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How to watch 2025 Haskell Stakes: Schedule, date, full field, past winners
The 2025 Haskell Stakes takes place this Saturday, July 19, at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Live coverage begins at 5 PM ET on NBC and Peacock. Journalism, winner of the 2025 Preakness Stakes and runner-up in this year's Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, is the morning line favorite for Saturday's event. Other contenders include Goal Oriented, who finished fourth in this year's Preakness and is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. Click here to see the full list of entrants. See below for additional information on how to watch the 2025 Haskell Stakes. Click here to sign up for Peacock! How to watch the 2025 Haskell Stakes: Date: Saturday, July 19 Time: 5 PM ET TV Channel: NBC Live Stream: Peacock What is the venue for the Haskell Stakes? The 2025 Haskell Stakes will take place at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Who won last year's Haskell Stakes? Dornoch won the 2024 Haskell Stakes, finishing the race in 1:50.31. Watch the video below to relive the thrilling victory: How do I watch horse racing on Peacock? Sign up to watch all of our live sports and events, including horse racing. What devices does Peacock support? You can enjoy Peacock on a variety of devices. View the full list of supported devices here. RELATED: Remembering D. Wayne Lukas, who could always make me believe
UPI
30-06-2025
- Sport
- UPI
D. Wayne Lukas' death overshadows a big weekend of horse racing
1 of 5 | Trainer D. Wayne Lucas, shown speaking with fellow trainer Bob Baffert In the paddocks before the Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in 2024, died Saturday of a blood disease. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 30 (UPI) -- News that legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas died peacefully Saturday at age 89 after a career of personal accomplishment and devotion to the industry overshadowed a jam-packed weekend of Thoroughbred racing. Lukas had been active through much of this year, but declined aggressive treatment for a serious medical problem stemming from a MRSA blood infection and elected to spend his final few days at home. We play on, minus The Coach. Breeders' Cup slots were decided at Churchill Down and in Uruguay. Thorpedo Anna resumed her domination of any and all rivals. On the global front, it was Irish Derby weekend at the Curragh or, as it might better be called, Aidan O'Brien weekend. Ditto Bob Baffert weekend at Los Alamitos. Let's go. Classic / Dirt Mile Several of the best older dirt runners currently in training lined up in Saturday's $1 million Grade I Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs. The punters correctly made four of the six roughly equal, and those contenders finished 1-2-3-4, starting with the favorite, Mindframe. Winner of the Grade I Churchill Downs Stakes at 7 furlongs in his last start, Mindframe allowed Grade II Oaklawn Handicap winner First Mission to make the early going, blew by that one in the lane and ran on to win by 1 length. Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone got by First Mission to finish second, with 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan fourth. "This was a really good field today and I'm really proud the way that he finished to hold off some of the best horses in the country right now," Ortiz said. The race was a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Out West, trainer Bob Baffert not only won the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby for the ninth straight year, but also saddled the exacta. The closest of the two other competitors was 12 1/2 lengths back of the Baffert duo of odds-on favorite Nevada Beach and Varney. Varney set the early pace and turned it over to his stablemate in the lane, who won by 4 1/4 lengths. Nevada Beach, by Omaha Beach, now has two wins and a second. Baffert now has 15 overall wins in the race. "Those are two really nice horses," he said. Elsewhere: Mansetti won Saturday's $175,000 (Canadian) HIPbet Marine Stakes for 3-year-olds at Woodbine; Post Time took Saturday's $125,000 Deputed Testamoney at Laurel Park; Funtastic Again won Saturday's $150,000 (Canadian) Grade III Dominion Day Stakes at Woofbine; and Will Take It triumphed in Sunday's 1-mile, $300,000 Hanshin Stakes at Churchill Downs. Distaff Whatever was troubling Thorpedo Anna when she finished a dull seventh in the Grade I La Troienne on Kentucky Oaks Day was long in the past Saturday when she reappeared on the Churchill Downs track. The 2024 Kentucky Oaks and Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and Eclipse Award Horse of the Year was in full command in the Grade I Fasig-Tipton Fleur de Lis, tracking the pace before taking command to win by 3 lengths, ridden out by jockey Brian Williamson Jr. The Fleur de Lis was a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Distaff, but trainer Kenny McPeek hinted he might consider running Thorpedo Anna against males in the Breeders' Cup if she continues to carve up her female rivals. Also: Serendipity led virtually all the way to a 2 1/2-length score in Saturday's $150,000 Grade III Selene Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the Woodbine all-weather course. Turf Brilliant Berti rallied from behind a glacial early pace to take the lead in the stretch run of Saturday's $500,000 Grade II