The Jockey Club Information Systems in association with the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities have published the 2025 International Cataloguing Standards Book, also known as The Blue Book. The book is produced annually and provides a listing of stakes races from each country that will be accorded Group/Graded or Listed status in sales catalogs using…
Kyle Rothfus doesn’t use the term aftercare to describe finding safe, long-term homes for racehorses after they retire from the track. “I try to think of it as continuing care, so it’s not so much a matter of an afterthought,” said Rothfus, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner who co-founded Mareworthy, a 501(c)(3) specializes in…
As Sovereignty splashed to victory in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) in Louisville, Ky., it marked the seventh time in the past 17 editions of the Churchill Downs classic that it’s been contested on either a sloppy or wet-fast track. In April, Keeneland had to push back its opening weekend from Friday and Saturday, April…
The only suspense in advance of the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course was what posts the entrants would draw and how heavy of a favorite Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism would find himself. The son of Curlin will break from post 2 Saturday, and the morning-line odds have him at 8-5. “We’re…
In a vote the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association board of directors selected Mystic Lake as the 2024 Florida-bred Horse of the Year. The honor was announced at the FTBOA Awards Gala May 12 at the Circle Square Cultural Center in Ocala, Fla. Bred by Peggy Costanzo and owned by C2 Racing Stable and…
The terms of some key members of the New York State Racing Association will be extended to help keep continuity of leadership in place as the racing corporation looks to complete its ambitious rebuilding of Belmont Park. The authority to retain some members in place beyond their scheduled departures next spring was included in a…
The terms of some key members of the New York State Racing Association will be extended to help keep continuity of leadership in place as the racing corporation looks to complete its ambitious rebuilding of Belmont Park. The authority to retain some members in place beyond their scheduled departures next spring was included in a…
May 12, 2025 4:37 PM 2:53 Jockey Brittany Troxtell earned her first career win aboard Israel Garcia’s Me and Chili during the fourth race, a $7,500 claimer for Indiana-breds, at Horseshoe Indianapolis May 12. View Comments Source link
Mid-Atlantic trainer Javier Morzan has been suspended for 30 days and fined $2,500 for multiple violations of giving horses in his care intra-articular joint injections within a 14-day stand-down period prior to racing and violating a seven-day stand-down period prior to working as required by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit. Morzan accepted the consequences…
Skipping the Kentucky Derby (G1) after your 3-year-old qualifies for it can be a tumultuous decision. It is, after all, the sport’s most famous and coveted race. Yet for the connections of WinStar Farm, CHC, Pantofel Stable, and Wachtel Stable’s River Thames , it wasn’t a thorny choice to keep him in his stall on the first Saturday…
