Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Wood Memorial (G2) winner Resilience and 2023's champion 2-year-old filly Just F Y I recorded their first Churchill Downs workouts April 18 after racing in respective Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep races nearly two weeks ago.
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Mr Fisk, Medoro Highlight Santa Anita Graded Stakes
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Two-time stakes winner Mr Fisk takes on four in the Californian, and undefeated Medoro is slated to meet seven in the Providencia.
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OBS Spring Sale Picks Up Steam on Active Day 2
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Led by a $1.9 million filly by first-crop sire Tiz the Law purchased by Donato Lanni, agent for Michael Lund Petersen, the four-day Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training showed steady strength throughout the April 17 second session.
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KY Derby Handicapping: Participants’ Final Fractions
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Reviewing how fast each Kentucky Derby contender ran the last three-eighths of a mile of their final prep race has been a productive pursuit.
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Colt From Galileo’s Last Crop Brings $1.31 Million
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The Coolmore-bred colt, one of just a dozen foals from the final crop of the 12-time champion sire, became the third-most expensive breezer sold in Europe and the second-most expensive to change hands at the Craven Sale.
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Keith Asmussen Grateful for KY Oaks, KY Derby Mounts
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Keith Asmussen set a goal to ride one race as a jockey. He has done far more than that, ranking as one of the leading riders at Oaklawn Park. Now comes the mount on Just Steel in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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Real Men Violin Aims to Pick up Tempo in Illinois Derby
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Real Men Violin, Patriot Spirit, and Woodcourt—all off the board in Kentucky Derby (G1) points races this year—attempt to regroup against ungraded stakes competition in the $200,000 Illinois Derby April 21 at Hawthorne Race Course.
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Three Amigos Nabs $800K Bolt d’Oro Colt at OBS
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Donato Lanni, agent for Three Amigos, purchased a Bolt d'Oro colt for $800,000 early in the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 17.
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Fletcher Acquires Three Colts at OBS Spring Day 2
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Frank Fletcher Racing Operations acquired a trio of colts during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 17.
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FanDuel TV Telethon: Racing Icons Unite for PDJF
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
FanDuel TV, the New York Racing Association, Keeneland, and Santa Anita will team up with Hall of Fame jockeys April 21 for the sixth annual telethon to raise money for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
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Catalog for Wanamaker’s April Sale Available
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The Wanamaker's April Sale catalog is now available for viewing at wanamakers.com.
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First Black Female Trainer Honored in Charles Town
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the city of Charles Town, W.Va. announced the dedication of a commemorative panel of images and milestones honoring Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, the nation's first Black female horse trainer.
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Stakes Recap: Apple Blossom and Count Fleet Sprint
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Sara Elbadwi & Richard Migliore look at the results of the Grade 2 Apple Blossom and Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint.
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Petersen Lands $1.9 Million Tiz the Law Filly at OBS
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Michael Lund Petersen with agent Donato Lanni go to $1.9 million for a filly (Hip 365) from the first crop of classic winner Tiz the Law early in the April 17 second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
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Speedy McKinzie Filly Heads Final OBS Session April 19
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
They say save the best for last. That could be the case at the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 19 as the last session will see Hip 1143, who tied for the sale's fastest quarter-mile breeze, enter the ring.
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Panus’ Book ‘Walk On’ Sheds Light on Coping With Grief
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Stephen Panus, president of TJC Media Ventures, parent company of America's Best Racing, has penned a book "Walk On," where he recounts the sudden death of his son Jake in 2020 and shares the lights that continue to guide him through this tragedy.
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Rebel’s Romance to Join Appleby’s Growing U.S. Stable
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T) winner Rebel's Romance (IRE) is to join an expanding satellite yard of around a dozen Charlie Appleby-trained horses who are to campaign through the summer season in the United States this year.
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Keith Asmussen Grateful For KY Oaks, KY Derby Mounts
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Keith Asmussen set a goal to ride one race as a jockey. He has done far more than that, ranking as one of the leading riders at Oaklawn Park. Now comes the mount on Just Steel in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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KY Derby Handicapping: Participants’ Final Fractions
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Reviewing how fast each Kentucky Derby contender ran the last three-eighths of a mile of their final prep race has been a productive pursuit.
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$775K Caracaro Filly Tops OBS Spring Sale Opener
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
A $775,000 first-crop filly by Caracaro topped the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training on April 16, selling to Three Amigos.
