• Some Powerful Allies Against Illegal Offshore Gaming
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
  • Mott Seeks First Travers Win with Sovereignty
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    The most surprising aspect of the Travers Stakes (G1) involves Bill Mott.
  • Fort Washington Helping Anzalone Reach Ownership Goals
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    BH Interview: Joe Anzalone of Magic Cap Stables
  • BH Monday: Klatsky on Bracket Buster's Travers Chances
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    On the Aug. 18 episode of BloodHorse Monday, BBN Racing's Brian Klatsky discusses Bracket Buster's chances in the Travers Stakes (G1), and Emerald Downs track president Phil Ziegler on how promotions are used to boost track attendance.
  • FanDuel TV Continues Aftercare Support With CARMAthon
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    FanDuel TV hosted the sixth annual CARMAthon fundraiser on Saturday and the popular event raised in excess of $200,000 for Thoroughbred aftercare including a $25,000 donation from FanDuel.
  • Amo Racing Smash Record With Night Of Thunder Filly
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Amo Racing smashed the Arqana August Yearling Sale record when Kia Joorabchian bid $3.5 million to secure the Night Of Thunder filly out of Ecurie des Monceaux's blue hen Prudenzia midway through the third session Aug. 18 in Deauville.
  • The Jockey Club Elects 10 New Members
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    The Jockey Club announced Aug. 18 the election of 10 new members: Craig Bernick, Peter M. Brant, Boyd T. Browning Jr., Case Clay, Dennis Drazin, Marette Farrell, Jonathan Green, Andrew Moore, Dean Reeves, and Bill Strauss.
  • Celebrity Chef Malarkey Achieves Longacres Mile Dream
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    On a record-setting day at Emerald Downs Aug. 17, celebrity chef Brian Malarkey accomplished a lifelong dream of winning the $125,000 Longacres Mile Stakes with Arrowthegreat.
  • Cantcatchthiscat is First Stakes Winner for Cat Burglar
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Cantcatchthiscat became the first black-type stakes winner for Cat Burglar when the 2-year-old gelding won the Lads Stakes at Emerald Downs Aug. 17.
  • Canterbury Park Receives Three-Year HISA Accreditation
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Canterbury Park received a three-year accreditation from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Board of Directors following an onsite HISA Accreditation Team visit.
  • Talamo Moves on From Saddle to FanDuel TV Role
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Jockey Joe Talamo, who recently began a new chapter in his life by joining FanDuel TV as a full-time host and racing analyst, reflects on his years as a jockey and his new role.
  • Mansetti Provides King's Plate Success for Collected
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Porter on Pedigrees
  • Nitrogen Rises in Week 30 of NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Following her victory over Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer in the Aug. 16 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Nitrogen has cracked the leading 10 horses in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. 
  • Skippylongstocking Seeks Third Charles Town Classic Win
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Skippylongstocking bids to become the first three-peat winner of the Charles Town Classic (G2) when the 6-year-old competes in the $1 million race the evening of Aug. 22.
  • Gosden Training Team Rolls Into York on a Roll
    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Trainer partnerships aren't the "thing" in American racing but the father-son team of John and Thady Gosden is showing how it's done in Europe and around the globe.
  • Five jockeys banned after blindfolded horse runs loose in chaotic race
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Five jockeys receive 10-day bans after they fail to pull up in a chaotic flat race at Windsor where a blindfolded loose horse crashes into a plastic running rail.
  • Why is British horse racing going on strike?
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything looks at why British horse racing is staging a one-day strike over betting taxes on 10 September.
  • Swamp King Hangs On, Gives Silver State First Winner
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Swamp King held off a rival at the wire to earn his maiden victory and give his sire, Silver State, his first winner Aug. 17 at Ellis Park.
  • Sammy Davis Latest Success for Breeder Bachman
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Thomas Bachman has been breeding Thoroughbreds since the 1980s and, although he's down to just a handful of broodmares, he is not short on quality. His most recent stakes success came when Sammy Davis won the Graduation Stakes Aug. 8 at...
