Blood-Horse

Highfield Princess Dies After Stall Accident

Blood-Horse | 5 days ago
Owner-breeder John Fairley said he and his family are "all heartbroken" after his multiple group 1-winner Highfield Princess died March 23 after sustaining an injury in an accident in her stall last week. Read More...

Irish Import Massive Sovereign Tops Locals in HK Derby

Blood-Horse | 5 days ago
Massive Sovereign, in just his second local start, swept to a dramatic, late-running score in the Hong Kong Derby March 24 at Sha Tin Racecourse. Read More...

Mad Cool Wins First of Japan’s Two G1 Sprint Races

Blood-Horse | 5 days ago
Mad Cool took the short way around to win the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) March 24 at Chukyo Racecourse, getting a leg up on year-end sprint division honors. Read More...

Catching Freedom Rallies From Last in Louisiana Derby

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
In theory, the Kentucky Derby (G1) marks the first time a 3-year-old will race at the mile-and-a-quarter distance. That may not be the case for Albaugh Family Stables' Catching Freedom. Read More...

Godolphin, Cox Conquer Stakes at Oaklawn Park

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
The team of trainer Brad Cox, jockey Florent Geroux, and owner/breeder Godolphin swept both stakes races at Oaklawn Park in dominant fashion March 23 as First Mission won the Essex Handicap (G3) and Nash won the Hot Springs Stakes for 3-year-olds. Read More...

I’m Very Busy Gets Busy in Time to Win Muniz Memorial

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
I'm Very Busy got busy in the stretch run of the Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes (G2T) March 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, rallying stoutly to win by 3 3/4 lengths. Read More...

Endlessly Dominates Jeff Ruby Steaks; Will Skip Derby

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Amerman Racing's Endlessly made short work of the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) field, thundering home a powerful winner of the $700,000 feature race of the Turfway Park meet March 23. Read More...

Missed the Cut Doesn’t Miss in San Luis Rey

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Favored at even money off his victory in the San Marcos Stakes (G3T), Missed the Cut scored back-to-back graded wins by taking the San Luis Rey Stakes (G3T) over Planetario, who also finished second to him in the San Marcos. Read More...

Tarifa Punches Kentucky Oaks Ticket at Fair Grounds

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
After tracking early leader Our Pretty Woman throughout the $388,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) March 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Tarifa edged to the lead in the stretch and held off a couple re-rally attempts from her determined rival. Read More...

Cellist Gets it Done in Kentucky Cup Classic

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Eight days after Rusty Arnold ended a controversial week-long suspension, the trainer rebounded with a resounding score in the $292,000 Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park with the Calumet Farm homebred Cellist. Read More...

Red Route One Rallies to Win New Orleans Classic Stakes

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Late-running Red Route One used a sustained rail move in the far turn to move into contention then surged past Touchuponastar to post a two-length victory in the $500,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2) March 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Read More...

Via Sistina Delivers in Australian Debut in Ranvet

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Chris Waller notches back-to-back group 1 victories at Rosehill with Via Sistina's perfect start to her career in Australia with a win in the March 23 Ranvet Stakes (G1) and Riff Rocket in the Rosehill Guineas (G1). Read More...

Lady Of Camelot Finishes Fast to Win Golden Slipper

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Lady Of Camelot brought a record eighth Golden Slipper (G1) to trainer Gai Waterhouse with a breathtaking victory in the world's richest 2-year-old race at Rosehill Gardens March 23. Read More...

Via Sistina Delivers in Australian Debut

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Chris Waller notches back-to-back group 1 victories at Rosehill with Via Sistina perfect start to her career in Australia with a win in the March 23 Ranvet Stakes (G1) and Riff Rocket in the Rosehill Guineas (G1). Read More...

Champion Fierceness Florida Derby Morning-Line Favorite

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Repole Stable's Fierceness, last year's juvenile male champion, was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) March 30 at Gulfstream Park. Read More...

Late Stallion Givemeaminit Sires First Stakes Winner

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
Late sire and Louisiana champion 3-year-old male Givemeaminit sired his first stakes winner when his daughter Platinum Minit captured the $125,000 Crescent City Oaks for state-bred sophomore fillies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots March 23. Read More...

