Trainer Wesley Ward went to $2.3 million for a Gun Runner colt Monday night at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. The chestnut, consigned as Hip 78 by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent CXV, is out of the Tapit mare Shook Up.…
Overlooked in the focus on Churchill Downs Inc.'s (CDI) announcement with the New York Racing Association (NYRA) of their Thoroughbred Championship Series for 3 year-olds was a statement made by CDI CEO Bill Carstanjen during the company's July 30 conference…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Lance Gasaway heard his phone pinging long before his 2-year-old colt Twinkle Town (Take Charge Indy) completed his six-length win in the 121st running of the $250,000 GII Saratoga Special Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course.…
Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) stock fell nearly 7 percent Thursday after the company announced plans to sell nine casinos and refocus on its horse racing businesses. Churchill's stock price reached its lowest level in six years. Among the properties Churchill…
The stallions who entered stud in 2021 should really remain viewed as a work in progress, with only a third crop of juveniles joining the fray. Yet an impetuous commercial market had already made its judgement last year, when Tiz…
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Made the favorite by the betting public in the GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, Built (Hard Spun–Sea Garden, by Curlin) put coal in the firebox, ran to his odds and…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — As he watched a set of horses exit his barn on the Saratoga backstretch, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse got to thinking. “How lucky was I to have Nitrogen be champion 3-year-old filly last year?”…
As Susie Atkins drove away from her beloved CASA Farms for the last time, she told herself that her story in the Thoroughbred business had come to a close. Later that year, she couldn't bring herself to watch the breeding…
Longtime trainer Bernie Flint died Friday morning in Louisville after a lengthy illness, according to an HBPA release. He was 86. Flint's family was by his side when he passed. “It's been a rough few years, but Dad was always…
OCEANPORT, NJ–A lot has been made about the fact that Ocelli (Connect) has yet to win in nine prior careers starts. Despite that fact, the handsome colt's career earnings already stand at over $800,000 and the sole maiden in Saturday's…