Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
Updated: 5 hours 26 min ago
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
A 10% share in 2024 Golden Slipper (G1) runner-up Coleman topped the Inglis Digital April (Early) Sale April 9, selling for AU$405,000 to STBT Bloodstock.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
America's Best Racing has produced a multi-part video series, taking viewers behind the scenes to learn about the Stable Recovery program and some of the men impacted by this powerful initiative.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Capsule look at three horses heating up on the Triple Crown trail
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Trainer Ian Wilkes shipped Burnham Square back to Churchill Downs to train for the Kentucky Derby (G1) after his April 8 victory in Keeneland's Blue Grass Stakes (G1).
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Back off the bench for another season of racing, Carl Spackler returns to the sight of his most recent victory as the headliner in the $650,000 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (G1T) April 11 at Keeneland.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
The Lexington Stakes (G3) generally offers a last chance for a 3-year-old to move into the Kentucky Derby (G1). Not this year. With a maximum of 20 qualifying points, the winner of the April 12 stakes will fall far short of the cutoff to qualify.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
The April 12 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland does not have the word international in its title, but it might as well. Three of the favorites in the nine-horse, 1 1/16-mile turf race have raced exclusively overseas.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Brad Cox trainees Final Gambit and Good Cheer took to the Churchill Downs track April 9 to record five-furlong breezes.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Luxor Cafe, who qualified for the Kentucky Derby (G1) via a designated series in Japan, is scheduled to arrive April 23 at Churchill Downs, according to track publicist Kevin Kerstein.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Prize money for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (G1) has been boosted to £1 million (US$1,278,030) this year, making it the richest race to be staged at Sandown.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Carmouche joined the 4,000 career-win club when he guided Crimson Light to a half-length win on April 5 at Aqueduct. The milestone led the panel of racing experts to unanimously vote Carmouche Jockey of the Week for March 31-April 6.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Godolphin and trainer Michael Stidham were thinking big following a pair of allowance turf victories by homebred Think Big, and they were rewarded with a graded stakes victory in the $376,563 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland April 8.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Eight years after they ran McCraken in the Kentucky Derby (G1), jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., trainer Ian Wilkes, and owner Janis Whitham of Whitham Thoroughbreds are Derby-bound again with Burnham Square.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Winchell Thoroughbreds' son of Into Mischief got his fifth win from nine starts in the April 8 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. The son of Into Mischief was purchased for $1.35 million at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Positano Sunset broke through at the top of the stretch and weathered contact to pull away late April 8 in the $623,338 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
For the second day in a row, a filly by a top sprinter from the consignment of Tom McCrocklin flaunted her ability over the Ocala Breeders' Sales track. Hip 363, a filly by Mitole, breezed a quarter in :20 2/5.
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Maiden Watch: Week of March 31-April 6
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
Less than 24 hours after La Cara won the delayed Ashland Stakes (G1), Casse was back in the Keeneland winner's circle April 8 after Nitrogen topped a Casse-trained exacta in the $500,000 Appalachian Stakes (G2T).
Wed, 2025-04-09 15:58
The Dubai World Cup's reach extended far beyond Meydan Racecourse, captivating a massive global audience via TV, digital platforms, and in-flight entertainment. Broadcast across 37 channels in 170 countries.
Pages