Full of Run Racing LLC, Agile Partners and Gary Garlington's Appeals to Me (f, 2, Maxfield—Something New, by Medaglia d'Oro), who was pegged at the wire in her career debut at Churchill Downs on Sept. 11, came right back to…
On a weekend of huge upsets, the GIII Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes proved no different as Michael M. Hui and Phil Forte's 14-1 longshot Malibu Smart (English Channel) emerged from the late scramble to win the turf marathon feature…
Last week, The Jockey Club released its annual Report of Mares Bred (RMBs), which is used to estimate the following year's foal crop. And, once again, the numbers were not good. The estimate for the foal crop of 2027 is…
Taking a valuable mare to Keeneland is a world apart, but horse trade is horse trade. And Robert Slack well remembers the gypsy dealers coming to the family farm, back in the old country, during a spartan postwar boyhood. He…
'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Movie Night (Speightstown) has emerged from her GII Lexus Raven Run triumph in good form, and has left her connections with some thinking to do as to how they want to approach the coming…
The unbeaten Monroe Walk (Kizuna) staked her claim to the title of Japanese champion three-year-old filly when outbattling Garavogue (Lord Kanaloa) in a thrilling finish to Sunday's G1 Shuka Sho at Kyoto Racecourse. With G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1,000 Guineas)…
Japanese Horse of the Year Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) posted a half-mile breeze Sunday morning at Belmont Park in his final New York move before shipping down to Keeneland for the World Championships. The international globetrotting star was…
Sovereignty (Into Mischief) worked five furlongs in 1:02.76 Sunday over the Saratoga training track in what was his penultimate workout before the Oct. 31 GI Breeders Cup Classic. “Visually, it looked fine to me,” trainer Bill Mott said. “He looked…
McKinzie (Street Sense) leads the advertised stud fees at $50,000 for Gainesway's 2027 stallion roster as flagship stallion Tapit (Pulpit) is moved to a private fee for the coming breeding season, the stud farm announced Sunday. North America's #1 active…
Aidan O'Brien has a lurker among his late-developing three-year-olds in Come What May (Nathaniel), who dominated Sunday's Listed Trigo Stakes at Leopardstown. A full-brother to the Derby winner Desert Crown, the 4-6 favourite who had won with authority on debut…