Phileas Fogg (Astern {Aus}), a contender for the Oct. 31 GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland, will miss the race, trainer Gustavo Rodriguez told DRF Thursday. “We're not going to make it,” Rodriguez told DRF. “The horse looks okay, but…
Funeral arrangements have been set for Johnny Mac Smith, DVM, a pioneering equine veterinarian, co-founder of one of the nation's leading equine hospitals, and longtime steward of equine research who passed away on Oct. 10, 2026 at the age of 78.…
The sustained demand for yearlings was labelled as “stunning” by top bloodstock agent Mags O'Toole at Arqana on Thursday after she paid €110,000 on a Territories colt from Charles Briere's Fairway Consignment – the same figure that Jeremy Brummitt went…
4th-BEL, $100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:49 p.m. ET. Spendthrift Farm went to $3.1-million during the 2021 Keeneland November Sale to acquire GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Paris Lights (Curlin). Covered by super sire Into Mischief four consecutive times…
Coal Battle (Coal Front), a contender for the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, breezed five furlongs at Keeneland on Thursday morning. Sent out after the second maintenance period, the 4-year-old covered the distance in 1:00, the fastest of four moves…
Darn Hot Gallop (Too Darn Hot) (lot 95) sold for 49,000gns out of the Tattersalls Online October Sale on Thursday. The three-year-old filly, consigned by Jamesfield Stables, was purchased by Tegbir Singh Brar of Darmesh Stud in India. A three…
A total of 45 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations have been awarded accreditation for 2026, according to a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance release on Thursday. Of the 45 organizations, 39 were previously accredited, and six earned accreditation for the first time this year.…
Initially, Christian Erickson had fully considered liquidating Payson Stud's equine portfolio. As the newly appointed President of the family's trust following Virginia Kraft Payson's passing in 2023, Erickson set out to appraise the broodmare band. But any thoughts of winding…
3.55 Doncaster, Novice, 2yo, 7f 213yT There is a landmark runner at Doncaster on Friday as Juddmonte's ENTRUST (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) starts out in the mile novice on the card with the heavy burden of being the first representative of…
Generation to generation, side by side, the two dynasties have been entwined since 1951. But every arborist knows that trees only maintain healthy growth with judicious pruning and coppicing, and that you must keep adapting to changes in environment and…