The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will host a New Owners Seminar to be held Saturday, July 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis in Shelbyville, Indiana, the group announced Tuesday. The event, held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in conjunction with…
Aktem will bid to throw down a marker with its first-ever breeze-up sale taking place at Maisons-Laffitte on Wednesday, where 81 juveniles will go under the hammer. The sales company's Daniel Cooper has outlined hopes for the breeze-up sale to…
Forty-five years on from the success of the Ian Balding-trained Glint Of Gold in the Paul Mellon silks forever synonymous with Mill Reef, Andrew Balding emulated his late father at Milan's San Siro Racetrack on Tuesday as the blue-blooded Venetian…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – By the time 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Chief Wallabee (Constitution) got to the races, Renegade (Into Mischief), the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's GI Belmont Stakes, already had three starts on his resume. When…
Connections of Calandagan (Gleneagles) will keep a close eye on ground conditions at Epsom before making a final decision on his participation in Saturday's G1 Coolmore Coronation Cup. Following rainfall totalling 25 millimetres overnight and into Tuesday morning, the official…
The birdsong is briefly interrupted as a pair of colts gallop by. Nothing too strong now, for the major work is done. Maltese Cross and Tenability breeze on up Newmarket's Al Bahathri, giving rise to some contented muttering from the…
First post time for live Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack has been moved up, according to Woodbine Entertainment on Tuesday. Effective Friday, June 5, the first race post time on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays is moved up from 1:20 p.m.…
Those of us most despondent to see the winner of the first leg sitting out the second can console ourselves, precisely on grounds of tradition, that an abbreviated GI Belmont Stakes would never have allowed a “proper” Triple Crown anyway.…
Churchill Downs has launched Gallop for Good: From Race to Retirement (“Gallop for Good”), a national online giving campaign supporting Thoroughbred aftercare nonprofits, centered around a one-day giving event on Churchill's Stephen Foster Day, June 27. Gallop for Good supports…
Each of our six fastest females last week raced on Saturday – five at Churchill Downs and one at Santa Anita. 6 – PROCTOR STREET, CD, 5/30, GIII Mint Julep Stakes, 1 1-16 miles (turf) (video) Beyer Speed Figure-…