Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
Updated: 15 hours 19 min ago
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Cachet will go in search of more classic glory after trainer George Boughey confirmed her participation in the French equivalent in Paris May 8.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Tickets for the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships at historic Keeneland Racecourse are on sale now. The 39th annual running of the year-end championship will return to Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4 and 5.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Helen Kleberg Groves bred and raised multiple elite racehorses and developed several strong families that continue to be influential throughout the American Stud Book.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
David Cabrera, who had been sidelined since April 8 from a riding accident, returned to Oaklawn Park May 8 and was crowned a champion. The jockey captured his first career Oaklawn riding title with 62 victories.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Just as Churchill Downs Inc. reported record interest in the Kentucky Derby day in terms of wagering totals, NBC reports strong viewership.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Since the points qualifying system eliminated sprinters from the Kentucky Derby, the first past-the-post has almost always been an on-pace stretching out miler of sort that has dominated high-level North American middle-distance dirt in recent times.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Aidan O'Brien does not believe a record-extending ninth win in the Epsom Classic is a foregone conclusion, despite a clean sweep of the trials in the last week and the strong possibility he will saddle six runners June 4.
Tue, 2022-05-10 01:41
Echo Zulu, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2021, may have seen her last race at two turns.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Trainer Phil D'Amato earned his second stakes win of the weekend May 8 in the $75,000 Angel's Flight Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Gary Barber's Our Secret Agent captures the Whimsical Stakes (G3) on Mother’s Day May 8 at Woodbine.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Klaravich Stables' Search Results returned to the winner's circle after putting away the competition in the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) May 8 at Belmont Park.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Brittany Russell celebrated Mother’s Day in style by winning with her only two starters May 8 at Laurel Park and clinching her first career training title.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Barely 24 hours after it was announced that State of Rest had been snapped up for global stallion duties by Rathbarry and Newgate Studs and partners, his year-younger half sister boosted their dam's record as a producer.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Danon Scorpion held on to win the May 8 NHK Mile Cup (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse, narrowly averting an upset bigger than that posted a day earlier in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Aidan O'Brien has announced that longtime ante-post favorite Luxembourg is out of next month's Cazoo Derby (G1) after suffering a muscular injury.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Godolphin homebred Yibir, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) in November at Del Mar, landed in New York early Sunday morning for Saturday's $700,000 Man o' War (G1T), an 11-furlong test for older horses on the inner turf at Belmont Park.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
If Rich Strike's Cinderella story is to continue in the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, he will likely need to defeat both familiar foes and newcomers to the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Rich Strike will stay at trainer Eric Reed's farm near Lexington, Mercury Equine Center, until the week of the Preakness Stakes (G1) and then be sent to Pimlico Race Course.
Mon, 2022-05-09 01:36
Eric Reed would never tell you he had a chance of winning the Kentucky Derby (G1). That was too outlandish. He just knew he had a horse capable of running well—and if you don't swing for the fences, what are you even doing in this business?
Sun, 2022-05-08 01:36
All-sources betting on the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) card at Churchill Downs reached $273.8 million, a 17% increase over last year's $233 million and a 9% bump over the previous record of $250.9 million from 2019.
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