Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
Updated: 16 hours 8 min ago
Wed, 2023-12-13 04:56
Thoroughbred trainers Dale Romans, John Sadler, Shug McGaughey and racing and bloodstock manager Gavin Murphy have joined HISA's Horsemen's Advisory Group.
Wed, 2023-12-13 04:56
Esteemed writers Dick Jerardi, Paul Moran, and John L. Hervey have been selected to the National Museum of Racing's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor.
Wed, 2023-12-13 04:56
Churchill Downs has announced a new partnership with the British Jockey Club and Ascot Racecourse to offer a program in which horses competing during Kentucky Derby week could receive an entry and travel incentive for races at Epsom and Royal Ascot.
Wed, 2023-12-13 04:56
The British Horseracing Authority is considering whether to limit the number of horses a trainer can run in major handicaps, the Racing Post reported Dec. 12.
Wed, 2023-12-13 04:56
The 56 members of the France Galop committee met Dec. 12 and elected Guillaume de Saint-Seine as the new president of France Galop for a four-year term that starts immediately.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Mike Repole said Dec. 11 that he and Todd Pletcher are leaning toward starting Fierceness' 3-year-old campaign in the Feb. 3 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park and then wait about two months for the colt's final pre-Kentucky Derby start.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Turkish breeder Emir Alkas walked away with the top lot from the penultimate session of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville Dec.11 after agent Llama O'Mahony of Whitethorn Bloodstock bid €72,000 (US$77,446, €1=US$1.0756) for Carenot.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
HISA has established a program to provide pro bono legal representation to eligible covered persons alleged to have violated rules in HISA's Anti-Doping and Medication Control program.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Maiden Watch: Week of Dec.4-10
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Tom Congalosi was the winner of the $30,000 ownership option of an Indiana yearling through Road to Louisville, a handicapping contest sponsored by Horseshoe Indianapolis and Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (ITOBA).
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
The gray or roan filly bred by J. Paul Reddam won the Dec. 10 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course. Reddam stands the filly's sire, Pavel, at his Ocean Breeze Ranch in California.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Based on numbers through the initial months after its launch, Kentucky sports wagering has been a bigger hit than expected.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 Winter Mixed Sale is now available via the OBS website. The two-day sale is set for Jan. 23-24. Supplemental entries are being accepted until Jan.12.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
Baroness Dido Harding will become the first female senior steward of the British Jockey Club next year after her appointment was confirmed at the organization's winter meeting Dec. 11.
Tue, 2023-12-12 04:53
In his resignation email, Stead praised the efforts of those involved in the sport in California, saying racing in the state "is in good hands."
Mon, 2023-12-11 04:50
After the histrionics of Saturday night, trade returned to a more routine level during a solid second session at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale Dec. 10. The market was led by the Zarak foal bought by Morten Buskop for €190,000.
Mon, 2023-12-11 04:50
Nicholson Insurance Agency was established in 1993 and has since served clientele with equine and farm insurance, along with other general lines of property and casualty coverage for individuals and businesses.
Mon, 2023-12-11 04:50
Goffs' former managing director, Jonathan Irwin, has died at the age of 82.
Mon, 2023-12-11 04:50
The resurgence of the Victorian stallion ranks will be on show at next year's Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, where a host of the progeny of the state's most sought-after sires will go under the hammer.
Mon, 2023-12-11 04:50
Trainer Will Walden made his first trip to Tattersalls a successful one, picking up a trio of auspicious, race-ready fillies to compete in the U.S. for owner Woodford Thoroughbreds.
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