Multiple grade 1 winner Locked will stand at Gainesway near Lexington upon his retirement from racing, the farm announced March 5. The 4-year-old son of leading sire Gun Runner won the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 1 by a record 8 1/2 lengths. Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt…
A pair of highly successful Del Mar programs that its horsemen and horsewomen have found to be especially popular – “Ship & Win” and the Maiden Dirt Bonus – again will enhance Del Mar’s summer meet purses when racing resumes for the seaside track’s season #86 starting on Friday, July 18. The unique “S &…
Multiple stakes winner Mi Bago could contest this year’s Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with United States and Canada Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse labeling the 3-year-old “an exceptional horse”. Owned by Gary Barber, Mi Bago was one of 57 colts nominated for the first Classic of the season at Newmarket May 3 alongside ante-post favorite…
Multiple stakes winner Mi Bago could contest this year’s Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with United States and Canada Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse labeling the 3-year-old “an exceptional horse”. Owned by Gary Barber, Mi Bago was one of 57 colts nominated for the first Classic of the season at Newmarket May 3 alongside ante-post favorite…
Scott Tracy, who worked in video production for BloodHorse from 2012-15, died Feb. 28. He was 37. In his obituary, the Tracy family noted his career achievements and the pride he took in his work and treatment of others. “His career took him across the country, where he worked at Blood-Horse Publications, Angie’s List, and…
Junior Alvarado’s two dramatic graded stakes wins in the Canadian Turf and Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park on Fountain of Youth Day earned the native of Venezuela Jockey of the Week by a vote of racing experts for the week of February 24 through March 2. The weekly honor recognizes jockeys for significant riding…
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit posted March 3 that it had sanctioned Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Gustavo Delgado for a controlled medication finding. In posting the resolved case, HIWU said Delgado would be suspended for seven days beginning March 4, fined $1,000, and assigned two penalty points. HIWU, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing…
The $300,000 B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile Stakes (G1) has drawn what looks like an evenly matched field of six fillies and mares, including shippers from Florida and Louisiana, for the one-mile dirt race that headlines an 11-race card March 8 at Santa Anita Park. Bob Baffert trains two of the six—the lightly raced, undefeated…
Byron King recaps the Fountain of Youth (G2), San Felipe (G2), and Gotham (G3). Source link
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, has suspended for three years a track veterinarian found to be in possession of two banned substances last summer at Los Alamitos Race Course. HIWU, which posted a resolution of the case Feb. 25, added detail to that resolution March…
