Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
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Thu, 2025-01-30 20:52
The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez and his wife Leona with the newly renamed John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their longstanding support of the New York backstretch community.
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In anticipation of the milestone Preakness 150, the 2025 Art of Racing art competition launched Jan. 30. The competition supports the revitalization efforts of Park Heights Renaissance.
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Hill 'n' Dale Farms announced Jan. 30 the birth of Loggins' first reported foal, a colt out of the multiple stakes-winning mare My Heart Goes On. The bay colt was born Jan. 23 at Endeavor Farm near Midway, Ky.
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Athenian Beauty, the dam of recent Southwest Stakes (G3) winner Speed King, leads the latest supplemental entries to Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Feb. 3 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington.
Thu, 2025-01-30 20:52
At the close of Book 2, New Zealand Bloodstock reported that 270 horses sold for NZ$9,759,000 (US$5,520,325) at a clearance rate of 76%. Last year's sale closed with 265 yearlings selling for an aggregate of NZ$11,444,000 (US$6,473,470).
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Letters to the Editor
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
Summer fair racing in Northern California faces a precarious future following a Jan. 28 announcement from the California Authority of Racing Fairs that it would not submit a future race meet application.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
A filly by Satono Aladdin, during Book 2 of the NZ Bloodstock Karaka National Yearling Sale Jan. 29, provided fireworks late when Marcus Corban, acting on behalf of Te Akau's David Ellis, snapped up the youngster for a session-topping NZ$260,000.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
The first couple of performances by a young horse can be deceiving. One mediocre effort followed by a strong race can raise a question as to which one reflects the horse's true ability.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
On the heels of a season that saw him win four races, earn nearly $1 million, and finish second in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), Post Time has been named the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred of 2024.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
There's no horse with better form than Paradise Farm's Paros heading into the Feb. 1 $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T). The spunky Cairo Prince gelding has captured his last six starts, each time stepping up in class.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
In recognition of Black History Month, the Maryland Horse Library and Education Center, at 321 Main Street in Historic Reisterstown, will host the traveling exhibit, "The Heart of the Turf: Racing's Black Pioneers."
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
Due to the forecasted severe weather and potential flash flooding in the Hot Springs, Ark., area for Jan. 30, Oaklawn Park's nine-race card originally scheduled for that day has been rescheduled to Feb. 3.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit announced Jan. 29 that it has directed the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory to modify its instrumentation and methodology for TCO2 testing to mass spectrometry.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
The son of Air Force Blue has a comfort level with the turf at Santa Anita having run 16 of his career 22 starts there with a record of 5-2-1. Overall, Air Force Red is 6-3-1 from 22 starts with earnings of $639,074.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
There are some particularly well-bred mares on offer at Park Paddocks. Among them is Barton Sales' Divisimo, a Dansili sister to Matron Stakes (G1) winner Emulous. Emulous is the dam of last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) scorer Bluestocking.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
Tenma, racing under the Chu's Baoma Corp. banner, gives the couple a chance at possible Oaks glory in May when she enters the starting gate for the Feb. 2 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
Tyler Gaffalione was a clear winner Jan. 25 with three stakes victories, including two graded, on the blockbuster Pegasus World Cup (G1) 13-race program. The panel of racing experts voted Gaffalione Jockey of the Week for Jan. 20-26.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and the Jockeys' Guild agreed to a new scale of mount fees for jockeys who ride at New York Racing Association tracks, which will take effect Feb. 1.
Wed, 2025-01-29 20:49
A total of 213 head sold for $3,108,700 during the newly minted single-session auction, with an average of $14,595 and a median of $7,500. Fifty-seven horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 21.1%.
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