Next Stop Breeders' Cup: Nitrogen Aces Beldame Stakes
D. J. Stable's champion Nitrogen proves too quick for approaching weather and the opposition in the $242,500 Beldame Stakes (G2) Sept. 25 at Belmont Park.
Ace Impact Share Sells For €98k; Van Beethoven, Taj Mahal To Morocco
A share in undefeated Arc hero Ace Impact sold for €98,000 to James Smith to top the first edition of the AKTEM Online Stallion Sale on Friday. Also a winner of the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, the son of…
Sovereignty Returns To The Work Tab, Mott Says The Classic Is A Go
Defending Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) returned to the work tab Friday morning at Saratoga, breezing four furlongs in :49.40 over the training track. With his horse having passed that test, trainer Bill Mott declared that he is…
Nitrogen Too Much For Over-Matched Beldame Field
Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) made easy work of an over-matched field in Friday's GII Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park, putting away a pesky Donor Advised (Gun Runner) in her final prep before next month's GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland. Re-routed…
Nor’easter Prompts Weekend Racing Cancellation At Belmont, Delaware Park
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has cancelled Saturday and Sunday's live racing programs at Belmont Park due to a powerful nor'easter forecast to bring extremely high winds and heavy rain to Long Island beginning Friday night and continuing…
Goodwood Offers First ‘Class-ic’ Ticket For One
The Santa Anita Park Autumn meet at 'The Great Race Place' is set to get underway and the winner of Saturday's signature race, the GI Goodwood Stakes, will earn themselves a 'Win and You're In' ticket to the GI Longines…
Take Five: Building Foundations at the Goffs Orby Sale
For those with the long-term ambition of establishing a breeding operation, the elite tier of yearling sales in particular presents the opportunity to buy not just a racehorse but a potential foundation mare. We gave five breeders and agents a…
‘He’s Just Starting To Click’: Appleby Looks To The Future With Talk Of New York
Long held in high regard by Charlie Appleby, Godolphin's Talk Of New York (Wootton Bassett) showed in Friday's G2 Joel Stakes that he is a ready to live up to the expectation as big autumn targets loom. Handed an ideal…
Cartoonist Remi Bellocq Releases New Book “Horses Are Funny”
Cartoonist and long-time Thoroughbred industry executive Remi Bellocq has released his first book “Horses Are Funny” that highlights two decades of his humorous and insightful look at racing. His work has appeared regularly in Thoroughbred Daily News and Florida Horse…
Flower Bowl Comes Back to Traditional Belmont Park Home
The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, looks at the Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) as a key prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T). Trainer Chad Brown will saddle this year's morning-line favorite, Kathynmarissa.