Guns Loaded Brings New Derby Hope to Connections
A year after its colt No More Time was ruled out of the Kentucky Derby (G1) due to injury, Morplay Racing begins a new quest for the Run for the Roses with Guns Loaded in the Feb. 1 $265,000 Holy Bull...
View ArticleWhite Abarrio Tops 2025's First NTRA Poll
In the first National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2025, Pegasus World Cup (G1) winner White Abarrio tops Thorpedo Anna for the No. 1 spot. The post White Abarrio Tops...
View ArticleProwess’ Sister Shines Bright on Final Day at Karaka
At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate reached NZ$75,322,500, (US$42,686,400), down 5% on 12 months ago albeit from a slightly smaller offering of 588 yearlings. The average rounded out at...
View ArticleDelaware Handicap Moved to September in 2025
Delaware Park has made some changes to their stakes schedule in 2025, shifting the Delaware Handicap (G3) to September and debuting the Delaware Derby in June. The meet will run May 14-Oct. 11. The...
View ArticleGraded Stakes Winners Intidab, Kayrawan Euthanized
Old Friends announced that graded stakes-winning stallions Intidab, age 32, and Kayrawan, age 33, that were donated to the farm for their retirements by Shadwell Farm, were euthanized due to the...
View ArticleLavin Named Grayson-JC Research Foundation Chair
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced Jan. 28 that Kevin Lavin, who had been vice-chair, has been named chair, replacing Dell Hancock, and Geoffrey Russell has been named vice-chair. The...
View ArticleVerifying's First Reported Foal Born in Florida
Pleasant Acres Stallions announced the arrival of Verifying’s first foal, a strong and healthy filly out of the Malibu Moon mare Selective Memory. Born Jan. 25 at 5:30 a.m., the foal is owned by...
View ArticlePost Time Named Top Midlantic-Bred of 2024
On the heels of a season that saw him win four races, earn nearly $1 million, and finish second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), Post Time has been named the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing...
View ArticleOaklawn Park Reschedules Jan. 30 Card
Due to the forecasted severe weather and potential flash flooding in the Hot Springs, Ark., area for Jan. 30, Oaklawn Park’s nine-race card originally scheduled for that day has been rescheduled to...
View ArticleMD Horse Library to Host Black Horsemen Exhibit in Feb.
In recognition of Black History Month, the Maryland Horse Library and Education Center, at 321 Main Street in Historic Reisterstown, will host the traveling exhibit, “The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s...
View ArticleHIWU Requires PA Testing Lab to Modify TCO2 Testing
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit announced Jan. 29 that it has directed the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory to modify its instrumentation and methodology for TCO2...
View ArticleBlue-Blooded Broodmares Entered in Tatts February Sale
There are some particularly well-bred mares on offer at Park Paddocks. Among them is Barton Sales’ Divisimo, a Dansili sister to Matron Stakes (G1) winner Emulous. Emulous is the dam of last year’s...
View ArticleAir Force Red Eyes Thunder Road Rebound at Santa Anita
The son of Air Force Blue has a comfort level with the turf at Santa Anita having run 16 of his career 22 starts there with a record of 5-2-1. Overall, Air Force Red is 6-3-1 from 22 starts with...
View ArticleTenma Launches 3-Year-Old Campaign in Las Virgenes
Tenma, racing under the Chu’s Baoma Corp. banner, gives the couple a chance at possible Oaks glory in May when she enters the starting gate for the Feb. 2 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park....
View ArticleBloodHorse MarketWatch: 2024 Purses and Stakes Review
BloodHorse’s annual report on changes in purses and race dates at North American racetracks and a feature on the stallions who were the quickest to sire 100 stakes winners. The post BloodHorse...
View ArticleThree Stakes Victories Earn Gaffalione Jockey of Week
Tyler Gaffalione was a clear winner Jan. 25 with three stakes victories, including two graded, on the blockbuster Pegasus World Cup (G1) 13-race program. The panel of racing experts voted Gaffalione...
View ArticleMount Fees Increased for NYRA Jockeys in 2025
The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and the Jockeys’ Guild agreed to a new scale of mount fees for jockeys who ride at New York Racing Association tracks, which will take effect Feb. 1....
View ArticleStudy: Rise in Inbreeding Not 'Inherently Problematic'
Researchers at the University of Kentucky, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Minnesota, and University of California-Davis have published the most comprehensive genetic analysis of North...
View ArticleHealth Leads Saumarez Smith to Step Down as BHA Chair
Joe Saumarez Smith is stepping down as the British Horseracing Authority chair with immediate effect due to a deterioration in his health, British racing’s governing body said Jan. 30. The post Health...
View ArticleHe's Not Joking Gives Dirt Another Try in Holy Bull
His lone try on dirt inconclusive, Di Scola Boys Stable’s grade 3 winner He’s Not Joking will get another chance to prove himself over the main track in the $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream...
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