It's not the first time that a premier Central Kentucky horse farm has been put on the market. This year alone, Coolmore bought 1,100 acres of land from Shadwell Farm for $50 million. But there's never been anything like the…
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Just before 7 Saturday morning, the winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes, Golden Tempo (Curlin), looked calm and content as he strolled to the main track from trainer Cherie DeVaux's barn on the…
Nick Zito is a Hall of Fame trainer who has won the Kentucky Derby (twice), Preakness Stakes (once) and Belmont Stakes (twice). He has been coming to Saratoga since–“we can't count that high,” Zito says–well, for a long, time. The…
EGL-One almost had its first graded stakes winner when Storm Miami (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) led from start nearly to finish only to come up second best in the GII Glens Falls Stakes at Saratoga last Sunday, but the fledgling…
Johnny (don't call him John; we'll explain) Velazquez has been as solid a jockey who has ever called Saratoga Race Course his summer stage. He is the all-time leading rider at arguably the most competitive race meet in the world.…
A new six-race series of races for 3-year-olds, to be conducted at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course from May to September, will debut in 2027 under a partnership between Churchill Downs Incorporated and New York Racing Association,…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – By Mike Repole's count, it was going to be a party of 55 at the Jim Dandy celebration dinner at Nove Restaurant Saturday night. Maybe add 20 or so hangers-on who became honorary Repole groupies during…
Puca (Big Brown), who produced three straight Grade I winners, has been named the 2025 National Broodmare of the Year, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced Wednesday. The 14-year-old mare is the dam of 2023 GI Kentucky Derby…