Thoroughbred News

Patient Approach Helps Senor Buscador to Great Heights

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Senor Buscador's stunning emergence in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) provides a vivid reminder about one of the keys to racing success. If ever there was a horse that embodies the value of patience, this hard-trying 6-year-old is it. Read More...

Longtime NYRA Racing Official Prunetti Dies at 77

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
The New York Racing Association mourns the loss of Michael F. Prunetti, who served with distinction as its assistant racing secretary and spent upwards of 40 years in various roles as a racing official at New York Thoroughbred tracks. Read More...

Maher Brimming With Pride as ‘Jenni’ Stars at Caulfield

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Pride Of Jenni stamped herself one of the finest front-runners seen in Australia in modern times by streaking away to leave Mr Brightside in her wake in the AU$3.75 million All-Star Mile (G1) at Caulfield March 16. Read More...

Pletcher Takes Aim at Louisiana Derby With Three Colts

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Pletcher, a five-time Louisiana Derby (G2) winner and two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, runs three of the 12 entrants—Antiquarian, Agate Road, and Triple Espresso—in the March 23 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Read More...

Fair Grounds Cancels March 17 Card, Heavy Rain Expected

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Due to heavy rain expected in New Orleans March 17, Fair Grounds cancels racing Sunday. Read More...

Top-Weighted Zougotcha Triumphs in Coolmore Classic

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Champion jockey James McDonald labeled trainer Chris Waller "a genius" and believes Zougotcha has proven herself a historically elite mare in carrying top weight to a courageous victory in the AU$1 million Coolmore Classic (G1) at Rosehill March 16. Read More...

KY Senator Thayer Backs State Funding for Aftercare

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer supports amending Kentucky legislation that would up commit up to a quarter-million dollars a year to support nationally accredited aftercare organizations in the state. Read More...

TRF Announces New Director of Donor Engagement

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation proudly announces the appointment of Meredith Woolford as the organization's new director of donor engagement. Read More...

Moore to Ride Justify Colt in Golden Slipper

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Ryan Moore will ride raging Golden Slipper (G1) favorite Storm Boy in the March 23 AU$5 million race at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney. The star jockey will be aiming to make it back-to-back wins in the crucial stallion-making contest. Read More...

Stakes Preview: Whitmore and Cicada

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Andy Serling and Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Grade 3 Whitmore from Oaklawn and Cicada at Aqueduct. Read More...

WinStar Farm Acquires Half Interest in My Mane Squeeze

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
WinStar Farm has acquired a half interest in three-time stakes winner My Mane Squeeze. A homebred for William "Buck" Butler, the 3-year-old daughter of Audible is targeting the upcoming Gazelle Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack. Read More...

Prize Money Boosted in Races Across South Australia

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Race purses in South Australia will receive a 15% hike across the board, including in the state's four group 1s, with the welcoming of a new seven-year sponsorship. Read More...

Fair Grounds, Turfway to Offer Stakes Pick 5 March 23

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Fair Grounds and Turfway Park will team up March 23 to offer bettors a special $1 Pick 5. The Pick 5 features an all-stakes sequence led by the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) and $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3). Read More...

NHC Prize Structure Led by $800K for First Place

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
The NTRA announces the official prize structure of the 25th National Horseplayers Championship. Read More...

CARF Proposes Continued NorCal Racing at Pleasanton

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
A California Association of Racing Fairs proposal calls for a continuation of racing in Northern California this fall at Pleasanton for a 26-day meet, according to documents submitted before a pivotal California Horse Racing Board meeting March 21. Read More...

Hall of Fame Rider Blum Dies at 89

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Hall of Fame jockey and former racing steward Walter Blum has died at the age of 89. Blum was one of the winningest riders of all time when he retired from the saddle in 1975. Read More...

Favorites Look Fast in Whitmore, San Carlos

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Whitmore Stakes and San Carlos Stakes. Read More...

Alvarado Wins 2024 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Jockey Junior Alvarado has won the 2024 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, decided by a nationwide vote of his fellow riders.  Read More...

Cheltenham Results: All the betting stories from day four of the Cheltenham Festival on Betfair

Get results for all today's Cheltenham races here with highlights from Betfair's Sportsbook and Exchange as Galopin Des Champs lands back to back Gold Cups in its 100th year... Read More...

Big Winners on Betfair at Cheltenham: Punter wins £4.5K with five-fold

Willie Mullins was not the only one celebrating as Galopin Des Champs won a consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday and completed a five-fold for Big Winner on Betfair... Read More...

Gold Cup Cheat Sheet Special: Bravemansgame Superboost one of five best bets on Friday

The pinnacle race of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival takes place at 15:30 with it being the 100th year of the Gold Cup and we have put together our best bets for the Grade 1 contest including our Bravemansgame Superboost... Read More...

Group 1-Winning Sprinter Highfield Princess Retired

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Sprinting sensation Highfield Princess has been retired after suffering an injury at John and Sean Quinn's stable in Malton. Read More...

Trainer Pineda Suspended 15 Years, Fined $195,000

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Trainer Milton Pineda has been suspended 15 years and fined $180,000 plus an additional $15,000 for the cost of arbitrational services by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit. The punishments were posted on HIWU's website March 13.  Read More...

