On Sept. 18, the landscape of New York racing will change. There's a sleek, glass-enclosed, ultra-modern, $500 million Belmont Park meticulously designed to fit the needs of both horsemen and fans in the 21st century.
A fierce bidding war in the Keeneland sales pavilion ended with John Wade's Dream Big Racing securing Hip 1018, a filly by Gun Runner, for a cool $1.5 million, the highest-priced filly of the fourth session of the Keeneland September…
A strong fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale for Greg Goodman's Mt Brilliant Farm consignment continued when a gray colt by the outstanding Not This Time from a deep Juddmonte black-type family fetched $1.65 million. David Ingordo signed…
Bidding on behalf of Dream Big Racing, John Wade, bloodstock agent Donato Lanni was extended to $1.5 million to acquire hip 1018, a Gun Runner filly out of the Grade III-placed Ivyetsu (Tapit) from the consignment of Greg Goodman's Mt.…
Darley America's Nyquist remained among the most popular stallions during the first two books and he was represented by his seventh seven-figure transaction Thursday afternoon when West Point Thoroughbreds' Terry Finley signed the ticket on hip 973 for $2 million.…
Trainer Miguel Clement is eager to run his marathon-specialist Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile) in the G1 Melbourne Cup in Australia, but said he can't yet commit to the race because owner John Fort is not yet on board. The…
3rd-BEL, $150K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 2:39 p.m. ET Fiora (Into Mischief), a daughter of the graded-placed Tapit mare Ivyetsu, debuts for trainer Philip Antonacci. Fiora brought $625,000 from Lindy Farms, AC Crawford Farms and Westfield Stables as a…
What started out as an experimental $25,000 claim six years ago has turned into the score of a lifetime for 32-year-old trainer and breeder Sam Wilensky. Drop a Hint (Into Mischief), who helped solidify Wilensky's desire to follow his father…
GI Arkansas Derby winner Sandman (Tapit–Distorted Music, by Distorted Humor) will stand the 2027 breeding season at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, NY for $10,000 in a deal brokered by Bowling Bloodstock and Ingordo Bloodstock, the farm announced Thursday. “We are…
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here…