Justify's Spicy Martini Surges to Win Stradbroke
Bargain buy Spicy Martini completed a rags-to-riches tale when she raced away with the June 13 AU$3 million Stradbroke Handicap (G1) at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Stakes Recap: Salvator Mile & Pegasus Stakes
Maggie Wolfendale looks back at the Salvator Mile & the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.
‘TDN Rising Star’ El Magnate Doubles Up at Woodbine
El Magnate (Into Mischief), who was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' following his eventful debut win going 5 1/2 furlongs at Woodbine May 17, doubled up with an effortless score at the Ontario oval Sunday. Sent off…
Sovereignty Records Penultimate Work for Stephen Foster
A day after nominations were released for the much-anticipated GI Stephen Foster Stakes, to be held June 27 at Churchill Downs, prime contender and reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) worked at Saratoga, breezing five furlongs in 1:02.61…
Q & A With Lucinda Finley: Any Potential Supreme Court Decision ‘Probably a Year’ Away
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion that reiterated a conclusion they had reached two years prior–that even though the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)'s rulemaking structure is constitutional, its enforcement provisions…
Week in Review: Baffert Spreads His Wings
Since Bob Baffert made the shift from Quarter Horse racing to Thoroughbred racing in the early eighties, no one has been more loyal to Southern California racing. Especially when it came to stakes races, he filled the entry box like…
Irish Oaks Calls For Bolger’s Unbeaten Sparan Nua
It has been a while since Jim Bolger had a real top-flight prospect and so it was welcome sight that greeted Cork's faithful on Sunday when his unbeaten filly Sparan Nua (Dawn Approach) took the G3 Darley Munster Oaks. After…
Irish Thoroughbred Industry Hosts Vautmans And Cassart
MEP Hilde Vautmans and MEP Benoit Cassart visited Coolmore with Des Leadon MA MVB MSC and Joe Hernon, chairman of the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders' Associations (EFTBA) on June 9. Vautmans is the chairperson of the Horse Group in…
‘Real Potential’: Alparslan One Of The Star Attractions At The Goffs London Sale
It seems a mere blink of an eye ago, but the inaugural Goffs London Sale took place in June 2014 in groundbreaking fashion. War Horse made an appearance, and was for a few brief moments ridden by Johnny Murtagh, while…
Rayif To Miss St James’s Palace Stakes, As Six Go Forward
French 2000 Guineas hero Rayif (Sea The Moon) will not take part in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes as he is not 100%, according to Aga Khan Studs' racing manager Nemone Routh. A winner of the G3 Prix Francois…