3 Things You Might Not Know About: Burnham Square

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism  returned to the work-tab June 29, breezing a half-mile at his home base Santa Anita Park in :47 4/5. Trainer Michael McCarthy said the son of Curlin   came out of the work well, but has no goals yet for a summer campaign. “I thought he went very well,” said McCarthy. “Seemed…

Tattersalls Ireland passed the car park test the morning of Sept. 22 with honors. Spaces were at a premium as vehicles of varying sizes—parked with equally varied levels of competence—filled the rows closest to the entrance. The whinnying of excited yearlings and the chatter of voices, a cacophony of languages that could have transported the…

This column highlights the performances of 2-year-old maidens who have made no more than five starts and who either sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, have siblings that are graded/group winners, or have dams that are graded/group winners. BloodHorse research shows maiden winners, in particular, who meet these criteria are more likely to…

Cristina Holmes worked at Godstone Farm from 2016 until 2020 when it was purchased by her family and renamed Bonner Hill Farms. Little did she realize that the name had much deeper meaning.  The farm in Southeastern Pennsylvania is very much a work in progress as Holmes charts a course for increasing its offerings, which…

Twenty stakes races worth a total of nearly $4 million will highlight Turfway Park‘s winter/spring meet, anchored by the 55th running of the $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) Saturday, March 21. The Jeff Ruby is a Championship Series race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Jan. 1-March 28 winter/spring meet follows the Holiday Meet…

Shisospicy  is proving quite the talent for a man used to making signings of a very different kind. Rich Mendez, who founded the Miami-based Rich Records with his son Josh, is a relative newcomer to ownership but has quickly made waves. Mendez Sr. will not be able to attend Royal Ascot this week but is…