This column highlights the performances of 2- and 3-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…
The $135,000 Curlin Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is not a time-honored path to the Travers Stakes (G1). The top 3-year-olds rely on the Haskell Stakes (G1) or the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2). Yet the Curlin serves a purpose as one last chance to swim in a shallow pond before heading over to much deeper…
The Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga Race Course July 19 seemed likely to present La Cara , winner of this year’s Ashland Stakes (G1) and Acorn Stakes (G1), with an opportunity to establish herself at the top of the sophomore filly division. Unfortunately, that opportunity was dashed when La Cara was forced to scratch due…
Conrad Bandoroff, Rowland Hancock, and Craig Brogden have been elected to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders board of directors, the organization announced on social media July 22. Members of our board serve three-year terms and are elected by the full membership of the organization. Bandoroff is vice president of Denali Stud; Hancock is a Thoroughbred…
Sales histories for Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sale histories for the 2025 The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s boutique select yearling sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The sale will be held Aug. 4-5 with each session starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Download PDF Source link
Tickets are now on sale for the Horse Racing Women’s Association 2025 Conference, which will be held for the first time in Lexington, Kentucky on Wednesday, October 8 and Thursday, October 9. The fourth annual HRWA Conference will feature a welcome reception, keynote address, featured afternoon speaker, three panel discussions, and a special presentation of…
Gary Barber, Blue Crevalle Racing, and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Classic Q looks for her second stakes win at Saratoga Race Course in the $175,000 Lake George Stakes (G3T) July 26. There are nine 3-year-old fillies entered in the body of the field, plus one main-track-only entrant. The daughter of Classic Empire won the Wild Applause Stakes July…
Jockey Tyler Gaffalione returned from a four-month injury layoff to win aboard five of his first seven mounts at Ellis Park, including sweeping the $150,000 Jeff Hall Memorial Stakes July 20 aboard Banishing and the $150,000 Twin Bridges Stakes July 21 on Asternia . Gaffalione finished fourth in his only mount on the weather-shortened card July…
After dramatically winning the July 19 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, Journalism has sprung from sixth to third in week 26 of National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. He now trails only top-ranked Mindframe , a 4-year-old unbeaten this year, and second-ranked Sovereignty , who defeated Journalism in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1). The…
Matt Darby, founder of aerodynamic jockey silks company Speed Silks, died July 2. He was 54. Darby was born Aug. 20, 1970, in Newport Beach, Calif., to James “Jim” and Nancy (Shappell) Darby. A longtime resident of Amarillo, Texas, Darby went on to the University of North Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree…
