Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Frank Angst for the 21st episode of BloodHorse Monday presented by FanDuel, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights. In this action-packed installment: Brook Smith of Rocket Ship Racing talks about Sierra Leone ’s exciting campaign and his passion for equine ownership. John Keitt, executive vice president…
Four-time stakes winner Storm Boy will join the Coolmore Australia roster in 2025, standing for an introductory fee of A$16,500, or approximately $10,691. Unbeaten on his first four racecourse appearances in Australia, the son of Justify —who Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien later described as “very fast”—scored wins in the B.J. McLachlan Stakes (G3), Skyline Stakes (G2),…
The Ed Brown Society and 1/ST are now in the fourth year of their historic partnership. During this time, five Ed Brown Scholars (undergraduates) and three Ed Brown Fellows (post-graduates), have completed spring internships with 1/ST. The Spring 2025 cohort was comprised of Ed Brown Fellow Joshua “JC” Berry and Ed Brown Scholar Chris Morales—…
One of the summer’s biggest races is Saturday, June 28 at Churchill Downs, where a high-quality field will compete in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) for a purse of $1 million and a guaranteed spot in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner (Sierra Leone) and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner (Mystik Dan)…
Improved handle and attendance numbers for Santa Anita Park this winter and spring have provided a toehold as California looks to build around an approach that sees racing concentrated in Southern California. Earlier this month, Santa Anita reported a 10% bump in handle on its winter-spring racing compared with the 2023-24 season and a 4%…
Three-time Super Bowl-winning tight end Travis Kelce recorded his first win as an owner June 22 when Swift Delivery swept to a two-length score in a second-level allowance contest at Woodbine. Kelce owns Swift Delivery, a 4-year-old son of Not This Time , in partnership with owners Gary Barber, Team Valor International, Bruce Zoldan, and Steven Rocco. …
When Dorth Vader crossed the finish line in front in the June 6 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, it marked the first grade 1 victory for owner and breeder John Ropes. A member of the racing industry for 45 years, Ropes purchased his Rosegrove Farm in Ocala, Fla. to pursue the challenge…
The decision on retiring a Thoroughbred champion is never easy, but one that was reached on June 20 by trainer Mindy Willis regarding 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) Horse of the Year Sunlit Song. After 50 starts in which he thrilled racing fans in Texas and Oklahoma, Willis announced that the 10-year-old son of My…
The latest addition to the breeze-up circuit has passed its first test, with participants giving the opening stage of the Goffs Classic Sale a firm thumbs up. The auction is not scheduled to take place until 6:15 p.m. June 28 after Day 2 of the Irish Derby (G1) meeting at the Curragh, which features the…
First hosted in 2017, the Real Rider Cup is back this week to support aftercare with 28 riders signed up to take part in the first part of the show hosted in Lexington June 28, with the second leg of the event hosted in Maryland during the Mars Maryland 5 Star event at Fair Hill…