  • Khan Signs New Contract, Appointed EMHF CEO
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Dr. Paull Khan has signed a new contract as Chief Executive Officer of the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation. Khan has served as the EMHF's Secretary-General since 2012 and the new arrangement applies until the end of...
  • Washington Racing Hall of Fame Inducts Five
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    The Washington Racing Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony prior to Saturday's races, with trainer Mark Glatt, owner Paskey Dedomenico, breeders Ron and Nina Hagen, and 2008 Longacres Mile winner Wasserman its 2025 honorees.
  • Sovereignty Headlines Five-Horse Travers Field
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) victor Sovereignty opens as a heavy favorite for the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. 
  • Coolmore Wins Bidding War for Wootton Bassett Colt
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Coolmore and Amo Racing were among the major players who engaged in a seven-figure arm wrestle during day two of the Arqana August Yearling Sale Aug. 17. The heavyweight tussle concluded at a gasp-inducing €2.3 million for a colt by...
  • Golden Tornado Gets It Done in Saratoga Debut
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Dean Reeves named the colt after a long-dormant nickname for the Georgia Tech University football team, a suggestion that came from a corner of the racing world that one might not expect to be up on obscure United States football monikers.
  • Diego Velazquez Captures Jacques le Marois Glory
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Diego Velazquez earned his first group 1 success in the Prix Jacques le Marois (G1) in a photo-finish Aug. 17, holding off a challenge from the fast-finishing Notable Speech. The colt was recently purchased by Sangster Bloodstock.
  • British Racing to Hold One-Day Strike Sept. 10
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    British racing is set to stage a one-day strike on Wednesday, Sept. 10 in a remarkable protest against plans to raise taxes on horseracing betting. It is thought to be the first voluntary blackout in British racing's modern history.
  • Strong Catalog Assembled for Hokkaido Summer Sale
    Monday, August 18, 2025 from Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
    Report from Japan
  • British racing to hold one-day strike in tax protest
    Sunday, August 17, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    The British Horseracing Authority cancels all races on 10 September in protest against the Government's proposed tax rise on horserace betting.
  • Horse racing to go on strike in protest against government’s planned betting tax rise
    Saturday, August 16, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    All scheduled racing on 10 September to be cancelled Treasury proposes to align duty rate for betting and gaming All scheduled racing in Britain on 10 September will be cancelled and the sport will, in effect, go on strike, as racing...
  • Talking Horses: Grant Wood can overturn tables in Ripon handicap
    Friday, August 15, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Paul Midgley’s sprinter was returning from a two-month break when running rivals close 12 days ago The Great St Wilfrid Handicap, the showpiece event of the season at Ripon, is the highlight of Saturday’s racing programme from a betting...
  • Trainer Turner dies after 'freak' accident
    Thursday, August 14, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    The 78-year-old reportedly fractured his skull on Monday and died in hospital earlier.
  • Horse racing trainer Bill Turner, Brocklesby Stakes specialist, dies aged 78 after fall
    Thursday, August 14, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Won season-opener at Doncaster six times Daughter Kathy announces his death at Chepstow races The trainer Bill Turner has died aged 78 after having a serious accident on Monday. Turner, who was based in Sigwells in Somerset, was a...
  • The stakes are high for a tax on the gambling industry | Letters
    Monday, August 11, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Readers respond to an article by Gordon Brown that proposes a tax on the betting sector to help alleviate child poverty Gordon Brown is right to call for a fair and targeted tax on the excessive profits of the gambling industry to help...
  • Racecourse celebrates 150 years with exhibition
    Sunday, August 10, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Sandown Park is the centre of a museum exhibition looking back at the racecourse's history.
  • All change at revamped Shergar Cup as Ladies team replaced for Ascot card
    Friday, August 8, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Rest of the World team can upset home favourites, while Hugh Bowman has strong shot at being top points scorer A rejigged Shergar Cup at Ascot sees an end to the Ladies team that had been part of the contest since its inception and a...
