by T.D. Thornton-Last Saturday's news that the No. 1-ranked Paladin (Gun Runner) will miss the GI Kentucky Derby with a non-displaced condylar fracture of his right front ankle created a vacancy atop this list. Any set of Derby rankings abhors…
Lael Stables' She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}–Summer Sweet, by More Than Ready), last season's Eclipse champion turf female, has been retired from racing, according to the DRF Monday. “She had an issue that just was going to take even longer…
When Chad Brown presented Michael Dubb the opportunity to buy into a 2-year-old filly who had raced just once in France last summer, the trainer admitted the price tag might be the only concern. Dubb and partners Steven Bouchey, Thirty…
The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, the source of top stayer Onesmoothoperator and Irish 1,000 Guineas fifth City Of Memphis, has been released. It features juveniles by top-notch stallions Kingman, Sioux Nation, Wootton Bassett, Starspangledbanner, Night Of Thunder,…
Edited Press Release With the expected retirement of current executive director Cricket Goodall in 2027, the Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) is preemptively looking for her successor. The Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) seeks an accomplished Executive Director to lead…
There was much to absorb over the last weekend and, significantly for the tier of horseracing which prompts so much fan engagement, the two best horses in Europe both returned victorious in Dubai. Calandagan (Gleneagles) and Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder),…
Glen Eden. She says it's every bit as picturesque as it sounds. Two hundred acres across a valley in Chester, New Jersey: hunters and jumpers, 50 stalls, an indoor ring, another two outdoors. And a bunch of kids wanting to…
Leaving his debut education far behind him on Monday, Ballydoyle's $1million Keeneland September sensation Shaftesbury Avenue (Maxfield) imposed his considerable presence on his maiden at Navan. Fitted with cheekpieces following his third at The Curragh earlier this month, the 2-1 second…
Group 1-winning sprinter American Affair is on course to return at the Dante Festival at York, according to trainer Jim Goldie, who is eyeing a repeat win in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot with his stable star.…
By Kit Gow/Dane McLeod/TTR AusNZ The 2026 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale concluded on Monday with another day of dazzling results, hugely successful pinhooks, and a noticeable dominance by super sire Extreme Choice, who averaged a record-breaking $1.56 million across…