation for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Rhetorical faces toughest test yet in Breeders' Cup Mile

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Del Mar Race Track

Best Horse Race on Thursday October 30th: Let It Ride Stakes

Woodbine Race Track

Horse Racing Playbook for October 30th, 2025: Best Races to Bet

American Stage, trained by Yoshito Yahagi, exercises in preparation for the Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Watch out for longshot Japanese runner American Stage in Breeders' Cup Sprint

Ted Noffey, trained by Todd A. Pletcher, exercises in preparation for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 27, 2025.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile a battle of East vs. West with Ted Noffey and Brant

Gstaad, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Gstaad gets tough draw as O'Brien eyes another win in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf

True Love, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint kicks off the action with packed starting gate

Santa Anita Racetrack

Daily Racing Form's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, October 26, 2025

Churchill Downs

Best Horse Race for October 26: Grade 3 Street Sense Stakes from Churchill Downs

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Keeneland Horse Track

Best Horse Race for October 23rd: Keeneland's 7th Race

DRF Playbook 10/22/25

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, October 23, 2025

Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy walks towards the pagoda before the start of Carb Day practice, Friday, May 28, 2021, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Is Portnoy the Spartacus that horseplayers need in the war against CAWs?

Keeneland Race Track

Today's Best Horse Race, Sunday October 19th: Grade 3 Dowager Stakes

Horse Racing at Gulfstream Racetrack

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, October 19, 2025

Keeneland Race Course

Saturday's October 17th Race of the Day: Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland

Best Horse Races on Saturday, October 17th

11 of the Best Horse Races to Bet on For Saturday, October 17th

Thorpedo Anna, the winner of the 150th Running of The Kentucky Oaks, is walked around Kenny McPeek’s barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna retired

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Nov 4, 2023; Santa Anita, CA, USA; Nobals (7), with jockey Gerardo Corrales up, beats Big Invasion (1) with jockey Joel Rosario up to win the BREEDERS' CUP TURF SPRINT during the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

Daily Racing Form Playbook for Sunday October 12th: The Best Horse Races of the Day

Flavien Prat, on top of Bourbon Breeze, won the 3rd race Thursday at Keeneland by overtaking Edgar Morales, on top of Sombra Dorada, who finished second.
April 10, 2025

Race of the Day for Sunday October 11th: Grade 2 Franklin Stakes at Keeneland

Keeneland Race Track

Best Horse Race on Friday, October 10th: Keeneland’s 9th race

Woodbine Horse Racing

Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, October 10, 2025

Trainer Brad Cox working at his stable on April 17, 2024. The Louisville native has two contenders for the Kentucky Derby in Louisiana Derby winner Catching Freedom and Blue Grass Stakes runner-up Just a Touch. Encino, winner of April 13, 2024 Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, could be a third contender.

Cox counters favored Laurelin with Fionn and Destino d'Oro in Queen Elizabeth II

Aqueduct

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, October 9, 2025

Keeneland Track

Best Horse Race on Thursday, October 9th: Keeneland's 6th Race

Danny Garage trains Kentucky Derby hopeful, Tax. Tax will be Gargan's first Derby horse. Gargan is a native of Louisville native. May 2, 2019.

Iron Orchard remains undefeated in Frizette Stakes

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Trainer Todd Pletcher smiles after greets Leslie's Rose won the Central Bank Ashland Stakes in the ninth race of first day of the 2024 Spring Meet in Lexington, Ky. April 5, 2024

Tommy Jo Stays Perfect in Darley Alcibiades After Percy’s Bar DQ at Keeneland

Nov 2, 2024; Del Mar, CA, USA; Thorpedo Anna ridden by Brian Hernandez wins the Distaff ridden by Rossa Ryan during the 2024 Breeders' Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Thorpedo Anna squares off with Nitrogen in Spinster

Ted Noffey (middle) was a dominant winner of the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga.

Ted Noffey the clear one to beat in Breeders' Futurity

It's Our Time was an impressive maiden winner for trainer Tom Amoss during the summer meet at Saratoga.

It's Our Time brings the hype into Champagne Stakes

Icon Racing-Off the Rail Podcast

Off the Rail Podcast: Becoming an Icon Partner, It's Not Just Racing, It's a Lifestyle

Aqueduct Race Track

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, September 28, 2025

Delaware Park Horse Racing

Picks and Predictions for the Best Horse Race on September 28th

Nov 2, 2024; Del Mar, CA, USA; William Buick celebrates after winning the Turf race aboard Rebel’s Romance during the 2024 Breeders' Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Rebel’s Romance certifies international dominance with a win in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic

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Horse Racing September 13th

Horse Race of the Day September 27th, Belmont at the Big A’s 6th race, the Grade 2 Woodward Stakes

Nov 4, 2023; Santa Anita, CA, USA; Nobals (7), with jockey Gerardo Corrales up, beats Big Invasion (1), with jockey Joel Rosario up. to win the BREEDERS' CUP TURF SPRINT during the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park.

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, September 27, 2025

Woodbine Track

Picks and Predictions for 8 of the Best Horse Races on Friday, September 26, 2025

Race of the Day (Aqueduct)

DRF Race of the Day is Belmont at the Big A’s 7th race for Friday September 26th

Churchill Downs September Meet

Thursday's DRF Race of the Day is Churchill Downs’ 7th race

Woodbine Race Track

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, September 25, 2025

Sovereignty prepares for the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Best Horse Race for September 21st: Churchill Downs' 8th Race

Horse Racing at Gulfstream Racetrack

Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, September 21, 2025

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The winning team of Mystik Dan with jockey Brian J. Hernandez cheer in the Winner's Circle for track photographer Kurtis Coady after they won the 2024 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Returns to Dirt in Lukas Classic

Toronto, ON April 26, 2025 Woodbine Racetrack. Thoroughbred's break from the starting gate 1st race of the 128 day meet.

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, September 18, 2025

Sovereignty, with Junior Alvarado up, wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Horse Race of the Day for Thursday, September 17th: Churchill Downs’ 8th race

Horseshoe Indianapolic

Horse Race of the Day for September 17th, 2025

Jun 2, 2025; Saratoga, NY, USA; Baeza trains on the Oklahoma Track in Saratoga Race Course.

Baeza favored for breakthrough victory in Pennsylvania Derby

Cade Lehmkuhl of Fort Wright, Kentucky, was the first to get a mohawk haircut by barber David Melvin, left, in the paddock on Thurby for the opportunity to meet 2025 Derby horse Flying Mohawk. Joining Lehmkuhl is his girlfriend Mackenzy McDonald and Flying Mohawk owner and former Major League Baseball player Jayson Werth. May 1, 2025.

Icon Racing Shows Up Big at the Keeneland Sale

Sovereignty, with Junior Alvarado up, wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025

2026 Kentucky Derby and Oaks Trail Begins: Spice Runner, Taken by the Wind Strike First in Points Races

Flightline, with Flavien Prat up, wins the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday, November 5, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky

Seven-Figure Fireworks at Keeneland September as Book 1 Hits $150M

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