Wise Dan Stakes on the Churchill Downs greensward and powered to a 3/4-length victory. Taking Candy nosed out Lagynos for second, giving trainer Cheri DeVaux the exacta. Then, too: Wolfie's Dynaghost won Saturday's $125,000 Prince George's County at Laurel Park; Stay Hot took Saturday's $250,000 Texas Turf Classic at Lone Star Park; and Tom's Magic won Saturday's $102,000 Tale of the Cat at Monmouth Park. Filly & Mare Turf Neom Beach won Saturday's $125,000 Wasted Tears Stakes at Lone Star Park; Sigh No More took Sunday's $102,000 Boiling Springs for 3-year-old fillies at Monmouth Park; and Pin Up Betty won Sunday's $175,000 Anchorage at Churchill Downs. Turf Mile Dream On finally won the twice-delayed $400,000 Grade III Penn Mile for 3-year-olds once Penn National got it into the starting gate Friday. After all that, the course was yielding and three of the entries were scratched. Laurelin won the companion $150,000 Penn Oaks. Further: Lush Lips won Saturday's $250,000 Tepin Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs and Ocean Club was victorious in Saturday' $175,000 (Canadian) Grade II Nassau at Woodbine. Turf Sprint Patches O'Houlihan continued his dominance in Woodbine sprints with a neck victory over My Boy Prince in Saturday's $240,000 (Canadian) bet365 Highlander Stakes at Woodbine. But the 5-year-old gelding needed all the help jockey Sofia Vives could muster as he bore out badly on the turn and just did hang onto the lead to the wire. He was removed by equine ambulance after the race with a reported "soft-tissue" injury. Also: Usually Wrong won Saturday's $125,000 Grand Prairie Turf Sprint at Lone Star Park and Miss Code West took the companion $125,000 Chicken Fried Steaks for fillies and mares. Sprint Subrogate won Saturday's scratch-depleted $175,000 Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park and Roll On Big Joe took Saturday's $250,000 Grade III Kelly's Landing at Churchill Downs. Filly & Mare Sprint St. Benedicts Prep won Saturday's $125,000 Alma North Stakes at Laurel Park and Not Too Late took Sunday's $100,000 Maryfield Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Monmouth Park. Juvenile / Juvenile Fillies Two to watch early in the 2-year-old ranks: Romeo won Sunday's $225,000 Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs, leading early and then drawing off easily to win by 3 3/4 lengths. Percy's Bar drew off to win the $225,000 Debutante for 2-year-old fillies by 5 lengths. Around the world, around the clock Ireland So trainer Baffert has saddled 15 winners of the Los Alamitos Derby. Impressive but still shy by two of trainer O'Brien's domination of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, as the maestro of Ballydoyle landed the Group 1 event for the 17th time Sunday. There was so much about Lambourn's victory in the Derby, it's hard to grasp it all at once. On top, he sewed up the Derby Double, following on his triumph on the Epsom Downs. It was the sixth time O'Brien has done that, including with Australia and Galileo, who are Lambourn's sire and grandsire. O'Brien also trained Whirl, who upset the Andrew Balding-trained favorite, Kalpana, in Saturday's Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes for fillies and mares, and Beautify upset Lady Iman in the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. He also won the Barranstown Stud Irish EBF Maiden for 2-year-olds with Dorset. Ryan Moore was aboard for all those wins. The fly in the ointment for O'Brien, the Coolmore owners and Moore was Flushing Meadows' narrow loss to Suzie Songs as a heavy favorite in the Group 3 Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey Stakes for 2-year-olds. France Calandagan powered down the straight to win Sunday's Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud by 3 1/2 lengths. The 4-year-old Gleneagles, second in two previous Group 1 events this season, saw off a quality, albeit short, field and may have earned a showdown with Lambourn in the King George on July 20 at Ascot. Uruguay Touch of Destiny earned a "Win and You're In" spot in November's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with a gate-to-wire victory in Sunday's Group 3 Asociacion Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera at Hipodromo Maronas in Monevideo, Uruguay. The 2-year-old (by Southern Hemisphere time) remains undefeated after six starts thanks to the 5-length triumph. He's by Midshipman, winner of the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Associated Press
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
D. Wayne Lukas revolutionized horse racing: An Appreciation
For over 50 years, D. Wayne Lukas set the standard in horse racing. And the sport followed suit. Trainers wanted to be like Wayne. Owners wanted him handling their horses. He died Saturday at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, his family announced through Churchill Downs on Sunday. He was 89. Lukas' death, mourned across the racing industry, came just days after his family said he would no longer train because of health issues. He was hospitalized with a severe MRSA infection and declined an aggressive treatment plan, instead choosing to return home. His stable of horses was transferred to his longtime assistant Sebastian Nicholl. Lukas' 4,953rd and final thoroughbred winner was Tour Player at Churchill Downs on June 12. His final Kentucky Derby runner finished 16th in May. There are generations who've never known horse racing without Lukas in it. Much of what American trainers do today is based on his playbook: identifying and buying the best horses at the sales, shipping them to race at tracks nationwide, aiming to compete yearly in what he called 'the big arena' -- the Triple Crown series and the Breeders' Cup world championships. 