  • Bargain buy Two Tribes strikes again in Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood
    Saturday, August 2, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Sprint-race winner landed big Ascot prize six days ago Owner revels in success of ‘four-grand foal’ A £30,000 yearling that turned out to be a Classic winner hooked Phil Cunningham into the racing game 20 years ago. A similarly shrewd...
  • Two Tribes lands Goodwood gamble in Stewards' Cup
    Saturday, August 2, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Two Tribes is the well-backed winner of the Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood as he claims his second victory in a week.
  • 'Magical' - Glorious Goodwood triumph for Jm Jungle
    Friday, August 1, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Jm Jungle produces a minor shock to win the King George Stakes on the penultimate day of Glorious Goodwood.
  • Glorious Goodwood: Jm Jungle too speedy for classy King George rivals
    Friday, August 1, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Quinn yard notch second win in race in three years Mullins calls for Thurles to be saved after shock closure Three of the dozen runners in the Group Two King George Stakes at Goodwood on Friday had a Group One success to their name and...
  • Thurles racecourse closed with immediate effect
    Friday, August 1, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Thurles racecourse - the only privately owned racecourse in the Republic of Ireland - is to close with immediate effect.
  • Glorious Goodwood: Whirl dances through storm after messy flag start
    Thursday, July 31, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Lightning caused officials to dispense with stalls start Merchant 10-1 for Leger after gutsy Gordon Stakes win There was nothing too glorious about a ragged flag start for the Group One Nassau Stakes, but much to appreciate about the...
  • Jockeys miss Goodwood after emergency plane landing
    Thursday, July 31, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Five jockeys miss day three of Glorious Goodwood as their plane is forced to make an emergency landing.
  • Charity horse race winner celebrates 'best day'
    Thursday, July 31, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    The Markel Magnolia Cup has raised more than £2.7m for charity since its inception in 2011.
  • Glorious Goodwood: 150-1 shot Qirat wins Sussex Stakes after shock of all shocks
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Pacemaker given big lead after riders misjudge tactics Longest-priced Group One victor lands stunning spoils The teeth, perhaps, were slightly gritted, but Richard Hannon offered some perspective after watching his colt, Rosallion,...
  • 150-1 outsider Qirat causes huge shock at Goodwood
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Qirat holds off a late charge from Rosallion to emerge as a shock 150-1 winner in the Sussex Stakes on the second day of Glorious Goodwood.
  • Hollie Doyle ‘devastated’ after popular Trueshan suffers fatal injury at Goodwood
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Goodwood Cup hero breaks leg in latest running of race ‘It couldn’t be any worse. He was a special horse’ The result seemed immaterial after the Group One Goodwood Cup on Tuesday as confirmation arrived that Trueshan, one of the most...
  • Trueshan death overshadows Scandinavia Goodwood Cup win
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    A fatal injury to former winner Trueshan overshadows the opening day of Glorious Goodwood as Scandinavia gets the better of stablemate Illinois to win the Goodwood Cup.
  • Trainers’ chief backs radical alternative to government’s gambling tax plan
    Monday, July 28, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Paul Johnson supports call to target online casino duty BHA warns current plan would cost horse racing £330m A radical alternative to Treasury plans to “harmonise” the rate of tax paid on online sports betting and high-risk casino gaming...
  • Trainer Edward O'Grady dies aged 75
    Monday, July 28, 2025 from BBC Sport - Horse Racing
    Edward O'Grady was a dominant figure in Irish National Hunt racing in the late 1970s and saddled 18 winners at the Cheltenham Festival.
  • Calandagan lands King George victory to seal repeat success for trainer Graffard
    Saturday, July 26, 2025 from Sport: Horse racing | theguardian.com
    Barzalona rides 11-10 favourite to victory at Ascot Graffard trained Goliath to 25-1 win 12 months ago Five runners went to post for the 75th running of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday. Despite the limited...
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