Canadian Yearling Sale Delivers Powerful Results
By all measures, the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, held Sept. 2, produced the most successful results the sale has seen in years. A total of 145 yearlings sold for gross receipts of US$3,216,713.
Almeraq, Kind of Blue Headline Sprint Cup Stakes
Wathnan Racing will be represented at Haydock Park Racecourse in the Sprint Cup Stakes (G1), with Kind of Blue one of nine horses declared for the Sept. 5 headline group 1 contest.
Fairmount Park Cancels Sept. 5 Due to Heat
Racing at Fairmount Park has been canceled for Sept. 5, due to forecasted extreme heat. Racing will resume Sept. 8, the track announced Sept. 3.
O'Neill Trio Wades Into Deep Del Mar Futurity Water
Doug O'Neill will run three from his stable in an effort to derail a tough pair from the Bob Baffert barn in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1) going 7 furlongs Sept. 6. Baffert will be going for his 20th…
Light Up Racing Training Now Available Free Online
Light Up Racing launches its free, online Welfare Communications Workshop, making the communications training delivered to Thoroughbred industry participants across six tracks over the past two years available industrywide for the first time.
European Take Charge Star Seeks Franklin-Simpson Glory
Take Charge Star will make the trip to the U.S. to try the European-style turf course Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs in the $1.5 million Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T). Twelve 3-year-olds will line up for the 6 1/2-furlong race.
Mashallah Ready to Step Up in Prioress at Saratoga
JR Ranch's 3-year-old filly by Maxfield won her last two starts by a combined 12 1/2 lengths, including the Tyson Gilpin Stakes at Colonial Downs.
Lagynos, Formidable Man Vie for Mint Millions Crown
A loaded field of 10 is set to battle for bragging rights in the $2 million Mint Millions Invitational Stakes (G3T) Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs, the headline race of the track's Labor Day card.
Military Time Poised to Strike in Prince of Wales
With King's Plate Stakes winner Luster sitting out the rest of the Canadian Triple Crown to pursue a graded stakes race, opportunity knocks for King's Plate runner-up Military Time in the CA$400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes Sept. 7 at Fort Erie.
Report: Man Arrested in New York with 25 Horses Bound for Canadian Slaughterhouse
Robert M. Seitz, a Pennsylvania man hauling 25 horses through New York, allegedly with the intent of transporting the equines to Canada for slaughter, has been arrested as a New York law banning slaughter was enforced for the first time,…