The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) is proud to announce the launch of its 2025 Two-Year-Old Incentive Program — an initiative designed to reward the early racing success of Alberta-bred horses presented at the 2024 CTHS Alberta Yearling Sale. Beginning with this Friday’s first two-year-old race of the season, the program offers a $1,500…
By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman A stellar field has turned out to contest Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs. It might be the best group of horses assembled for any U.S. horse race so far this year. Six of the seven entrants are millionaires. The total…
Jockey Drayden Van Dyke, initially fined $15,600 and suspended three days for exceeding the maximum number of riding crop strikes in guiding Soul of an Angel to victory in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) last fall at Del Mar, has dropped his appeal of that ruling and has been issued a reduced…
June 26, 2025 5:27 PM 4:17 In July’s Beyond the Headlines, Darley’s Darren Fox tells us the incredible demand and success the son of Uncle Mo has had at stud. Nyquist stood the 2025 breeding season for $175,000. View Comments Source link
Four-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy will appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court July 3 after being charged with drunk and failing to take a roadside test following a car crash near Newbury in April. Murphy was charged June 19, the same day he rode a double at Royal Ascot, where he won the Britannia Stakes on…
The Chris Waller team is hoping that Firestorm will get race conditions to suit in the 1,400-meter (about seven-furlong) Tattersall’s Tiara (G1) at Eagle Farm Racecourse June 28. Waller’s assistant, Charlie Duckworth, believes the 4-year-old mare has the right profile for the race but needs a genuine pace to produce her best. The Satono Aladdin mare finished…
Haras Phillipson’s undefeated homebred Touch of Destiny leads a six-horse field in the June 29 Asociacion Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera (G3) at Hipodromo Maronas. The winner of the one-mile contest will earn an automatic starting position into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win…
A colt by Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto topped what was a solid day of trade June 26 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka, with James Mitchell signing for the youngster on behalf of Jim Carey for NZ$190,000 (US$115,900, NZ$1=US$0.61). Offered by Seaton Park as Lot 13, the colt is the second foal…
Following a three-race win streak at Gulfstream Park over the winter, Gary Barber’s Mi Bago appeared to be one of the hottest 3-year-olds in the turf division. However, the Vekoma colt failed to follow up on his Florida form when sent northward, finishing 10th in Keeneland’s Transylvania Stakes (G2T), fourth in the May 3 American Turf Stakes (G1T)…
The highly regarded Camino Real Turf Course at Santa Anita Park is currently undergoing its annual renovation after performing splendidly during the most recent Classic and Hollywood Meets. During a nearly six-month span from Dec. 26 through June 15, the turf course ably hosted 362 races with 2,874 starters, making it by far the most…