New Mexico Trainer Summers Suspended

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
The New Mexico Racing Commission issued trainer Nancy N. Summers a summary suspension March 23 and ejected her from the grounds at Sunland Park after a HIWU investigator found three hypodermic syringes in her tack room, according to the charges. Read More...

T O Password Earns Free Pass to the Kentucky Derby

Blood-Horse | 6 days ago
T O Password got a free pass to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a hard-won victory in just his second career start March 23 at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan. Read More...

CamHaven Names Former Jockey Boulanger Farm Manager

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
After retiring from the saddle last fall, Gary Boulanger has accepted a position as farm manager at CamHaven Farms in Ontario. Read More...

McCarthy Not Thinking Past Jeff Ruby With Endlessly

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Six weeks before the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 4 at Churchill Downs, there are already those with "Derby Fever," caught up in the desire to run any eligible horse in the first leg of the Triple Crown. Just not Michael McCarthy, trainer of Endlessly. Read More...

Cotran Elected to FTHA Board of Directors

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
The FTHA is supervised and managed by a board of no fewer than 11 and no more than 15 directors. For 2024, Chester Bishop, Jonathan Green, Teresa Palmer, and Ron Spatz were re-elected, and new to the board is Robert Cotran. Read More...

Helios Express Shoots for Classic Sweep in HK Derby

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Helios Express aims to sweep Hong Kong's 4-Year-Old Classic Series in the March 24 Hong Kong Derby but faces some new and dangerous rivals. Read More...

Oaklawn Park Adds New Eclipse Stakes to Schedule

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Oaklawn Park has adjusted its stakes schedule after losing four cards earlier this year to winter weather. The track has added the $175,000 Eclipse Stakes for older horses at six furlongs April 7. Read More...

Former Owner, Steinhoff CEO Jooste Dies at 63

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Markus Jooste, the former racehorse owner at the center of South Africa's largest corporate fraud in history, has died at the age of 63 in South Africa after sustaining a gunshot wound. Local media reports say it was self-inflicted. Read More...

Stakes Preview: Louisiana Derby and Essex Handicap

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Greg Wolf & Paul Verderosa look ahead to the Grade 2 Louisiana Deby at Fair Grounds & Grade 3 Essex at Oaklawn. Read More...

NYRA Releases Saratoga Stakes Schedule

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
The New York Racing Association March 22 announced the stakes schedule for the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which runs July 11-Sept. 2. Read More...

California Purse Overpayments in Focus as Handle Drops

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Following substantial purse overpayments at Golden Gate Fields, Santa Anita Park, and Del Mar, California Horse Racing Board staff is working on changes to its race meet applications, CHRB executive director Scott Chaney said March 21. Read More...

Japan’s Top Sprinters Set for Takamatsunomiya Kinen

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Mama Cocha looks for rare back-to-back wins in Japan's major sprint races when she lines up against a big field in the March 24 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) at Chukyo Racecourse. Read More...

Racing in Dubai Catalogs 48 Lots for March 26 Sale

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
"We work closely with Godolphin and Marie Sullivan who hand-selects horses for the sale. We look to have nearly 50 horses for the sale, and these horses have to stay in the UAE and race here the following season." said Sam Shinsky. Read More...

TAA Success Stories: a Match With Pioneerofan Empire

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Lynn Sullivan at Thoroughbred Athletes was confident in matching Anna Krupka with Pioneerofan Empire, knowing he would find a loving home. Read More...

Delaware Park, Horsemen Sign Three-year Contract

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Delaware Park and the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association announced March 19 that they have signed a three-year contract, which includes an agreement for year-round stabling and training.  Read More...

Helios Express Shoots For Classic Sweep in HK Derby

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Helios Express aims to sweep Hong Kong's 4-Year-Old Classic Series in the March 24 Hong Kong Derby but faces some new and dangerous rivals. Read More...

Southwest: Triple Play

Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Red River Farms has been around so long that owner Jay Adcock is not exactly sure when his father, the Major League Baseball All-Star Joe Adcock, started what is now one of Louisiana's leading Thoroughbred farms. Read More...

A Kentucky Derby Mystery Worth its Weight in Black Gold

Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The family of 1924 winning Kentucky Derby owner Rosa Hoots believes the gold trophy earned by Black Gold is currently residing at the Kentucky Derby Museum, which is just a short walk from the winner's circle where it was presented 100 years ago. Read More...