NY Lawmakers Approve Advanced Imaging Technology Plan

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
The Democrat-controlled New York State Assembly March 14 approved a plan to create a screening and advanced imaging program designed to improve racehorse safety as part of a Cornell University and New York Racing Association partnership. Read More...

Win Win Win Filly Sells for $1.8M to Top OBS March

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
The final session of the Ocala Breeders' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training concluded with a filly from freshman sire Win Win Win taking top honors at $1.8 million to lead the sale. Donato Lanni purchased the bay for Zedan Racing from Ocala Stud. Read More...

Officials Misinterpreted Rule in Deplane Situation

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Owners John Fanelli and Longball Stables have finally received some good news surrounding their tumultuous claim of the 5-year-old gelding Deplane. Read More...

Proposed Legislation Would Pave Way for Pimlico Update

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
A January recommendation by the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority to renovate Pimlico and move the state's racing operations to a state-owned, nonprofit-managed arrangement has taken a significant step toward becoming reality. Read More...

Cheltenham Tips for Day 4: Watch the tipsters 11/1 Gold Cup pick in Racing…Only Bettor’s Cheltenham Day 4 podcast

It's Gold Cup day on Friday at the Cheltenham Festival 2024 and we've got podcast previews galore with the Racing...Only Bettor experts recommending their best bets for day three as well as insight from Paul Nicholls and Rachael Blackmore who are both ... Read More...

Cheltenham Day 4 Tips: 11/1 Gold Cup selection headlines Daryl Carter’s Friday bets at Cheltenham

Daryl Carter heads into the final day of the Cheltenham Festival starting with a two-pronged attack in the Triumph Hurdle and continues through the feature Gold Cup to the closing race of the card... Read More...

Rachael Blackmore Day 4 Cheltenham Runners: Lots of positives for progressive Chigorin

After a successful week so far Rachael Blackmore has three more chances to bag a winner on Gold Cup day at Cheltenham, and here the Betfair Ambassador gives us her exclusive thoughts on each... Read More...

Preview of 2024 National Horseplayers Championship

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
BH editorial director Frank Angst and NTRA COO Keith Chamblin discuss the 2024 National Horseplayers Championship March 15-17 at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Read More...

Tampa Bay Downs Outlines Decisions Amid Tote Problems

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
On March 14 Tampa Bay Downs vice president and general manager Peter Berube provided added detail on the decisions the track made when confronted by tote issues during its March 9 card. Read More...

Book’em Danno Named New Jersey Horse of the Year

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Atlantic Six Racing's Book'em Danno has been named the 2023 New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year, champion sprinter, and champion 2-year-old by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey.  Read More...

Paul Nicholls Day 4 Cheltenham Runners: Bravemansgame is in top order for the Gold Cup

Betfair ambassador Paul Nicholls has five runners on Friday at Cheltenham but there is no doubt about the star attraction as Bravemansgame bids to go one better than last year's second in the Gold Cup... Read More...

Cheltenham Festival Day 4 Cheat Sheet: Tipster naps and ambassador insight for Friday

The final day of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival sees the pinnacle of the week, the Gold Cup. We have you covered with a bet and exclusive insight for all seven races across the card from our Betfair tipsters, as well as the thoughts of Rachael Blackmore ... Read More...

Kevin Blake’s Day Four Cheltenham Tips: Des Champs will be Galopin to Gold Cup glory

For one last time at Cheltenham this year Kevin Blake takes a look at Friday's races, and our man has a confident pick in the Gold Cup as well as a very bold claim about one in the Triumph Hurdle... Read More...

Mori Bags $800K Constitution Colt for Japan at OBS

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Japanese trainer Hideyuki Mori, a mainstay on the sales scene at the Ocala Breeders' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, picked up the $800,000 son of Constitution March 14 during the final session of the sale. Read More...

Group 1 Winning Sprinter Highfield Princess Retired

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Sprinting sensation Highfield Princess has been retired after suffering an injury at John and Sean Quinn's stable in Malton. Read More...

Lanni Signs for $1.8M Win Win Win Filly at OBS

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Hip 788 breezed the fastest quarter-mile of the sale when she clocked :20 1/5. Read More...

HISA Seeking Applicants for Horsemen’s Advisory Group

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
HISA is inviting all racing participants who wish to be considered for membership in the advisory group to submit an application. Read More...

First-Crop Authentic Colt Lights Up Board at $1 Million

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock purchased a colt from the first crop of Horse of the Year Authentic from Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds for $1 million on the third and final day of the OBS March Sale. Read More...

Speedway Stables Adds Bernardini Filly to Roster at OBS

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
During the final session of the Ocala Breeders' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training March 14, agent Marette Farrell signed for an $875,000 Bernardini filly for Speedway Stables. Read More...

Senor Buscador, National Treasure Top Longines Rankings

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
On the heels of their efforts in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) and the Saudi Cup (G1), Senor Buscador and National Treasure find themselves in a dead heat. Read More...

Sibelius All Systems Go for Dubai; Moore to Ride

Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
After embarking on the experience of a lifetime last year with Sibelius, trainer Jerry O'Dwyer is ready to do it all over again. Read More...