Horse Racing

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The 2025 Fall Meet marks the final racing season for Keeneland Arboriculture Manager Charlie Hobbs, who has worked here so long — 44 years — that it will be hard to imagine the track without him and him without the track following his retirement. Hobbs was 18 when he accepted a maintenance position at Keeneland,…

Breeders’ Cup Limited today unveiled the official race order, post times, and wagering menu for the 42nd Breeders’ Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.  The 2025 World Championships will again feature 14 Grade 1 races and more than $34 million in purses and awards, bringing together…

Journeyman jockey Floyd Wethey, Jr. got a head start on his birthday celebration winning three stakes races on the Oklahoma Classics card Friday night at his home track Remington Park. He turned 36 on Saturday. The panel of racing experts voted Wethey Jockey of the Week for Oct. 13-Oct. 19. The weekly honor recognizes jockeys…

Reigning Horse of the Year and 2024 Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) winner Thorpedo Anna will be honored in a special retirement ceremony during Race 6 on Sunday at Churchill Downs before she begins her second career as a broodmare at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa in Lexington, Ky. The star filly, who concluded…

The Jockey Club today announced the launch of its traceability survey, which records the status of a Thoroughbred, including the horse’s use and location, so that the industry can better understand the whereabouts of Thoroughbreds that have retired from breeding and racing. Respondents can also provide additional information about the horse to help generate data…

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards marked its 10th year anniversary in North America on October 21 in Lexington, Kentucky, by once again honoring and awarding the individuals that make the Thoroughbred industry the unique and special industry it is.  Winners were announced in a total of seven categories with a total of $122,000 awarded. Scott…

The Aga Khan has been associated with high-class racehorses since the early 1920s. The third Aga Khan’s first runners including the legendary Mumtaz Mahal, described by the National Horseracing Musuem in Newmarket, England, as “just about the best 2-year-old filly seen in the 20th century.” Ultimately, 13 times leading owner in Britain, the tradition of success established…

Racing in Kentucky shifts from Lexington to Louisville Oct. 26 as Churchill Downs opens its 26-day fall meeting with an 11-race “Stars of Tomorrow I” program, exclusively for 2-year-olds. The card drew 125 entries, including also-eligibles, for an average of 11.4 entrants per race. Churchill will race Wednesday through Sunday until Nov. 30. The opening-day card…

Selling just minutes apart, two colts brought the top price of $500,000 on the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 21 in Lexington. OGMA Investments secured Hip 576, a colt by first-crop yearling sire Life Is Good  , and for the second year in a row at the October sale Mahmud Mouni nabbed…