Blood-Horse

When the young Steve Moger purchased Stilleto Boy for $420,000, without telling his trainer brother Ed Moger Jr., neither brother imagined the fun they were about to embark on with the son of Shackleford.

Bearstone Stud resident Belardo saw last year's Del Mar Handicap (G2) winner Gold Phoenix graduate to top-level honors when capturing the Frank E Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T) at Santa Anita Park March 4 for trainer Philip D'Amato.

Thundering down the center of the Turfway Park stretch, Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable's Congruent pulled clear for a decisive come-from-behind victory March 4 in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes.

Trainer Phil D'Amato looked likely to have the winner in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1T) March 4 at Santa Anita Park since he saddled half of the eight starters. Ultimately, he needed his longest shot in the field, Gold Phoenix, to save the day.

Peter Brant's Shidabhuti stalked a moderate tempo and launched a devastating late kick in deep stretch to conquer her stakes debut in the $200,000 Busher Stakes for sophomore fillies going a one-turn mile March 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Trained by Tim Yakteen throughout his career, Practical Move captured his second consecutive stakes and now has 60 total Kentucky Derby qualifying points.

When trainer Ben Colebrook said he would be at Aqueduct Racetrack to saddle Raise Cain in the $300,000 Gotham Stakes (G3), he wasn't kidding.

The infamous line from Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 1977 Star Wars film 'A New Hope' — "If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine" — must have been one that Dorth Vader took to heart March 4 at Gulfstream Park.

Picking up where he left off after a championship 2-year-old season, Forte stylishly won his 3-year-old debut March 4 at Gulfstream Park, defeating Rocket Can in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2).

At the age most racehorses are retiring, Endorsed is just beginning his roll at the ripe age of 7. He solidified himself as a formidable player in this year’s older horse division with a commanding score in the March 4 Gulfstream Park Mile (G2).

New York stewards fined owner-trainer Charlton Baker $1,000 and suspended him 10 days from March 5-14 after one of his trainees, Daufuskie Island, showed the presence of flunixin in his post-race sample in an Oct. 7 race at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Legarto's victory marks not only a landmark success for her sire Proisir, but also for New Zealand, with the filly the first horse trained in the country to win the Australian Guineas, which was first run in 1986.

On March 4 at Gulfstream Park, Value Engineering won his second stakes race in three starts since his acquisition for $35,000, capturing the $200,000 Mac Diarmada Stakes (G2T).

Super Saturday at Meydan Racecourse, the dress rehearsal for Dubai World Cup (G1) night, produced a clutch of local runners to take on the invasion of international superstars in three weeks, led by Salute the Soldier, Go Soldier Go, and Sound Money.

Out of an abundance of caution to all participants, officials from Turfway Park have announced they will cancel Friday night’s eight-race program due to dangerous high winds.

Fille d'Esprit enjoyed great success in the Mid-Atlantic in 2022, and was rewarded for her exploits with three Renaissance Champions Awards, capturing the titles of champion older female, champion sprinter, and Horse of the Year.

At about noon March 2, trainer Ed Moger Jr. was behind the wheel of a horse van, making his way to Santa Anita from Golden Gate with Chase the Chaos and millionaire Stilleto Boy to race March 4.

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission has disqualified Artie's Princess from her victory in the 2022 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2) and has suspended her trainer, Saffie Joseph Jr., for 15 days after the mare failed a post-race drug test.

The leader of the Victorian division of Thoroughbred auction house Inglis is remaining upbeat about the prospects of the company's upcoming Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, despite suggestions of winds of change sweeping across the sector.

Cairo, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore, moved to the top of the leaderboard in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby with a first-up victory in the Patton Stakes March 3 at Dundalk Stadium in Ireland.