by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, which only a year ago surpassed $100 million in gross for the first time in its history, smashed through that barrier and recorded high-water marks in every category during an…
A Not This Time half-brother (hip 227) to MGSW/GISP Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah) sold for $3,000,000 to the partnership of Winchell Thoroughbreds and Coolmore just three hips from the end of Tuesday's session. Out of Just Louise, the colt was…
A colt by Gun Runner (hip 200) out of MGSW/GISP Four Graces sold for $4,000,000 to Hunter Rankin, marking the Flying Dutchmen's fifth seven-figure purchase of the night. His track record-setting first dam is herself a half-sister to MGSW/GISP McCracken…
Godolphin's Sovereignty is atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll following his 4 3/4-length, come-from-behind victory against a star-studded field in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
Miss Monica, Caribbean Life, and Embouteillage are the latest BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after first-out victories in recent days.
The 2026 Kentucky Downs meet will feature 20 stakes races with $25.75 million in total purses. The seven-day racing season opens Aug. 29 and continues Aug. 30, Sept. 3, Sept. 5-7, and Sept. 9, offering stakes action every date.
Keeneland has cataloged 4,635 horses for the 83rd edition of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which will cover 12 sessions Sept. 14-26. The catalog is now online.
When the CA$1 million King's Plate, the oldest continuously run horse race in North America, is renewed Aug. 15, the rail-drawn Luster will be heavily favored to become the 40th filly to win the 1 1/4-mile race for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds.
Burnham Square is scheduled to have some international competition when racing in the Sept. 5 Kentucky Downs Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T). Irish-based 2025 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) upsetter Ethical Diamond is another intended starter.
Crisis was averted at Delaware Park in the late evening hours of Aug. 10 as a small barn fire was extinguished by a sprinkler system. No injuries to horses or humans were reported.