A total of 88 horses have been cataloged to the April 25 Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, follows 10 races on the closing day of the Spring Meet. Click here for the online catalog and here for full-sale form figures. These two horses…
Seven new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, led by Smarty Jones, the lone selection in the contemporary category. Racehorses Decathlon (KY) and Hermis (KY) and trainer George H. Conway have been chosen by the 1900-1959 Historic Review Committee; and Edward L. Bowen, Arthur B. Hancock III,…
Dr. Eddie Donnally, Interim Jockeys and Jeans President and a founding member, announced his retirement at a recent Jockeys and Jeans Committee Meeting. He nominated Dr. Kenny Katz as the new President, and the New York native was unanimously elected. Katz, a long-time committee member, has been a podiatrist on Long Island for 38 years,…
Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse lost its marquee star, Romantic Warrior , to the rich Middle Eastern races this year but makes up for the absence with three competitive international group 1 heats. Two other stellar locals, Voyage Bubble and Ka Ying Rising, carry on, but international visitors loom large in all of the April…
One week before the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) on April 26, Churchill Downs opens with a nighttime card to kick off its 43-day spring meet. Though the $200,000 Roxelana Stakes at six furlongs on dirt is the featured race of the evening at 9:40 p.m. ET, the most eagerly awaited activities will take place about…
Chilean-bred horses have been making an impact on North American racing for considerable time. Indeed, since Cougar II earned honors as champion turf horse in 1972 more than a dozen Chilean-breds have won United States grade 1 events, also including Miss Brio, who defeated Winning Colors for the 1989 Maskette Stakes (G1); Puerto Madero, who left Silver…
The seventh race at Aqueduct Racetrack April 27, a one-turn allowance optional claiming mile for sophomores, will feature the well-regarded $1.1 million purchase Cornucopian as part of an eight-horse field that includes graded stakes-placed New York-bred Sand Devil . Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, the son of Into Mischief made his first two starts…
The Thoroughbred racing industry joined forces on Saturday, April 19th for the seventh annual PDJF Telethon to raise over $445,000 for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). The event was presented by Lane’s End Farm and broadcast on both FanDuel TV and America’s Day at the Races on the FOX Sports family of networks. “This…
Citing current macroeconomic conditions and increasing uncertainty surrounding construction costs related to tariff and trade disputes, Churchill Downs Inc. announced on April 23 that it has decided to pause its multi-year projects to develop the Skye, Conservatory, and Infield Projects. In the coming months, CDI will assess the evolving economic landscape and evaluate any changes…
First Mission has a guaranteed spot in the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 16 at Pimlico Race Course, but his team has bigger plans for the 5-year-old son of Street Sense . A first career grade 1 victory. “Absolutely,” Godolphin USA director of bloodstock Michael Banahan said moments after First Mission’s two-length victory in the $1.25…
