Raging Sea Looks for Smooth Sailing in Falls City
There's just one graded stakes race across North America on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27: the $400,000 Falls City Stakes (G3), the centerpiece of a holiday program at Churchill Downs.
Second-Crop Stallion Mr. Money Gets First Stakes Winner
Second-crop stallion Mr. Money registered his first black-type stakes winner when his 2-year-old son Mr Mo Money won the Joseph R. Peluso Memorial Stakes Nov. 20 at Fair Grounds.
Taylor Made Program Aims to Lift State-Bred Programs
Taylor Made Stallions announced Nov. 20 the launch of its new "State-Bred Initiative Program," an opportunity created to support and incentivize regional breeders who participate in state-bred programs outside of Kentucky.
Strong Favorites in the Native Diver, Juvenile Sprint
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Native Diver Stakes (G3) at Del Mar and the Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Bango to Stand at Breakway Farm in 2026
Breakway Farm announced Nov. 20 that Bango, a multiple stakes winner and the winningest horse in Churchill Downs history, will stand at the Indiana farm in 2026 for a fee of $2,500.
Lone IRB Commissioner Prods Hawthorne, but Elicits Only Very General Update on Long-Overdue Racino
With 2025 drawing to a close and the beleaguered Chicago racing community having gone two months since the last public update from Hawthorne Race Course regarding its long-promised but still unbuilt racino, you'd think the focus of Thursday's Illinois Racing…
Biszantz Still Full of Fire
Pomona Fairgrounds, 1956. Abandoning his hopes of becoming an attorney, Gary Biszantz was going home to try to turn round his father's automobile dealership in Los Angeles. He broke his journey at a horse sale, having loved Thoroughbreds since being…
Black-Type Analysis: Taany Aims For Her Second St Leger Italiano
Saturday, Milan, Race 4, 14:40 PM, CET PREMIO ST LEGER ITALIANO-G3, €70,400, 3yo/up, 3000mT Field: 1-Almenkonig (Ger) (Millowitsch{Ger}), 2-Ismahane (Ger) (Isfahan{Ger}), 3-Jolly Jumper (Ire) (Free Eagle{Ire}), 4-Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug{Ger}), 5-Maestro Del Mar (Ire) (Grendisar{Ire}), 6-Moon Wolf (Fr) (Intello{Ger}), 7-Nonna Vanda…
Gun Runner’s Copper Wind Wins at First Asking at Fair Grounds
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC's Copper Wind (Gun Runner—Copper Quest, by Lemon Drop Kid) was overlooked at 9-1 for her career debut at Fair Grounds on Thursday and rewarded her backers when coming from just off the pace to win. Stalking even-money…
Curlin’s Theodore George Graduates in the Mud at Churchill Downs
Appearing to relish the muddy going at Churchill Downs on Thursday, Theodore George (Curlin—Sweet Tapper, by Tapit) came from off the pace to graduate with a confident 2 ¼-length victory over Cant Stop Munnings (Munnings). Theodore George was seventh in…