3 Things You Might Not Know About: Sandman
Hear three things you might not know about fan favorite, Sandman! Samantha Bussanich from the Mark Casse barn talks about the son of Tapit.
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Hear three things you might not know about fan favorite, Sandman! Samantha Bussanich from the Mark Casse barn talks about the son of Tapit.
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Grade 1 winner Arthur’s Ride has been retired from racing and will be offered as a stallion prospect at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, held Nov. 4-11. He will be consigned by Lane’s End. Arthur’s Ride impressed on the track for owners Glassman Racing—Karl and Cathi Glassman—earning three triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures. His success…
Using purse levels to determine the assessment fees that support the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority makes sense as a way to help ease the expenses for successful smaller tracks. This current standard, however, will end Jan. 1, 2026, when HISA starts assessing fees based solely on starts. Oddly, what is driving HISA to make…
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…
Back on a fast track in the $200,000 Shuvee Stakes (G2), Whisper Hill Farm’s Leslie’s Rose returned to the form that brought her her first graded stakes win, notching her second by 3 3/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course July 18. The 4-year-old Leslie’s Rose made it quite clear in last year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) and this year’s…
Wearing down stretch leader King of Ashes in the closing strides by a neck, World Beater notched his first career stakes victory in the $273,500 Audubon Stakes May 31 at Churchill Downs. The victory was the second in a row for the 3-year-old son of Oscar Performance , who a start earlier had broken his maiden in…
A small but talented field of seven is entered for the first edition of the 1 1/8-mile Lukas Classic Stakes (G2) since the death of the race’s legendary namesake, D. Wayne Lukas. Although the $500,000 race occurs at Churchill Downs Sept. 27 on the first weekend of fall, the connections of Hit Show —Wathnan Racing and trainer Brad Cox—are…