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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Fierceness, White Abarrio draw posts 1-2 for Metropolitan Handicap

5 days ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormFierceness and White Abarrio will line-up side by side for their showdown in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Metropolitan Handicap at Saratoga. Fierceness, the 2024 Travers winner and 2-year-old champion of 2023, drew the rail in the Met Mile, which drew a field of only five, but four of those horses have combined to win 13 of their last 16 starts.
Journalism will run in Belmont, McCarthy confirms

5 days ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormJournalism had always struck his trainer Michael McCarthy as a horse that could handle the three-races-in-five-weeks rigors of the Triple Crown. On Sunday, after watching him put in a terrific workout over Saratoga’s main track, McCarthy will give Journalism the chance to prove him right.
No added pressure for Mott, Sovereignty after skipping Preakness

1 week ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormTrainer Bill Mott said the decision to skip the Preakness with Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty doesn’t put any more pressure on him to win the Belmont Stakes than otherwise already exists. “It would be the same,” Mott said Thursday morning outside his Saratoga barn.
Midnight Mammoth to prep for Pacific Classic in San Diego Handicap

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormMidnight Mammoth gave race winner Skippylongstocking a fuss in Monday’s Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita before finishing second by three-quarters of a length. The narrow defeat has left trainer Craig Dollase encouraged about Midnight Mammoth’s summer, and eager to start the 6-year-old gelding in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Del Mar on July 26.
Belmont Stakes 2025: Heart of Honor to be given additional gate schooling

1 week ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormThe odds were already stacked against the European shipper Heart of Honor going into the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. But any chance the horse may have had was hampered when he acted up some in the gate and broke slowly away from it. Heart of Honor finished fifth, beaten 8 3/4 lengths by Journalism, in the nine-horse field. It was a respectable enough effort for trainer Jamie Osborne to continue on toward the June 7 Belmont Stakes.
King of Gosford wins thrilling Shoemaker Mile by a neck

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormKing of Gosford’s ascension in California’s turf mile division is complete. After winning five of his first 10 starts in the state from March 2024 to April 20 of this year, King of Gosford won by far the most prestigious race of his career in Monday’s Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita.
Be Your Best wires Gamely field to win first Grade 1

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormBe Your Best did not give six rivals a chance in Monday’s Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita. Allowed to set her own pace, Be Your Best scooted clear in early stretch and had ample energy in reserve to win her first race at the highest level and her fourth stakes in her last five starts in the $301,000 Gamely Stakes. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Be Your Best ($6.20) ran 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:46.26.
Seismic Beauty earns 104 Beyer for dominant Santa Margarita victory

1 week ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormAn hour after Seismic Beauty’s dominant win in Sunday’s Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita, syndicate manager Joe Moran stood beaming near the track’s paddock. Moran, 30, had watched the 4-year-old Seismic Beauty take command of the $200,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at the start and lead throughout, sailing to a five-length win in her stakes debut. “She’s 4 and just getting going,” Moran said. The math behind the performance was eye-catching.
Belmont Stakes 2025: Rodriguez, Baeza have important works at Santa Anita

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | David Grening

By David Grening, Daily Racing FormRodriguez and Baeza both turned in serious workouts Friday morning at Santa Anita in preparation for scheduled starts in the $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 7. Rodriguez, the Wood Memorial winner who scratched from the Kentucky Derby due to a foot issue, went seven furlongs in 1:24.80. Santa Anita clocker Dane Nelson caught Rodriguez’s first five furlongs in 59.60 seconds.
Gosger held out of Belmont to go in either Haskell or Jim Dandy

2 weeks ago | attheraces.com | Steve Andersen

By Steve Andersen, Daily Racing FormGosger, a game second to Journalism in Saturday’s Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, will skip the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 7 in favour of a major stakes for 3-year-olds in July. Trainer Brendan Walsh said on Wednesday that Gosger has emerged from the Preakness in good condition, and will benefit from a longer period between starts. “I don’t think we’re going to go” to the Belmont, Walsh said. “I think we’ll give him a little more time.