Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 407 entries for its October Digital Sale. Bidding opened Oct. 2 and will close over two days Oct. 7-8, starting at 2 p.m. ET each day.
Amber Cascade, Long Ago, and Speed Shopper come out of races at Saratoga to tackle California distaffers on the turf in the Oct. 4 Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park.
The 51st Global Symposium on Racing returns Dec. 8-10 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Ariz., bringing together leaders, innovators, and stakeholders from across the globe to address the future of horse racing.
2024 winner Via Sistina and Underwood Stakes (G1) victor Sir Delius have been handed polar opposite barriers in the 14-horse Turnbull Stakes (G1), one of four group 1 events in Australia Oct. 4
Strong fields have turned out for the American Pharoah Stakes (G1), Breeders' Futurity (G1), and Champagne Stakes (G1), a trio of Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifiers taking place Oct. 4.
Star filly Minnie Hauk was made the clear 7-2 favorite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) after being drawn in stall 1 for Europe's most valuable flat prize at Longchamp Oct. 5.
In keeping with trade elsewhere in recent weeks, Book 2 of the Goffs Orby Sale ended with trade having reached unprecedented heights. There was just the single six-figure transaction during last year's Book 2. This time around there were...
An eye-popping winner of the Glens Falls Stakes (G2T) two starts back, La Mehana looms a worthy favorite in the Oct. 5 $175,000 Waya Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Final Accord parlayed a dominating Woodbine debut victory into her first black-type score in the $175,000 Matron Stakes (G3T) Oct. 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Racing Hall of Famer Victor Espinoza, best known for piloting American Pharoah to victory in the 2015 Triple Crown, will be a member of the Keeneland jockey colony throughout the fall meet, which opens its 17-day run Oct. 3.
The CA$250,000 Nearctic Stakes (G2T) Oct. 4 at Woodbine is not part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, but the connections of favored Bring Theband Home understandably have a Breeders' Cup race on their minds.
A well-related filly from the debut crop of State of Rest took top billing during a notably solid opening session of Book 2 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale Oct. 1.
The Fair Bet Act and the Wager Act do the same thing—restore the gambling losses deduction to 100%, but the Wager Act is seen as having a better chance to pass because of the support in Congress Republicans have.
Fasig-Tipton announced 210 main catalog entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held in Lexington Nov. 3, following the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The single-session sale will begin at 4 p.m. ET
The Inglis Digital USA October (Early) Sale saw 46 of 62 horses sell at the close of trade Oct. 1, grossing $321,500. The average price was $6,989, with a median of $3,000.
Zeitlos, last year's winner of the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2), will look to add a repeat victory in the 6-furlong race when she faces a field of six fillies and mares, including multiple graded stakes winner Vahva Oct. 4.
The 2024 Horse of the Year has won 12 of her 15 career starts and 10 of her 12 wins are in black-type stakes. The Spinster Stakes (G1) will be her 10th start in a grade 1 race.
For the second time in three seasons, the word ‘bon’ could well appear in the going description at Longchamp for the Arc de Triomphe Perhaps it is climate change or maybe it is just a blip but, for the second time in three seasons, the...
Favourite stumbles but reels in Brussels for Appleby Bow Echo extends unbeaten record in Royal Lodge Stakes The two Group One juvenile events here on Saturday were won by two-year-olds that promise to add to their haul of top-level races...
Striking Karl Burke colt ready for advance to Group One level after smooth success in Joel Stakes With a white blaze on his chestnut face and four white feet, Zeus Olympios is a striking sight simply walking around the paddock, and all...
Track rings changes to improve ‘raceday experience’ Festival second day crowds down 34% in three years Cheaper beer at all meetings, the return of an official Ladies Day at the festival meeting in March and a slight reduction to the...
The Hillsin affair demonstrates that conspiring to stop a runner is one thing, but getting away with it is another A little over two years after one of the most bizarre and downright suspicious riding performances on a British racecourse...
Hillsin drifted from 2-1 to 11-1 before Worcester race Premier League player was warned off last year A two-year investigation into the running and riding of Hillsin in a race at Worcester in July 2023 concluded on Friday when Dylan...
Dylan Kitts and John Higgins are found to have conspired together to commit a corrupt practice by agreeing to stop a horse achieving its best possible position.
Ancient Egypt is the colt who could make all the cash-flashing, both last year and this, feel like money well spent The first of the four weekends that will decide the champions of the 2025 Flat season in the northern hemisphere passed...
Marquand stood in for Ryan Moore and Wayne Lordan Delacroix gives Aidan O’Brien 17th Group One win Aidan O’Brien’s pre-eminence in European racing over the last 20 years has been so unrelenting that it can sometimes be taken for granted,...
The sport, a popular pastime of the white elite during the colonial period, has struggled in recent years, but its fortunes may be changing The spectators on the grandstand at Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi jumped to their feet as the...
Just seven runners at Doncaster but plenty of depth and the appearance of a Derby winner adds significant interest Just seven runners will go to post for the St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday, the final Classic of the Flat campaign, but...
Filly’s success the fourth in six days for racing operation Karl Burke also in flying form after May Hill victory Kia Joorabchian’s big-money buys for his Amo Racing operation have grabbed the headlines at the yearling sales in recent...
Trainers and jockeys from all levels of the sport were among the turf’s great and good who downed tools over fears of rising duty rates The Queen Elizabeth II Centre was presumably chosen as the venue for racing’s Axe The Racing Tax...
Jockeys Hollie Doyle, Tom Marquand and Oisin Murphy take part in a protest by the British horse racing industry against the government's proposed tax rise on betting on the sport.
Rare blank day in the racing calendar highlights the threat posed by harmonisation of betting and gaming tax There was just a single day of racing in Britain between 22 December and 9 March during the famously bitter winter in 1962-63...
Hot favourite Lazzat faces stiff opposition and filly looks the best bet at the odds on offer Lazzat, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes winner at Royal Ascot in June, is a clear favourite for the Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday,...