'The horses were everything to Wayne. They were his life,' one-time rival trainer and longtime friend Bob Baffert posted on X. 'From the way he worked them, how he cared for them, and how he maintained his shed row as meticulously as he did his horses. No detail was too small. Many of us got our graduate degrees in training by studying how Wayne did it. Behind his famous shades, he was a tremendous horseman, probably the greatest who ever lived.' Born and raised on a small farm in Antigo, Wisconsin, Lukas grew up around horses. He first coached high school basketball in his home state, later serving as an assistant at the University of Wisconsin. In 1968, Lukas moved to California and began training quarter horses. He found success, overseeing 24 world champions in 10 years. He then switched to thoroughbreds, saddling his first winner at Santa Anita in 1977. He became the first trainer to earn over $100 million in purse money, and 14 times he led the nation in money won. 'A lot of nice records fell and a lot of good things happened,' he said in 2022. Lukas had an edge to him in his heyday, cutting a suave figure at the track in his expensive suits, his eyes hidden behind aviator sunglasses. He ran his operation like a corporate CEO, overseeing some 400 horses around the country. There was no time to rest on his laurels. He was never content to appreciate what he had achieved. Instead, he was always looking for the next great horse, the next big stakes win. His statistics are overwhelming: — 15 Triple Crown race victories, including six in a row — 20 Breeders' Cup victories — three Horse of the Year champions — four Eclipse Awards as the nation's outstanding trainer — first trainer to be inducted in both the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Nearly until his final days, Lukas would be aboard his stable pony, Bucky, in the predawn darkness, leading his horses to the track and supervising their workouts. Out of the saddle, he was easily spotted in his white Stetson, using a cane in one of his few concessions to age. Some years ago, though, the glory days seemed lost and never to return. A handful of Lukas' deep-pocketed owners died within a short time of each other, leaving his stock of horseflesh depleted. He wasn't a serious factor in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. In 2020, he recovered from a case of COVID-19. Still, he kept getting up at 3:30 a.m., spending winters in Arkansas and springs in Kentucky. He returned to the 2-year-old sales, scouting promising horses that he could develop his way. He also trained for MyRacehorse, a syndicate selling shares in horses for as little as $100. Lukas marveled at the logjam of happy owners in the winner's circle. The tide soon turned. In 2022, Lukas earned his record-tying fifth victory in the Kentucky Oaks and first since 1990. He became the oldest trainer to win a Triple Crown race when Seize the Grey won the 2024 Preakness and followed up with a victory in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby. On that May afternoon in Baltimore, there was an impromptu surge of adulation for Lukas from his rivals. In a business rife with jealousy, the losers stepped up to congratulate the wily veteran. Lukas lived to a ripe old age, long enough to experience the reverence he had earned and so richly deserved. 'No one was bigger to this Game Except for Wayne,' retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens wrote on X. Over his last 25 years, Lukas had segued into racing's elder stateman, unafraid to express his opinions about an industry struggling to stay afloat within its ranks and with the public. 'With age and experience you inherit a certain amount of responsibility to maybe carry the game a little further,' he told The Associated Press in 2015. Lukas had been there, done that and knew the feeling of winning. He wanted to share it with his newest owners as well as total strangers. He would often pull youngsters out of the stands and usher them to the winner's circle to pose for the photo. The man nicknamed 'Coach' took fatherly pride in his string of former assistants who went on to successful careers of their own, most notably Todd Pletcher, a two-time Kentucky Derby winner. 'Wayne had a special aura about him,' Baffert posted on X. 'He had a knack for making others feel seen and valued. He was uniquely charming and an eternal optimist. In one of my last conversations with him, we talked about the importance of looking at the glass half full and continuing to compete in what he called the big arena. To his final days, he was a relentless competitor. He set out with ambitious goals and achieved them all.' ___ AP horse racing:
Japan Times
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Hall of Fame trainer and horse racing legend D. Wayne Lukas dies at 89
