Napravnik Returns for New Vocations Day at the Races
Retired jockey and Thoroughbred aftercare advocate Rosie Napravnik will return to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 3 to lead the sixth annual “New Vocations Day at the Races.”
Franco Leading NYRA Rider, Rice Top Trainer and Owner
Manny Franco paced all riders to secure top honors as the leading jockey at the New York Racing Association with 206 wins across the circuit's six race meets in 2025. Linda Rice was the top trainer and owner.
Looking Ahead to 2026: How to Increase Foal Crop Size
BloodHorse has reprised its online year-end survey to ask some of the sport's leading individuals for their opinions on pertinent issues facing the sport.
Looking Ahead to 2026: Views on Fixed-Odds Betting
BloodHorse has reprised its online year-end survey to ask some of the sport's leading individuals for their opinions on pertinent issues facing the sport.
Apprentice Hazlewood, Trainer Russell Top MD Standings
Yedsit Hazlewood and Brittany Russell concluded 2025 in style, capturing the jockey and trainer titles at the Laurel Park fall meeting.
Silver Prince Brings $450K on F-T Digital
Two-year-old colt Silver Prince, offered in a one-horse flash sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital, was sold in a post-ring sale for $450,000 to Reeves Thoroughbred Racing. Bidding opened Dec. 23 and closed Dec. 29.
Longines World Racing Awards in Focus in IFHA Quarterly
Volume 19 of IFHA Quarterly, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' newsletter produced in partnership with the Japan Racing Association, is online.
Public Assembly to Close Out 2025 in Frankel Stakes
Hours before the new year, Santa Anita Park hosts the final graded stakes race of 2025: the $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T). Trainer Phil D'Amato runs Public Assembly and Sun Of Hill.
Sizing Up the 2026 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park
Bob Ehalt, for America's Best Racing, handicaps the field of nine 3-year-olds entered in the Jan. 1 race at Oaklawn Park.