Stakes Preview: Empire Classic & Empire Distaff

A week and a half removed from his victory in the June 28 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs over Sierra Leone  and Mystik Dan , Mindframe  remains No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll for the second consecutive week. Mindframe, a 4-year-old son of Constitution trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher,…

As time continues to tick away for the connections of Journalism  to decide whether or not to enter the Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course May 17, trainer Michael McCarthy returned to Kentucky May 11 to oversee the colt’s training. With…

For five consecutive years, thanks to a work conference that lined up on the right days, Dave Bushey stood above the Gulfstream Park paddock and watched horses get saddled for the Claiming Crown and envisioning what it would be like to see the silks of Bush Racing Stable, which was started by his father Bryan, as part of…

As the racing world’s attention shifts from Churchill Downs to Pimlico Race Course ahead of the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, so will the horses who wish to participate. Six of the nine expected entries for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown woke up in Louisville, Ky. May 12, but…

The Keeneland fall meet comes to a close Oct. 25, but will go out with a bang as the final stakes race, the $350,000 Fayette Stakes (G3), promises to be a thriller. Eleven entries were taken for the 1 1/8-mile contest, but the most intriguing of those may be the two 3-year-olds taking on older…

Trade might not have fully erupted during the opening session of the Arqana August Yearling Sale Aug. 16, with a clearance rate in the low 70s telling its own story, but there was still a string of hot prices at the head of the market on Saturday evening.  A brace of €800,000 (US$936,000, €1=US$1.17) buys…