Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse celebrated his 4,000th winner July 17 when It’s Witchcraft prevailed in a three-way finish to win the eleventh race at Colonial Downs. It’s Witchcraft, a 3-year-old daughter of Tapit , is owned by the trainer’s longtime client D.J. Stable, the connections behind the Casse-trained 2022 champion 2-year-old filly Wonder…
A dual graded stakes winner and millionaire, Scylla will try for her first win in more than a year when she battles Jody’s Pride , R Disaster , and other female sprinters in the $200,000 Honorable Miss Stakes (G2) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course. Scylla, a 5-year-old daughter of Tapit , last won in the Fleur de Lis Stakes…
Darby Dan Farm’s first-year stallion Blazing Sevens , a Classic-placed son of Good Magic and impressive winner of the Champagne Stakes (G1) at 2, will be shuttling to Chile for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. In a deal brokered by Sullivan Bloodstock, Blazing Sevens will stand the upcoming Southern Hemisphere season at Haras Santa Olga in…
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 190 entries for its July Digital Sale, which may be viewed online at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding opened July 17 and will close July 22, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The catalog offers horses of racing age, breeding stock—including mares with foals at foot—a weanling, and yearlings. Nearly 60% of those cataloged are racing…
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 190 entries for its July Digital Sale, which may be viewed online at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding opened July 17 and will close July 22, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The catalog offers horses of racing age, breeding stock—including mares with foals at foot—a weanling, and yearlings. Nearly 60% of those cataloged are racing…
By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman In many ways, Saturday’s $1 million Haskell (G1) at Monmouth Park is shaping up as a rematch of the Preakness (G1). Three of the top four finishers from the Triple Crown’s second jewel will battle over 1 1/8 miles in the Haskell. The group…
After Book’em Danno won the True North Stakes (G3) on the Belmont Stakes undercard at Saratoga Race Course June 7, owner Mark Rubenstein said that his millionaire runner would likely race next at Monmouth Park, an apt choice for the New Jersey-bred. Instead, Rubenstein and his partners in Atlantic Six Racing have brought the 4-year-old…
Del Mar will begin a new effort to give its youthful fans an “inside” look at the game with an up-close-and-personal session in the paddock on race days starting this Sunday. Called “Paddock Pals,” the program will see a Del Mar staff member randomly select a youngster and their family out of the crowd and…
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced July 17 that Alan Foreman has been named the recipient of the Dr. J. David Richardson Industry Service Award. Foreman will be honored by TOBA at the 2025 TOBA National Awards on Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton near Lexington. “I am immensely honored to receive this award named for my…
Godolphin’s 25-strong offering at the Inglis July (Early) Online Sale proved to be the main contributor to what ended up the fourth most successful Inglis Digital auction in history when concluding July 16. The Godolphin lots sold for a combined gross of AU$2,150,259 (US$1,391,884, US$1=AU$0.65) to 24 different buyers, with the offerings including the sale-topper Lavalier…
