July 28, 2025 1:30 PM 3:32 Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. gives his thoughts on how White Abarrio is entering the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 2 after his defeat in the June 7 Metropolitan Handicap (G1). The son of race day breezed three furlongs…
The Jockey Club announced July 28 that Marc Holliday and Bret Jones have been elected as stewards. William M. Lear Jr. (secretary) was reelected. The remaining stewards are Stuart S. Janney III (chair), Ian D. Highet (treasurer), William S. Farish Jr. (vice chair), Louis A. Cella, Everett Dobson, Gary Fenton, Terry Finley, David O’Farrell, and…
Scottish Lassie ‘s recent win in the Coaching Club American Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1) was notable for breeder Winchester Farm as she was the second grade 1 winner (Point Me By) for the husband-and-wife duo of Marie and Dr. Naoya Yoshida. Riding high from the victory at Saratoga Race Course, the Yoshidas are excited about what…
Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 26th episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap Sovereignty ‘s victory over Baeza in the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) and other July 26 stakes action. Former FanDuel TV broadcaster Gabby Gaudet discusses her new role as…
Charles Allen is set to take up the position as chair of the British Horseracing Authority and bring forward his radical agenda for change after agreement was reached on the way forward for British racing at a lengthy board meeting of the governing body at its headquarters in London July 28. Lord Allen had proposed…
Having wrapped up the Australian first season sires’ premiership and with the ‘fully booked’ signs erected outside his box at Vinery Stud some time ago, Ole Kirk is already starting to shape the nation’s breeding landscape but according to those who know him best, the son of Written Tycoon bears all the hallmarks of becoming…
The catalog for Goffs Orby Book 2 was released July 28 and is now available to view online. The sale features 433 yearlings set to be offered Oct. 1-2. Catalog highlights include a Saxon Warrior sister to dual group 3 winner Greenland (Lot 471); an Acclamation filly out of a half sister to 2020 Irish Two Thousand…
This year’s German One Thousand Guineas (G2) winner Lady Ilze will be offered in a pop-up sale on the Tattersalls Online platform beginning Aug 4. Lady Ilze won three of her five starts as a 2-year-old before returning this year for leading German trainer Andreas Wohler with a solid fourth in the Schwarzgold-Rennen (G3) at Cologne….
Breeders will have a timely chance to invest in one of Australia’s most exciting young stallions next week, with two individual stallion shares in Cool Aza Beel set to be offered via the Magic Millions Virtual Sale Aug. 5. A group 1-winning son of Savabeel and New Zealand’s champion 2-year-old of his generation, Cool Aza Beel…
With the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) fast approaching at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 2, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. was hoping for an easy final workout for four-time grade 1 winner White Abarrio . Although he got his wish once the 6-year-old son of Race Day made his way around Saratoga’s main track July 28, the…
