America's Best Racing

09/17/2026

Archival photos of Secretariat decorate the walls of the new Belmont Park 🥹

Tomorrow, a new era of racing begins at the renovated Belmont Park, but the legends of the historic track live on.

09/17/2026

Forever Young headlines the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, but he's not the only notable horse in the race.

Meet the contenders in our Cheat Sheet, presented by NYRA Bets.

The road to the 2026 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic makes an important stop at Belmont Park on Friday, Sept. 18 as older male dirt horses go 1 ¼ miles in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes.

09/17/2026

Greetings from the new Belmont Park! 🤩

Tomorrow, racing returns for the first time in 3 years!!!

09/17/2026

Which 2-year-olds delivered the most impressive performances during the 2026 summer season at Del Mar?

Take a look at how we rank the top five juveniles who competed at Del Mar this summer ⬇️

Which 2-year-old Thoroughbreds delivered the most impressive performances during the 2026 summer season at Del Mar? Del Mar’s summer meet often yields serious contenders for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and next year’s Triple Crown races. If the numerous flashy 2-year-old winners we w...

09/17/2026

Hear from Forever Young's trainer Yosh*to Yahagi on how the Japanese superstar is doing upon his return to the US 🎌

He's back in action this Friday in the Belmont Gold Cup at NYRA's Belmont Park!

#フォーエバーヤング #競馬

09/16/2026

Hear from Forever Young’s trainer Yosh*to Yahagi on how the Japanese superstar is doing upon his return to the U.S. ✈️🇯🇵

Forever Young returns this Friday in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at the newly reopened Belmont Park! 🏆

#フォーエバーヤング

09/16/2026

Get ready for a HUGE weekend of racing in Pennsylvania! ��

Join America’s Best Racing LIVE Wednesday, September 16 at 7 p.m. ET as Ashley Wood, Jessica Paquette, and Alexa Zepp preview two action-packed days of stakes racing across the Commonwealth.

First up: Presque Isle Downs on Friday, September 18, with five stakes worth a combined $725,000, headlined by the $300,000 G2 Presque Isle Downs Masters.

Then we turn our attention to Parx Racing on Saturday, September 19, where more than $3 Million in stakes purses are up for grabs! The massive card is headlined by the $1 Million G1 betPARX Pennsylvania Derby and $1 Million G1 Cotillion Stakes, along with the $400,000 G2 Gallant Bob Stakes and five more stakes races.

Get expert analysis, betting picks and everything you need to know before one of Pennsylvania’s biggest weekends of racing!

Presented by America's Best Racing and the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association.

09/16/2026

Some races stay with you forever.

40 years ago, Broad Brush delivered one of those unforgettable performances in the Pennsylvania Derby. 🌧️🏇

Relive the story of a soggy afternoon that became racing history.

I’ve seen thousands and thousands of horse races in person over the years but only a few dozen will forever endure among my memories as truly unforgettable. The 1986 edition of the Pennsylvania Derby won by Broad Brush was one such race. It’s been 40 years since I sat in the grandstand of what w...

09/16/2026

How lucky are we to share the same timeline as Forever Young? 😭🇯🇵

This Japanese superstar burst onto the U.S. racing scene when he nearly won the 2024 Kentucky Derby alongside Sierra Leone and Mystik Dan. Then, in 2025, he won the Breeders’ Cup Classic, becoming the first Japanese horse to win the race, cementing his place in history. 🏆

Now, ahead of a return to the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Forever Young is finally back on U.S. soil and set to make his stateside debut this Friday at the re-opening of Belmont Park in New York.

It will be the first time racing has taken place at Belmont since 2023, and what better way to kick things off than with a superstar like Forever Young? 🇯🇵✨

#フォーエバーヤング

09/16/2026

A new era of New York racing begins! 🏇

Join us LIVE from the brand-new Belmont Park for Opening Day featuring the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup.

John Franklin, Alexa Zepp, Matthew Desantis, and Kaylie Shapiro take you inside the action with race previews, top picks, and special guests.

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