Fair Grounds Track Photographer Lou Hodges Retires
Since 1976, second-generation track photographer Lou Hodges Jr. has captured horse racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, and at age 76, he has decided to retire.
El Potente, Rashmi Notch First Stakes Victories
A month into 2025, trainer Dan Blacker is back winning graded stakes in California, this time with My Way Racing's El Potente, who blitzed a mile on firm turf in 1:32.39 in taking the $102,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3T) Feb. 1…
Red Oak Dispersal Adds Quality to F-T Winter Mixed Sale
The product of late owner/breeder Stephen Brunetti's love for horses will be on display when his family's homebred grade 1 winner Unbridled Mo and her yearling colt by Curlin enter the ring Feb. 3 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed…
TOBA February Members of the Month
More Than Looks wasn’t Hinkle Farms’ only standout in 2024. They bred Deterministic, a son of Liam’s Map who succeeded on two surfaces, capturing both the Gotham Stakes (G3) on the dirt and Virginia Derby (G3T) on the turf.
Mid-Atlantic: Bright Light for Garden State
Christine Connelly, owner of Bright View Farm in Chesterfield, N.J., fondly recalls gazing into one of her large pastures and admiring Adorabella, who would become the dam of grade 1 winner Book'em Danno.
Lukas Outlines Plans for His Leading 3-Year-Olds
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is finalizing February plans for his Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls and those include a geographical swap for two candidates and the stakes debut for a popular third.
Gate to Wire Rallies to Take Swale in First Dirt Start
Rallying from fourth in a field of six 3-year-olds, Gate to Wire did not exactly live up to his name in the $155,000 Swale Stakes Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park, but he was in front when it mattered most in…
Kopion Emulates Sire Omaha Beach in Santa Monica Win
In defeating three tough runners from the Bob Baffert barn in the Santa Monica Stakes (G2), Kopion reminded her trainer, Richard Mandella, of her sire, Omaha Beach, also a Mandella trainee.
Brown, Prat Score Graded Stakes Double at Tampa Bay
Chad Brown and Flavien Prat showed the Tampa Bay Downs crowd exactly why they were voted winners in their respective 2024 Eclipse Award categories, sweeping both graded stakes races on the Feb. 1 card with Running Bee and Saffron Moon.
Citizen Bull Delivers in 2025 Return in Robert B. Lewis
In winning his 13th Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) and seventh straight, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert best summed up the performance from Citizen Bull during a postrace television interview, saying, "The champ is back."