At The Races

At The Races is a specialized channel focused on horse racing, offering live broadcasts every day from the UK and Ireland. This TV channel reaches over 12 million homes in the UK and Ireland through digital satellite and cable services, available on channels like Sky 415, Virgin 535, and Virgin Ireland 418. The channel is primarily owned by BSkyB and is operated as a joint venture between BSkyB and the Arena Racing Company (ARC).

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Lukas in poor health, steps away from training

5 days ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormD. Wayne Lukas, a former high school basketball coach who became one of the most influential figures in the sport of Thoroughbred racing, has been hospitalized and is in poor health and will no longer be training horses, his family said in a statement released Sunday through Churchill Downs. Lukas, 89, was hospitalized due to a severe infection that has worsened his condition, the release said.
Now permitted to run, Englehart brings back Cut the Cord

1 week ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormAfter being forced to miss more than two weeks’ worth of runners on this circuit due to his barn being quarantined, trainer Jeremiah Englehart is back in action at Aqueduct for the final eight cards of the Belmont at the Big A meet. Englehart had two runners entered on Thursday and on Friday has Cut the Cord in a second-level/optional $45,000 claiming event scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on the dirt.
Churchill Downs Inc. agrees to run 2025-26 Fair Grounds meet

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Matt Hegarty

By Matt Hegarty, Daily Racing FormChurchill Downs Inc. has decided to run a 2025-26 meet at its Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans after “constructive conversations” with the state’s governor and a local state senator, the company said on Tuesday. In response to questions, Churchill said in a statement that it will accept dates for Fair Grounds at a scheduled meeting next Tuesday of the Louisiana Racing Commission, though the track did not specify exact dates.
Trainer Doug O'Neill wins 3,000th race

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormIt was fitting that trainer Doug O’Neill reached his 3,000th Thoroughbred win in North America in Sunday’s eighth race at Santa Anita with a colt owned and bred by Paul and Zillah Reddam. O’Neill, 57, has won two Kentucky Derbys for the Reddams – with I’ll Have Another in 2012 and Nyquist in 2016. “I’m so glad we were able to get our 3,000th for them,” O’Neill said in the winner’s circle.
Nysos will skip Stephen Foster, run in San Diego Handicap

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormNysos, a three-time Grade 3 stakes winner who is a neck away from an unbeaten record, is scheduled to have his next start in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on July 26. Nysos, trained by Bob Baffert for Charles and Susan Chu’s Baoma Corp., was second by a neck in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes at seven furlongs on May 3 in his first start of the year.
Motorious starts campaign off with a bang in Daytona triumph

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormMotorious, second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint last November, began his 2025 season with a come-from-behind win in Saturday’s Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita, a performance that looked similar to his top-class efforts in the second half of 2024. Motorious closed from fourth of six with a rapid move in early stretch to take the lead with a furlong remaining.
Baby Yoda, Rhiannon set track records on same card

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormFriday was a track-record setting day at Aqueduct. The 7-year-old gelding Baby Yoda, away from the races since last November, won a stakes-caliber allowance race by 4 1/4 lengths. He ran 6 1/2 furlongs over the main track in 1:13.86 which established a track record, eclipsing the mark set by Coronado’s Quest (1:14.35) when, as a 2-year-old in 1997, he won the Grade 2 Cowdin Stakes.
It's official. Belmont will be run at Saratoga in 2026

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormMaking official what had been widely known for a long time, the Belmont Stakes will be held in Saratoga in 2026 and run at 1 1/4 miles, the third straight year the third leg of the Triple Crown will be held at the upstate New York track. The Belmont, typically run at 1 1/2 miles at Belmont Park, has been run at Saratoga since 2024 due to the renovation of Belmont Park.
O'Neill on brink of 3,000th U.S. win

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormCalifornia trainer Doug O’Neill is on the verge of a continental milestone as early as this weekend: his 3,000th career win in North America. O’Neill, annually among the leading trainers at Del Mar and Santa Anita, has 12 runners from Thursday through Sunday at Santa Anita, the final days of the track’s spring meeting. “I think we can get lucky with three of these 12,” O’Neill said on Thursday morning.
Fresu's career-best meet likely to conclude with riding titl

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormAntonio Fresu, the Italian-born leading rider at the current Santa Anita spring meeting, has a predictable summer vacation plan beginning next week. Like so many people in the United States, he’s off to Europe. Fresu has trips planned to Sardinia, Italy, to see family, and to Norway to visit his wife, who works as a commentator on Norwegian racing television.