Horse Racing

1:57 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Triple Crown-winning jockey Mike Smith will be honored by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters with the Mr. Fitz Award. The Hall of Fame rider will receive the award, named for longtime trainer “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons, for typifying the spirit of racing at the group’s 59th annual

6:04 AM ET Mitchell Lamb Looking for some midweek form? tab.com.au bring you the best bets across Australia for Wednesday’s racing. WEDNESDAY’S BEST Canterbury Race 7 No.3 Tarabai (Kerrin McEvoy) – $4.60 Tarabai’s a mare I’ve certainly got some time for, and her lone three-year-old campaign proved she was a galloper with decent ability and

7:28 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Catholic Boy pulled away from Mendelssohn down the stretch and won the $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Catholic Boy and Mendelssohn, with Ryan Moore aboard, were at the front of the 10-horse field heading at the top of the stretch before

8:08 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Moonee Valley Race 1 No.8 Drachenfels (Damian Lane) – $8 Regular Sydney punters will know Drachenfels well; he was a horse with a bit of a boom early but one who didn’t always seem to finish off his races when looming to win. They gelded him after that

11:33 PM ET Mitchell Lamb Looking for some midweek form? tab.com.au bring you the best bets across Australia for Wednesday’s racing. WEDNESDAY’S BEST Warwick Farm Race 3 No.8 Deity (Tommy Berry) – $3.20 Deity is a lightly-raced, wonderfully-bred, sprinting type four-year-old mare that clearly has ability, but given her limited starts, perhaps has had the

12:29 AM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Jockey Drayden Van Dyke won a record-tying seven races at Del Mar on Sunday, including the $200,000 Del Mar Mile. He tied Hall of Famer Victor Espinoza for most wins in a single day in the seaside track’s history. Van Dyke’s only loss in eight mounts

10:39 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Accelerate cruised to a record 12 1/2-length victory in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar, becoming just the third horse to sweep all three of Southern California’s major races for older horses in the same year. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Accelerate ran 1 1/4

8:45 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will rename a Grade 1 stakes race in honor of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. The track said the American Pharoah Stakes for 2-year-olds will be run at 1 1/16 miles on Sept. 29. The race was formerly known as the FrontRunner Stakes, which

7:46 PM ET Mitchell Lamb Looking for some midweek form? tab.com.au bring you the best bets across Australia for Wednesday’s racing. WEDNESDAY’S BEST Sandown (Hillside) Race 2 No.3 Fiera Vista (Mark Zahra) – $2.80 After an average debut back in early March, Darren Weir immediately sent Fiera Vista for a spell. He was hoping that

2:20 PM ET A horse named Party Dancer won a race in California on Thursday. Its owner? Rick Pitino, whose legacy at Louisville was blemished by a scandal that involved exotic dancers and escorts three years ago. Pitino was in the winner’s circle with the horse at Del Mar Racetrack after the 3-year-old’s second victory