NBC Sports’ milestone 25th presentation of the Kentucky Derby delivered an NBC Sports-record average of 17.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock — marking the largest Kentucky Derby audience since 1989 (18.5 million viewers, won by Sunday Silence) and a 6% increase from last year (16.7 million viewers for Mystik Dan’s victory in a three-horse…
NBC Sports’ milestone 25th presentation of the Kentucky Derby delivered an NBC Sports-record average of 17.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock — marking the largest Kentucky Derby audience since 1989 (18.5 million viewers, won by Sunday Silence) and a 6% increase from last year (16.7 million viewers for Mystik Dan’s victory in a three-horse…
William Harrigan knew what he was doing when he bought Complicated as a 4-year-old filly for $110,000 out of the 2016 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Harrigan knew that Phipps line very well, as he broke several of the fillies from that family for trainer Shug McGaughey. The daughter of Blame had finished a nose…
For all the ability and potential Bishops Bay has displayed in his first eight races, there was one noticeable omission from his resume. A graded stakes win. Bishops Bay, b, 5/h Uncle Mo — Catch My Drift, by Pioneerof the Nile Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC, Landers, Steve, Schwartz, Martin S., Dubb, Michael, Ten…
It’s taken a good deal of patience in more than one respect, but Dundeel finally has a female group 1 winner to add to his collection after Femminile‘s stirring triumph in the May 3 South Australian Derby (G1). The group 1 win added further allure to Femminile’s CV before she goes under the hammer at…
Sovereignty wins the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 3, 2025. Source link
Grade 1 winners Formidable Man and Raging Torrent were among 216 horses to record timed workouts at Santa Anita Park May 4. Formidable Man, recent winner of the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1T) March 1 at Santa Anita, worked five furlongs in 1:02 1/5 for trainer Michael McCarthy. Raging Torrent worked for the third time…
Breeders’ Cup winner Starlust will be an exciting addition to Australia’s stallion ranks with the grade 1 winner set to stand his first season at Nick Taylor’s up-and-coming Riverstone Lodge for an introductory fee of AU$27,500 (approx. US$17,685). With a Royal Ascot target in the King Charles III Stakes (G1) still to come in June,…
Anamoe, Jacquinot, Artorius , and Hitotsu are among sires who’ll have their first progeny go to auction at a bumper edition of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale May 5. From a hefty catalog of 574 lots—up from 456 last year—some 469 lots will go on offer, after withdrawals, on Monday and Tuesday at Riverside, drawn from…
Charlie Appleby and William Buick completed a classic double when landing the One Thousand Guineas (G1) with Desert Flower at Newmarket May 4. The Godolphin trainer and jockey had teamed up to take the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with Kentucky-bred Ruling Court the previous afternoon. And 24 hours later his unbeaten stablemate followed up in…
