Midway into the first day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale March 11, Hip 119, a colt by first-crop sire Maxfield , commanded a price of $1 million from Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida. The bay colt was a $75,000 yearling purchase by Polo Bloodstock at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The…
The final round of Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races, offering 100 points to the winner, is set to begin March 22 and connections of possible contenders are mapping the final step that will place their 3-year-old in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May. Godolphin has already clinched one of those gates after Sovereignty’s…
The Virginia Thoroughbred industry is in the spotlight March 10-15 as the Virginia Equine Alliance presents a special “Virginia Thoroughbred Week” on the Horse Racing Radio Network. The award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington will celebrate the storied history of the Virginia Thoroughbred industry leading up to Saturday’s $500,000 Virginia Derby, the first-ever Kentucky Derby…
When Todd and Angie Lewis of Westbrook Stables started breeding Thoroughbreds in 2016, they never thought just ten years later they’d be the breeders of a champion female sprinter and Breeders’ Cup winner in Soul of an Angel and have two homebreds on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail. California Burrito a 3-year-old colt by Army…
Jockey Kazushi Kimura is slated to return to action March 21, more than two months after suffering a lower leg injury while in the starting gate. Agent Brian Beach March 9 said Kimura will begin getting on horses during morning training towards the end of next week. His return coincides with the new condition book…
The champ is back. Immediately following defending Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna ‘s victorious return to the races in the March 8 Azeri Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, the filly’s breeder said Judy Hicks summed it up best: Thorpedo Anna, dk b/br, 4/f Fast Anna — Sataves, by Uncle Mo Owner: Brookdale Racing,…
The Horse of the Year returns to the races March 8, intent on a full season of competition for the first time in a decade. Yes, it has become that unusual. Thorpedo Anna , long may she reign, is entered against six older fillies and mares in the 1 1/16-mile Azeri Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park….
Clem Murphy, a highly regarded member of the Coolmore Stud team and a long-serving member of the Breeders’ Cup board of directors, died March 7. The passing of the 75-year-old Irish native was first reported by Thoroughbred Daily News. A well-respected adviser, Murphy traveled with the Coolmore contingent to sales and races across the globe. Due…
A son of three-time Australian champion sire I Am Invincible topped the March 7 select Hong Kong International Sale in the parade ring at Sha Tin when selling to owner Philip Liu. The final price for lot 12 was HK$5,000,000 (US$643,410, HK$1=US$0.13) for the previous AU$580,000 graduate of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale in 2023….
A little over a month after posting the first black-type win of her career with a furious late rally in the Endeavour Stakes (G3T), CHP Racing’s Saffron Moon is back at Tampa Bay Downs for more graded accolades in the March 8 $225,000 Hillsborough Stakes (G2T). Saffron Moon is one of three entries for trainer Chad…
