The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announced July 1 that Dr. Mary Scollay, HIWU’s chief of science, has retired from full-time duties, effective immediately. She will continue to serve as a consultant for HIWU. “Dr. Scollay was integral to the creation of HIWU and the launch and enforcement of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and…
The Lexington leg of the Real Rider Cup welcomed 30 horse and rider combinations along with hundreds of spectators to New Vocations at Mereworth Farm on June 28th, 2025 for an evening of lively competition and entertainment. The charity show jumping competition brings together personalities from across the breeding and racing industry to increase awareness…
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund announced July 1 that president and fundraising director Nancy LaSala has retired and stepped down from its board. LaSala had served as president of the PDJF since its establishment in 2006. In January 2009, she additionally accepted the role as executive director, a position she held until April 2024. “On behalf…
Just a year ago Winchell Thoroughbreds and Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen completed the exacta in the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) with late-running Red Route One and pacesetting Unload . Now, they’ll attempt to do it again with the same two horses in the $300,000 race July 5. Video: Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (G3)…
Following a signature victory against top competition in the $940,000 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs June 28, Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables’ Mindframe is the new No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Top Thoroughbred Poll. Stalking the pace throughout the 1 1/8-mile contest, the 4-year-old son of Constitution was powerful…
Viewers watching any of the broadcasts the New York Racing Association produces for FOX are sure to be struck by Acacia Clement’s expertise, self-assuredness, and vivacious personality. They would never imagine she was once a shy child. But she was. Painfully so. Her emergence as Miss Connecticut Outstanding Teen in 2009, Miss Connecticut in 2014,…
It’s the test for the Test. Excuse the redundancy, but in recent years the $175,000 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) has been an appropriate steppingstone for 3-year-old filly sprinters to the Test Stakes (G1). Yet this year the link between the two stakes is stronger than ever before. Previously run downstate at Belmont Park or Aqueduct…
Involvement with Thoroughbreds requires similar qualities from human owner-breeders and equine competitors: guts, grit, and resoluteness. Determined Stud and Determined Stables’ Matthew Dorman has those qualities in spades. Dorman bred Seismic Beauty, winner of the May 25 Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park; he is also a partner in SF Racing, which co-owns…
It’s that time of year again—when we’re about to be inundated with Christmas in July ads and there tends to be a little stagnation in the General Sires List. Case in point: Following Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) weekend, which, after Mindframe won, only saw his sire Constitution climb one spot from No. 6 to No….
The New York Racing Association did not create its trio of rich 3-year-old turf races for Flying Mohawk . But the series does come in quite handy for runners like the son of Karakontie . After a rather forgettable debut on dirt when he finished 18th in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Flying Mohawk will return to the…
