When Monmouth Park helped lead the charge that would see a 2018 Supreme Court decision open states to fixed-odds sports wagering, the track had hoped such fixed-odds wagering on horse racing would be further along in 2025 than it is, but track officials are still hopeful things will soon move forward. Through an agreement with…
Multiple graded stakes winning jockey Edwin Gonzalez earned his 2,000th career victory July 20 aboard Bobby Bob in the sixth race at Gulfstream Park. Gonzalez, a 34-year-old native of Puerto Rico, rallied the son of Constitution four-wide in the stretch to get up late and win by 3/4 lengths for trainer Antonio Sano. “I’m feeling amazing….
Mo Plex , the newest poster boy for New York breds everywhere, will take his talents to new heights when he starts in the July 26 $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course. The 3-year-old son of Complexity , bought for a mere $45,000 as a 2-year-old, has continued to defy the odds at every…
Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 25th episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap the excitement at Monmouth Park following Journalism ‘s victory in the July 19 Haskell Stakes (G1). D. J. Stable’s general manager Jonathan Green joins the show to discuss…
On the morning of July 21, 2-year-old Emphasis was snoozing in his stall at Todd Pletcher’s barn at the Oklahoma training track, getting some well-deserved rest after breaking his maiden at first asking on Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course. The son of first-crop sire Yaupon gutted out a gate-to-wire win under Ricardo Santana Jr.,…
J C Smith’s See The Fire will aim for a breakthrough group 1 success when she lines up for the Nassau Stakes (G1) at the Goodwood Festival July 31—a key fixture in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series. The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 93 stakes races in 15 countries whose winners receive…
Kalpana is raring to go for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) July 26 after recent rain at Ascot eased conditions to good at the royal racecourse. Connections had been nervous about the prospect of quick ground for Britain’s richest all-aged contest, but after rain arrived at Ascot over the weekend, and with…
Total Performance Data (TPD), the London-based global leader in horse racing data announces that Anna Alcock, currently Marketing Manager at Juddmonte will join TPD in September 2025 in a newly created role as their Marketing Manager to shape and execute TPD’s marketing strategy globally. TPD provide cutting-edge GPS tracking, speed and stride data across 160…
Gary Barber’s No Time flew home to take the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks July 20, to give trainer Mark Casse his fifth win in the race, tying trainer Jim Day’s record. Her two stablemates—Shifty and Winterberry finished second and third, respectively. The 3-year-old daughter of Not This Time stalked the pacesetters under Hall of Fame jockey…
In 2003, Cheryl Prudhomme, a former chemist, decided to roll the dice on a lifelong dream of running a horse farm. She moved from Boston to New York ,where she purchased Shamrock Hill Farm in Fort Edward, N.Y., just a short drive from Saratoga Race Course. “I always loved horses since I was a little kid,”…
