The 23rd season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing gets underway Tuesday, April 15 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. First post for the nine race card is 2:10 p.m. Two premier races are featured on the opening day program, paying tribute to two former Thoroughbred participants. The Brian Elmore Overnight Handicap and the $55,000 Merrill C. Roberts…
WinStar Farm’s Elliott Walden said April 9 that River Thames came out of his third-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) fine and will be pointed to the Kentucky Derby (G1). “He came out great. As of now we are looking at the Kentucky Derby and we’ll see how it goes the next few weeks,”…
During a contentious meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission April 9 at Laurel Park, commissioners approved a Maryland-bred race fund, stakes, and out-of-state bonus request after hearing from some frustrated equine industry participants. The meeting was also video-conferenced. Approved items over a one-year period include: A $600,000 Owner & Developer Bonus Program supported by…
In an exciting coup for Australian breeders, Darley has announced that elite stallion Too Darn Hot will return to Kelvinside for the 2025 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, where he will stand for a fee of AU$275,000 (about US$170,000). The fee is representative of a monumental jump from the son of Dubawi ‘s previous seasons standing at Kelvinside, but…
A 10% share in 2024 Golden Slipper (G1) runner-up Coleman topped the Inglis Digital April (Early) Sale April 9, selling for AU$405,000 (US$249,028, US$1=AU$0.61) to STBT Bloodstock. Offered by Carringbush Park, the dual group 1-placed colt realized the highest-priced racehorse share in a colt or gelding ever sold on Inglis Digital. The son of Pierata…
America’s Best Racing in partnership with Stable Recovery has produced a multipart video series hosted by Lindsay Czarniak, taking viewers behind the scenes to learn about one of the true treasures of the Thoroughbred racing industry, the Stable Recovery program, and some of the men impacted by this powerful initiative. BLOODHORSE: Frank Taylor, Stable Recovery…
1. Rodriguez This colt by Authentic from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert delivered a career-best effort to win the Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) April 5 at Aqueduct. Baffert shipped him from Southern California, where he had come up short in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) and San Felipe Stakes (G2),…
The magnitude of racing over the past two-plus weeks resulted in a significant shake-up among the rankings of the top sires by progeny earnings. Since April 5, Meydan Race Course, Aqueduct Racetrack, Santa Anita Park, and Keeneland—the latter delayed because of weather—ran grade 1 stakes that threw The List into disarray. Almost one-third of the…
The Lexington Stakes (G3) generally offers a last chance for a 3-year-old prospect to move into the Kentucky Derby (G1). Not this year. With a maximum of 20 qualifying points up for grabs, the winner of the April 12 stakes at Keeneland will fall far short of the cutoff to qualify for the May 3…
The April 12 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland does not have the word international in its title, but it might as well. Three of the favorites in the nine-horse, 1 1/16-mile turf race—Excellent Truth , Choisya , and Jabaara —have raced exclusively overseas, and seven of the participants are foreign-bred. Only Kehoe Beach and Sacred Wish were…
