George Messina and Michael Lee’s newly-minted grade 1-winner Fionn was a determined nose victor of the $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1T) July 5, a 1 1/8-mile Mellon turf route for sophomore fillies during the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. Trainer Brad Cox reported Fionn was in good order the morning of July 6 and that…
As promised, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” July 4. It has been an interesting few weeks tracking proposed changes in both the House and Senate and providing feedback to clients and industry groups on how these proposals may impact horse and farm owners. It was also nice to see teamwork in…
Regally-bred colt Delacroix added an all-important first group 1 to his record when he produced a brave performance to win the Coral-Eclipse (G1) at Sandown July 6. The colt’s triumph provided the Coolmore team with a vital victory. Not only did he earn his group 1 stripes in a stallion-making race, but as a son…
The July 6 Prix Jean Prat (G1) at Deauville developed into a tale of two recent big-money buys after Resolute Bloodstock’s Woodshauna just got up from Maranoa Charlie for a home team one-two, with visitors The Lion In Winter and Shadow Of Light also involved in a pulsating four-way finish. The fate of the group 1…
Maggie Wolfendale & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Belmont Oaks Invitational at Saratoga and The Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Source link
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional five entries to its July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held July 8 in Lexington. These entries include Romeo (Hip 370), an impressive winner of last weekend’s Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs by nearly four lengths. The 2-year-old son of Honor A. P. went gate-to-wire…
A total of 372 Japanese-bred yearlings are cataloged for the Hidaka Breeders Association Selection Sale at Shizunai July 21-23. The format of the Selection Sale was changed last year, with Day 1 conducted as a “Premium Session.” The biggest consignors are Yoshihiro Ito’s Grand Stud and Masatake Iida’s Chiyoda Farm, which offer 13 yearlings each….
Fasig-Tipton’s The July Sale—the first yearling sale on the calendar in North America—takes place July 8 in Lexington, with a special emphasis on showcasing the progeny of sires whose first crops are yearlings. Spendthrift Farm’s Jackie’s Warrior leads the first-crop yearling sires entered in the July Sale by weanling average for the 2024 sales season. He ranked No….
Sweet Azteca overcame a nine-month layoff to conquer sprint division queen Kopion with an eye-popping victory in the $200,500 Great Lady M Stakes (G2) July 5 at Los Alamitos Race Course. A year after cruising to a track mark in last year’s Great Lady M, Sweet Azteca showed she was back better than ever as…
Lanaluah won the $150,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity July 5 at Lone Star Park to become freshman sire Beau Liam ‘s first stakes winner. Owned and trained by Austin Gustafson, the Oklahoma-bred 2-year-old filly entered the stakes for TTA sale graduates off a debut second, beaten just a neck in a June 14 maiden special weight at Lone…
