The fifth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held July 1 and covered the development of young Thoroughbreds. The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. The panel was sponsored by OCD Pellets. A Q&A was…
With tributes continuing to pour in for the late D. Wayne Lukas, Los Alamitos Race Course will present the Great Lady M Stakes (G2) July 5. The race honors the late multiple stakes-winning Lukas trainee who produced 1986 Horse of the Year Lady’s Secret , also trained by Lukas during the Southern California years of his…
Amelia Green, 32, left her job last fall with Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher to set up her own training operation. The native of England, who rode races for a short spell, worked as an exercise rider, foreman, and assistant during her seven years for Pletcher. She counts among her other mentors the legendary…
The United States House of Representatives has begun its review of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and if and when it passes, it will have implications for the Thoroughbred industry. The Senate last week made revisions from what was originally brought before it, with some of the changes positive for the industry should…
When Texas Derby winner Instant Replay runs in the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) at Horseshoe Indianapolis July 5 it will be with a new owner: Wathnan Racing. Owner/breeders Gary and Mary West sold Instant Replay, a four-time winner of $479,858, this week to Wathnan, the Emir of Qatar’s horse racing operation that has become globally prominent…
As much as the New York Racing Association is offering three graded turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies, the leader of that division could be one-and-done in the series. D. J. Stable’s Nitrogen , a winner of her last five starts, figures to be an odds-on choice in a field of seven July 5 in the $500,000…
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional 11 entries to its July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held July 8 in Lexington. Among these initial supplemental entries are five offerings from the estate of D. Wayne Lukas, which are being consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent. These include two unraced 2-year-olds by Essential Quality …
July 2, 2025 4:22 PM 5:05 John Stewart gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at Resolute Racing and what it takes to compete at the top. Discover what drew him to the sport—and why he’s on a mission to bring fans closer to racing than ever before. …
Godolphin’s Think Big stretches his speed beyond 5 1/2 furlongs for the first time in nine months when he faces a high-quality field of older horses in the $175,000 Kelso Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course. The task will be tall as Think Big tackles a stout group of mile specialists that includes five graded stakes…
If you’re one of those fans who can’t get enough of Saratoga racing, then 2025 is your kind of year. And maybe 2026 will be as well. But don’t get spoiled. As much as there will be a record 49 days of racing at Saratoga Race Course this year, and a decision on a similar…
