The 2025 Mare Purchase Program offered a total of $500,000 to Ontario breeders, offering an incentive up to $25,000 per mare, to a maximum of $75,000 per breeder, for purchase at auctions outside Ontario on purchases of $10,000 and up.
Lost Ark is a grade 3-placed, stakes-winning son of Violence. He is also a half sibling to 2022 Eclipse champion 3-year-old filly and three-time grade 1 winner Nest and 2021 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) winner Idol.
With state lawmakers in Florida considering legislation that would decouple casino licenses tied to Thoroughbred tracks, opponents of such a plan are digging in for a fight.
JR Ranch, Marquee Bloodstock, High Step Racing and OGMA Investments' Ferocious, twice grade 1-placed as a 2-year-old, continues to work forwardly at Gulfstream Park for his highly anticipated sophomore debut.
C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano's three-time grade 1 winner White Abarrio put in his final breeze Jan. 16 for the $3.015 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park...
The catalog includes nearly 70 horses of racing age or racing prospects, as well as broodmares, broodmare prospects, and short yearlings. Thirty covering sires are represented, including Complexity, Epicenter, Tiz the Law, Uncle Mo, and...
A former president of the Louisiana HBPA charged in a broad-ranging federal indictment in connection with staged motor vehicle collisions was accused of colluding in the murder of a witness.
The 2025 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale will be held Jan. 21 at the Hines Pavilion at Fairplex. The sale will include a 22-horse dispersal from the farm of Donald Valpredo.
Judy Grunwald worked as BloodHorse's photo librarian for about 10 years, where she had an integral role in assisting the BloodHorse editorial department and the company's former book division Eclipse Press with photo research.
Walmac Farm's stallion Pappacap sired his first reported foal Jan. 12 at John Penn's Pennland Farm near Paris, Ky. The colt is out of the winning Liaison mare Three Halos.
John Stewart, whose Resolute Racing has emerged as a prominent player in the Thoroughbred business, was sued in New York by a private investment company claiming Stewart and MiddleGround Capital have failed to pay more than $20 million...
"Ollie the Oaklawn Owl: Whoooo's That Jockey?" is the second book in an educational series written by Mary Rampellini of Daily Racing Form. It's illustrated by retired jockey and award-winning artist Renee Torbit.
This year's race meet, which runs through Sept. 14, will feature 51 total stakes, including nine graded events, and 11 stakes restricted to New Jersey-bred horses.
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program announces it has approved more than 7,700 awards and classes at more than 1,600 shows in 40 states and five Canadian provinces for 2025.
Santa Anita Park employees jumped in to serve food to Los Angeles County fire victims, and the racetrack donated its food originally slated for weekend racing to victims, backstretch workers, the National Guard, and firefighters.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will serve up a crowded edition of the Lecomte Stakes (G3) to quickly shift into gear as the 42-point qualifying races in the Road to the Kentucky Derby get started.
Prize money has gone up significantly since National Hunt racing at the track some quarter of a century ago When Windsor staged what was billed as its last ever jumps meeting in December 1998, the final race on the card was the Norwegian...
Big-race head-to-heads do not always deliver but this could rival the great Clarence House Chase clash of 2022 The Clarence House Chase has been frozen out of its traditional Ascot home in the two seasons since Shishkin and Energumene...
Ffos Las is Saturday’s only surviving turf fixture in Britain Chelmsford, Newcastle to be staged on synthetic tracks The “all-weather” fixture on the Flat at Lingfield on Friday succumbed to the Arctic blast that has played havoc with...
World Pool betting is not the answer to all of racing’s prayers but it is certainly plugging some gaps at a difficult time Having gone into the busy holiday schedule amid talk of plummeting betting turnover and a black hole on the...
Plumpton passed inspection but was then called off Chepstow beat two inspections before abandonment Racing at Chepstow was abandoned after two races on Sunday, just hours after Plumpton’s Sussex National meeting was called off despite...
Saturday’s Sandown and Wincanton meetings called off Jumps meetings in Newcastle and Cork also abandoned Racegoers were left with limited horse racing action on Saturday after freezing temperatures claimed the meetings at Sandown and...
This year features two Ashes series, a Lions tour to Australia and the 2025 Euros Novak Djokovic will be aiming to begin the new year by doing something he failed to do throughout 2024 – win a grand slam title. It is a somewhat...
Hot favourite State Man well beaten at Leopardstown Owner Michael O’Leary still to decide on next target A significant potential rival for Constitution Hill in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham emerged on the final day of Leopardstown’s...
Willie Mullins’ mare races clear in Savills Chase Eight-year-old now odds-on for third Gold Cup The mood music around the Willie Mullins stable was unusually downbeat on Saturday morning, with three winners from 47 starters over the...
Unbeaten runner imperious in defeat of Ballyburn Val Dancer grabs the glory in Welsh Grand National What looked likely to be a duel in the fog turned into more of a rout in the gloom at Kempton on Friday, as Nicky Henderson’s Sir Gino...
Look back on the action from around the UK It’s also pretty foggy at Kempton … Things are improving at Chepstow where you can now see the final fence/hurdle down the home straight. Continue reading...
Unbeaten runner silences doubters after a year off Banbridge takes King George prize back to Ireland The delight and relief that swirled around Constitution Hill as he extended his unbeaten record to nine starts here on Thursday was...
Gordon Elliott's Croke Park hangs on to win a thrilling Racing Post Long Distance Novice Chase in foggy conditions on day one of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival.
Banbridge overhauled Il Est Francais to claim a dramatic victory in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day 1 Leader In The Park 5-1 2 Asta La Pasta 15-8 fav 3 El Rio 11-1 Ladbrokes Best Odds Handicap Chase (Kempton, 12.45pm) And they’re...