A handful of college students visited the Fasig-Tipton sales grounds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., catalogs in hand, making the rounds of the more than 200 broodmares and weanlings that would be offered at the company's fall mixed sale Oct....
The Jockey Club has announced a pilot project, the Mare Incentive Program, that waives registration fees for certain 2026 foals of mares that meet criteria defined by The Jockey Club.
Clubhouse Ride may have begun life in Kentucky, but he became a Californian at 2 and has contributed mightily to the state's racing and breeding industries ever since.
One of the top international turf stars of the past few years was again showcased in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) as Godolphin's Rebel's Romance posted a neck victory.
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is not the only grade 1-winning 3-year-old sent west for an opening-day stakes race at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26. So, too, is She Feels Pretty in the American Oaks (G1T).
Sandman, a sharp allowance winner Dec. 13 at Oaklawn Park for owners D. J. Stable, St. Elias Stables, West Point Thoroughbreds, and CJ Stables, will be pointed to the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) at 1 1/16 miles Jan. 25.
Tabbed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Dec. 21, Albaugh Family Stables' Admiral Dennis made his first local appearance Nov. 30 breezing four furlongs in :49 4/5.
A complete dispersal of Donald Valpredo's Valpredo Farms is part of the catalog for the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale. A total of 143 have been cataloged for the sale, scheduled for Jan. 21.
Addressing concerns raised by horsewoman Ellen Jackson that Northern California equine interests would be protected as racing consolidates in Southern California at Santa Anita Park, CHRB commissioners pledged their support Dec. 19.
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has announced that Tracy Sheffield will take the executive director position effective January 1, replacing Mary Ruyle, who will remain with the TTA through July to help with the transition.
Pleasant Acres Stallions announces the 2025 stallion fees for Bodexpress, Champions Dream, Chess Chief, Curlin's Honor, Doppelganger, Gunnevera, Leinster, Magic on Tap, Mr Fisk, Neolithic, Simplification, and Verifying.
The Street Fighter, a stakes performer by multiple grade 1 winner Street Boss, has relocated to Rancho San Miguel in California for the 2025 breeding season. The 10-year-old stallion will stand for a fee of $2,500, with a live foal...
The Kentucky Derby winner faces a field that includes three from the Bob Baffert barn, Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Stronghold, and Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) second Bentornato.
Soul of an Angel, dramatic winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) and this summer's Alabama Stakes (G1) winner Power Squeeze will line up together for the first time in the $140,000 Rampart Stakes Dec. 26 at Gulfstream Park.
Measured Time, a grade I winner at Saratoga Race Course, blitzed the field in his first start of the Dubai World Cup Carnival for the familiar Meydan Racecourse team of Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick.
Owner Mike Repole, always a strong competitor on the East Coast, has made his presence out west felt following back-to-back dazzling performances from the 3-year-old filly Accuracy.
The Dec. 22 Arima Kinen (G1) draws a quality field despite the absence of champion Do Deuce, who will miss his chance at one last grade 1 victory as lameness forces him out of the race.
O’Brien’s 9-1 shot finds form in impressive fashion Crambo wins on return to course after 2023 success Ascot has largely managed to buck the trend of falling attendances at Britain’s biggest tracks and its popularity clearly extends to...
Gordon Elliott’s progressive six-year-old can land another Group One contest for the raiders at Ascot Only four of Britain’s 38 Grade One events over jumps have yet to be won by a horse trained in Ireland, and the list could be down to...
The first half of the National Hunt season has offered some serious cause for optimism at last The busiest day in the racing calendar next week, with eight Boxing Day meetings dotted around the country, also marks the effective mid-point...
Jockey sheds 5lb to make the weight at Cheltenham Gemirande holds off Harry Skelton on Madara Quality rather than quantity has always been the Venetia Williams way and the trainer’s golden run through the opening weeks of the winter...
Accusations have been thrown by both sides in betting dispute but there may be hope for racing amid the noise The increasingly frenzied cycle of claim and counterclaim over the impact of “affordability checks” on punters on the sport’s...
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Jonbon now clear favourite for Champion Chase in March Steeplechaser recovers from slip for eight-length success “The good ones find a way,” Dan Skelton said after winning the Henry VIII Novice Chase with L’Eau Du Sud, and on a demanding...
Bill Joyce’s win at Sandown on Friday was the O’Neill yard’s second Grade Two win in the space of a fortnight Dan Skelton and Paul Nicholls have already broken well clear of the pack in the race to reclaim the UK trainers’ championship...
The sport’s list of both immediate and longer-term concerns is even more unsettling than when process started Brant Dunshea, the British Horseracing Authority’s chief regulatory officer, will take over as the Authority’s “acting” chief...
The jockeys' union says its female members are experiencing "inadequate safeguarding" after 80% of British racecourses missed a deadline to upgrade their facilities.
Paul Nicholls lands first Coral Gold Cup since 2009 Sir Gino impressive winner in Fighting Fifth Hurdle Paul Nicholls weighed out at 10st 5lb before the first of his two wins as a rider in what was known as the Hennessy Gold Cup,...
The former football managers, who were in opposing dugouts 44 times, traded blows at the track on Friday Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp were in opposing dugouts 44 times during their long careers in football management and they...
Grey Dawning was brave at the weekend but the action that mattered, as is usual now, was in Ireland After a memorable weekend of Grade One steeplechasing in both Britain and Ireland, the Cheltenham Gold Cup has a new favourite in Fact To...
Fact To File is the new favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March after pipping Spillane's Tower to win the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown.
Indefatigable 10-year-old wins for second year running Charlie Deutsch’s mount edges out Grey Dawning Time may show that Grey Dawning, the two-length runner-up, was the most talented horse in the Betfair Chase, but the grittiest and most...