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who saddled four Kentucky Derby winners among his 15 winners in U.S. Triple Crown races, has died at the age of 89, his family said Sunday. In a statement released through Churchill Downs, the family said Lukas died at home on Saturday night, a week after an infection sent him to hospital, and he decided not to pursue aggressive treatment. "We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of love, prayers and support from all corners of the racing community — from racetracks across the country to lifelong friends and respected rivals, and from fans who never missed a post parade when 'Lukas' was listed in the program," the family said. Lukas was one of the most accomplished trainers in U.S. racing history. His 15 Triple Crown victories are second only to Bob Baffert's 17, and he is tied with Ireland's Aidan O'Brien for most Breeders' Cup wins for a trainer with 20. He saddled his most recent Triple Crown race winner last year with Seize the Grey in the Preakness Stakes — his seventh Preakness triumph. "Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most significant figures in Thoroughbred racing over the last 50 years," Bill Carstanjen, chief executive of Churchill Downs Incorporated, said in a statement. "We will miss his humor, his wisdom and his unmatched capacity to thrill the fans with the performances of his horses on our sport's biggest days." The Breeders' Cup issued a statement hailing Lukas' innovative training approach and a legacy that "continues through the many horsemen who came up under his astute guidance before finding tremendous success on their own. "The dedication, discipline, passion, and insight with which he ran his operation will serve as an inspiration for many generations," the Breeders' Cup said in its statement. National Thoroughbred Racing Association President Tom Rooney said it was "hard to imagine" racing without Lukas. "His horsemanship reshaped the sport," Rooney said. "If there's a Mount Rushmore of trainers, D. Wayne Lukas is on it." Churchill Downs confirmed last week that the horses in Lukas' care had been transferred to veteran assistant Sebastian "Bas" Nicholl. In a career spanning six decades, Lukas amassed 4,967 documented thoroughbred wins. He trained 26 Eclipse Award winners, including three that were named Horse of the Year.
Arab News
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a winner of 15 Triple Crown races, dies at 89
NEW YORK: D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades, has died. He was 89. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport His family said Sunday that Lukas died Saturday night at his Louisville, Kentucky, home. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions. 'Wayne devoted his life not only to horses but to the industry — developing generations of horsemen and horsewomen and growing the game by inviting unsuspecting fans into the winner's circle,' his family said in a statement. 'Whether he was boasting about a maiden 2-year-old as the next Kentucky Derby winner or offering quiet words of advice before a big race, Wayne brought heart, grace, and grit to every corner of the sport. His final days were spent at home in Kentucky, where he chose peace, family, and faith.' Lukas won 15 Triple Crown races, including the Kentucky Derby four times. Only good friend Bob Baffert has more Triple Crown victories, and Lukas owns a record-tying 20 in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. 'The whole secret of this game, I think, is being able to read the horse: Read what he needs, what he doesn't need, what he can't do, what he can do,' Lukas said in May before his 34th and final Preakness Stakes. 'That's the whole key. Everybody's got the blacksmith, everybody's got to the same bed available, the feed man. We all can hire a good jockey. We all can hire a pretty good exercise rider if we've got the means, so what the hell is the difference? The horse is the difference and what we do with him in reading him.' Lukas was affectionately known around the barns and the racetrack as 'Coach' because he coached high school basketball before his professional career with horses began. Even with months to go before his 90th birthday, he would get up on his pony in the early morning hours and go out to the track himself, rather than letting his assistants do the day-to-day work. Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into thoroughbreds in the late 1970s and won his first Preakness with Codex in 1980. Lukas has 4,967 documented victories in thoroughbred racing, with his horses earning more than $310 million from more than 30,600 starts. 'Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most significant figures in Thoroughbred racing over the last 50 years,' Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said. 'We will miss his humor, his wisdom and his unmatched capacity to thrill the fans with the performances of his horses on our sport's biggest days.' Achieving something of a career renaissance over the past decade, one he credits to finding the right owners willing to spend money on horses, Lukas won the Preakness last year with Seize the Grey. Asked what motivates him to keep doing his job well into his late 80s, he gave a pep talk fit for a locker room before a big game. 'If you have a passion, you eliminate all the excuses,' Lukas said. 'That's how it works. You get up early. You go without a meal. You drive. You go without sleep — as long as you got the passion. Don't let that sofa pull you down. It's a little easy when that alarm goes off to say, 'Oh my God, I don't know if I really want to do this today.' Erase that. The most important decision you'll ever make in your life is your attitude decision. Make it early, and make the right one.'
