Iconic race caller Trevor Denman has announced his retirement after 40 years on the job at Del Mar. Denman will be succeeded at the seaside track by veteran track announcer Larry Collmus, who calls the racing action on NBC Sports for the Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness Stakes (G1), and Breeders’ Cup. Denman, 72, who first started…
2023 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) hero Master of The Seas has been retired. The gelding’s owner/breeder, Godolphin, revealed the news on the social media platform X March 6. Godolphin posted: “Master of The Seas has returned home! … He had an exceptional career, winning a G2 on just his second start and retired a three-time…
By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby heads to Tampa Bay Downs this Saturday for the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3). A quality field has entered the 1 1/16-mile race. Three of the seven entrants are stakes winners. Three of the seven have won or…
As is the case most every year, a full field of 20—perhaps oversubscribed—is likely for the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3 at Churchill Downs. The first leg of the Triple Crown annually draws the largest field in North America. The depth of that 1 1/4-mile classic will contrast the short fields seen on…
Participants of the Maryland Horse Breeder Association’s Annual Yearling Show not only have the opportunity to take home ribbons and prize money at the show, but they are eligible for a portion of $40,000 in bonus awards from the Maryland-bred Fund. Every yearling shown, regardless of class standing, is eligible for these cash awards which…
The under tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale kicked off March 6 after being delayed one day by the weather. Hips 1-272 breezed Thursday, with three juvenile colts clocking the fastest furlong of the day in :09 4/5. Hip 119, a colt by first-crop sire and multiple grade 1 winner…
James Cummings is confident multiple group 1 winner Broadsiding can dominate his rivals once again in the Randwick Guineas (G1) March 8, after the 3-year-old colt returned in impressive fashion with a scintillating win in the Hobartville Stakes (G2). Cummings said the son of Too Darn Hot had bounced out of that performance and continued…
March 6, 2025 1:05 PM 1:14 This episode of StarWatch features Dominic Brennan of Kenny McPeek’s Silverleaf Training Center discussing the now 2-year-old progeny of Independence Hall. Listen as Brennan details the group’s development as they prepare for racing. Source link
The Jockey Club announced March 5 a new service for breeders that provides a complimentary race record for Thoroughbreds foaled in 2025 and later that is updated after each domestic or international start. Breeders can subscribe to this daily service by providing their preferred email address during the registration application process via Interactive Registration at…
Given that he’s sired four Belmont Stakes (G1) winners—Tonalist , Creator , Tapwrit , and Essential Quality —the offspring of three-time leading sire Tapit have made surprisingly little impact in the Kentucky Derby (G1). In fact, they’ve only twice made the first three—champion 2- and 3-year-old male Essential Quality took third after a wide trip in 2021, and Tacitus stayed on to…