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Graded Winner Even the Score Euthanized at Age 26
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Old Friends reports that Even the Score, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was euthanized at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital April 13 due to colic. He was 26.
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Graded Winner Even the Score Euthanized At Age 26
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Old Friends reports that Even the Score, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital April 13 due to colic. He was 26.
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Murray State Now Looks to 2025 Session for Vet School
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Although Murray State University came up short in its bid to receive legislative authorization for a School of Veterinary Medicine in Kentucky this year, its president, Dr. Bob Jackson, expressed optimism about the future.
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Justify Connections Appeal Santa Anita Derby DQ Order
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The connections of Justify have filed a notice of appeal of his disqualification from the 2018 Santa Anita Derby by a California board of stewards.
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M.V. Magnier Strikes for $600K Uncle Mo Filly
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Justin Casse, agent for M.V. Magnier, went to $600,000 to secure the bid on a fashionably bred Uncle Mo filly during the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 16.
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TAA Success Stories: Jonny Be Bueno, a Special Horse
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The first time Marisa Isbell rode Jonny Be Bueno at Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Paso Robles, Calif., she could feel that he was a special horse.
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Nyquist Colt Brings $550K at OBS Spring Sale
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Spendthrift Farm and MKW Racing and Breeding extended to $550,000 to secure the bid on a Nyquist to pace proceedings April 16 during the opening session of the OBS Spring Sale.
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New Bay Colt a Pinhook Home Run for Walsh at Craven
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
New Bay colt goes to Godolphin for 525,000gns (US$621,515) during the first session of the Tattersalls Craven Sale April 16.
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Insights From the OwnerView Webinar Panel
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden, and The Green Group. The panel was sponsored by Equilume and Pleasant Acres Stallions.
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Bruce Miller, Trainer of Lonesome Glory, Dies at Age 89
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Famed Pennsylvania horseman F. Bruce Miller, the trainer of one America's greatest steeplechasers in Lonesome Glory, died last week at age 89.
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Tiz the Law Filly at OBS Rated as Special Prospect
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Expectations are high for Hip 365, the Tiz the Law filly who worked a quarter-mile in a track record-tying :20 1/5 at the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.
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Prospective Pinhooks: Keeneland April HORA Sale
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Sales histories for entries in the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale being held April 26.
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Churchill Downs Donates to Aftercare for Kentucky Derby
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The Churchill Downs Foundation has partnered with 20 distinguished Thoroughbred aftercare organizations for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby by pledging a $150,000 donation to support the vital mission of these organizations.
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Master of The Seas Joins Top 10 in NTRA Poll
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
It was a great weekend for fans of runaway winners as three such horses impressed the members of the national media who vote in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred poll enough to crack the Top 10.
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Fierceness, Catching Freedom Shine in Workouts
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Florida Derby (G1) winner Fierceness and Louisiana Derby (G2) Catching Freedom post sharp workouts in the lead-up to the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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Forever Young ‘Ready to Rumble’ at Churchill Downs
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The first of the Japanese Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders, Forever Young, arrived at Churchill Downs early in the morning April 13 and has begun to settle in over the dirt track he'll call home for the next three weeks.
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Fasig-Tipton Releases Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Catalog
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale has 556 entries so far for the May 20-21 auction at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. The under tack show will be held May 14-16.
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Equine Herpesvirus Case at Laurel; Barn 33 Quarantined
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
On April 14, the Maryland Jockey Club was alerted to a horse displaying neurological abnormalities in its hind limbs. Testing revealed the affected horse is positive for equine herpesvirus.
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Keeneland April Sale Catalogs 111 Horses of Racing Age
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
The catalog is dominated by lightly raced stock with 69 entries that have four or fewer starts. The offering also includes millionaire geldings Smile Happy and Tiz the Bomb.
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Sharp-Working Fierceness Continues to Top Derby Dozen
Blood-Horse | 1 week ago
Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.
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Speed Boat Beach Named Florida-Bred Horse of the Year
Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Speed Boat Beach was named the 2023 Florida-bred Horse of the Year in a vote by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors.
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Record-Fast Horses Add Intrigue to 2024 OBS Spring Sale
Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Organizers are optimistic that the 2024 edition of the Ocala Breeders' Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale can keep some of the momentum from last year's record sale going.
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Schoenthal Gets Reduced Provisional Suspension
Blood-Horse | 2 weeks ago
Phil Schoenthal received a 15-day provisional suspension that ends April 22. His case has then been stayed until after the Federal Trade Commission considers rule changes related to substances commonly abused by people.
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