The New York Backstretch Employees Pension Trust has a bit of a “well-kept secret” shroud to it. Even longtime Thoroughbred owners who compete on the New York Racing Association (NYRA) circuit are sometimes unaware that a pension fund exists for…
Saturday, Curragh, post time: 15:40, TATTERSALLS IRISH 2,000 GUINEAS-G1, €290,000, 3yo, c/f, 8fT Field: Alparslan (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), Bamako Beach (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Distant Storm (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Go Just Do It (GB) (Kingman {GB}),…
Back at the scene of his landmark success in the marathon G1 Prix du Cadran on Arc weekend, Victorious Forever's Caballo De Mar (Phoenix Of Spain) proved the chief slugger of ParisLongchamp once again as he prevailed in a blanket…
Badly in need of a confidence boost ahead of Royal Ascot, Wathnan's Lazzat (Territories) got just that in Thursday's G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at ParisLongchamp. Sent off the 30-100 favourite for the seven-furlong contest, the five-year-old who had endured five…
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will significantly increase purses on overnight races during the fall meet at the new Belmont Park, which will open for live racing Sept. 18, the track said via a Thursday press release. NYRA…
Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low's Renegade (Into Mischief) returned to the worktab at Saratoga Thursday morning for the first time since being outfinished by 'TDN Rising Star' Golden Tempo (Curlin) in the May 2 GI Kentucky Derby, going…
If there was any tension from the Aga Khan Studs team ahead of the latest expedition of Daryz (Sea The Stars) on Thursday, it quickly melted away as the Arc-winning sensation breezed through the renamed G1 Prix Aga Khan IV.…
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) has appointed Dr. Megan Knoell and Donald Little, III to its board of directors, according to a press release from the organization on Thursday. Dr. Knoell is the founder of Knoellwood Equine and has dedicated…
1st-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, (S), 5f, 1:10p.m. Life Is Good is represented by a pair of juveniles, including Repole Stable's BEACH LIFE. Bred by Thirty Year Farm, the New York-bred brought $350,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale. The filly…
Leading vendors and buyers open up ahead of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale “We've three or four owners who are mad keen to get in on the action,” said Ross O'Sullivan on the eve of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale. …