CROWN Weekly: Season 18

Season 18 is here! We have an incredible amount to cover in this week’s CROWN Weekly, including some significant, much-needed, and downright bullish improvements and changes meant to catapult us into the second half of the calendar year. Oh — and a horse sold for over $50,000. But we’ll get to that! It’s all inside […]

Photo Finish™ LIVE Virtual Racehorse Sells For Record $50,000.01

The final Sunday of a season isn’t typically all that newsy. But Season 17’s Foal’s Day Eve went offscript.  Minutes before the calendar turned to Season 18, Foal In One and Solmate Stables shook hands on the largest horse sale agreement in Photo Finish™ history—a $50,000.01 agreement for an SS- Colt named Foal of Pinkabet. […]

Crown Weekly: Run for the Roses

Welcome to Run for the Roses week! We’ve nearly completed another month of the Photo Finish™ schedule, and the final week of Season 17 is set to be the splashiest. Qualifier races are underway to determine which horses will battle on the tracks this weekend in the Virtual Kentucky Derby on Saturday night. Click here […]

Crown Weekly: Season Finale

Last stop before Season 17 — it’s Derby week! We’ve got plenty of news and updates to share, including a reminder that one of you will win $10,000 worth of $CROWN this weekend. Ready to finish Season 16 off with a bang? Let’s touch on the high-level need-to-knows and get you primed for the final […]

‘Making History’: Charlie Chaplin Looks to Clinch Major Series Trifecta

All eyes are on Celtic Monke Racing’s Charlie Chaplin heading into this weekend’s Season 15 Virtual Kentucky Derby as the three-year-old eyes history in its quest to become the first-ever Photo Finish™ horse to win three major series races in a single season. True to his namesake, Charlie Chaplin is writing a storyline worthy of […]

Crown Weekly: Run for the Roses

Life is all about having something to look forward to. Something you go to bed and wake up thinking about. For everyone involved in Photo Finish™ and the entire horse racing world, the date we’ve circled on our calendars has arrived: May 4, 2024, the 150th Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby is Christmas in May […]

Crown Weekly: Superfecta

There seems never to be a dull moment in the web3 world, and the same can be said for Photo Finish™ LIVE—but thankfully, for all the right reasons. News and events are coming at us in all directions just a few weeks from the May 4, 150th Kentucky Derby. From marketing initiatives to racing events […]

Crown Weekly: Season 10

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Happy Foal’s Day, everyone! With a new season upon us, thousands of new foals entering the Photo Finish™ fray, and a breeding window ready to crack open,  let’s waste no time covering what occurred in the final week of Season 9. From big-time players entering the […]

Crown Weekly: Welcome to Season 9

Live comes at you fast here at Photo Finish™, meaning we have little time to waste mulling over the past with the future here and now. The Virtual Kentucky Derby just occurred, and Churchill Downs helped Photo Finish™ promote the event across several social media channels. Season 9 is here; it’s Foal’s Day, and the […]

Claimed Horse Wins the Virtual Kentucky Derby

On Saturday night, SOLmate Stables took home the prestigious Virtual Kentucky Derby title with a horse acquired through a Photo Finish™ LIVE Claiming Race, a monumental moment in Photo Finish™ history that not only marks an outstanding achievement for SOLmate themselves but showcases the accessibility of success for newcomers. A claiming race in horse racing […]