The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) has named Andy Pinto as the new Chief Financial Officer, the aftercare organization announced in a release Wednesday. Pinto will be moved into the position with the retirement of long-time CFO Pat Stickney-Compagna. “Pat has…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – On his final day at Saratoga Race Course, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse had a little bit of business before closing out shop for the summer. Casse leaves Saratoga on Thursday, bound for Kentucky Downs.…
In-person Thoroughbred sales are like a small town in that it's normal to run into the same individuals around the show ring. On a digital platform though the scope of interactions can multiply quickly, sometimes tenfold. According to Tommy Eastham…
Having brought his Blue Point filly to the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale in an attempt to make her stand out, it's fair to say that Paul McCartan's methodology paid off and then some at Park Paddocks on Wednesday when the…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – If Book'em Danno (Bucchero) doesn't get a prep race before the Breeders' Cup, you won't see him in the $2-million GI Sprint on Oct. 31 at Keeneland. And, right now, trainer Derek Ryan really doesn't know…
2.30, ParisLongchamp, Debutantes, 2yo, c/g, 8fT Twelve months ago, the Wertheimers unveiled a TDN Rising Star in Zaraki in ParisLongchamp's Prix de Fontenoy and they have another fascinating runner in Thursday's renewal in JUMEAU (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). A…
Multiple graded stakes winner Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile–Pomeroys Pistol, by Pomeroy) has been relocated from Spendthrift Farm to Duncan Farms in Warsaw, Ohio, according to a farm release on Wednesday. Thousand Words stud fee for 2027 will be set…
Joseph O'Brien is aiming both group winner Enceladus (Sea The Stars) and Highwayman (Persian King) at the G1 St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday, September 12. The former has won his last three starts, breaking his maiden at Cork in…
It's been a big year for Wathnan Racing, the racing operation founded in 2022 by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and it got even bigger last Saturday at Saratoga. Wathnan scored another major victory when…
“Anyone can play our game,” says Sean Perl with a shrug. “So walk outside and raise your hand.” We're talking during the recent Fasig-Tipton July Sale: a recalibration, start of a new yearling cycle, but essentially just another variation of…