New Zealand’s leading 3-year-old Savaglee was due to touch down in Melbourne on the afternoon of Feb. 27 ahead of his bid to become the second Kiwi raider in three years to prize the Australian Guineas (G1) crown from the grasp of the locals. The bay colt will launch a hit-and-run mission on the AU$2…
It’s hardly a shock to the system to see an unbeaten New York State-bred step into a wintertime open stakes. To see two of them in the same graded race? Welcome to the Gotham Stakes (G3). While a win in the $300,000 Gotham could lock up a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) for the…
Opera Ballo cruised effortlessly to his second win without loss Feb. 26 on the Kempton Park all-weather course, taking the points lead in the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Godolphin homebred colt, by Ghaiyyath , waited behind pacesetting stablemate Olympus Point, took the lead early in the stretch run when cued by jockey William…
Panty Raid, a dual grade 1 winner and dam of graded stakes winners Proxy and Micheline , has been euthanized at age 21, per a social media post by her owner, Godolphin. Infirmities of old age were cited, and Godolphin noted they are saddened by her loss. Panty Raid, a Heaven Trees Farm-bred daughter of Include…
Patrice Jacobs Wolfson, who along with her husband Louis owned Harbor View Farm and raced 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, died Feb. 25 at her home in Bal Harbour, Fla., according to her stepson, Steve Wolfson Sr. The 87-year-old Wolfson was a prominent and highly respected figure in racing and breeding, especially in Florida, where the Ocala-based…
The most recent shifts in Northern California horse racing have prompted The Big Fresno Fair Board of Directors and Fair Management to make the decision to postpone horse racing in 2025. Factors cited include but are not limited to the uncertainty regarding the availability of horses, increased financial risk and the lack of a racing management collective…
For the first time in track history, Colonial Downs will host a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” qualifying race — and the voice of the Kentucky Derby, Travis Stone, will be on the mic. Stone will call all three days of the Virginia Derby meet, set for March 13-15, headlined by the $500,000 Virginia Derby…
Aron Wellman and Janie Buss each grew up going to the races in Southern California and witnessing runnings of the historic Santa Anita Handicap (G1). Both are now owners—Wellman as president and founder of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Buss as head of Purple Rein Racing—and they will square off in the March 1 edition of…
Trainer Mark Casse will seek to continue his dominance in Gulfstream Park‘s $215,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) March 1 when he saddles a trio of runners led by D. J. Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Vixen . A score in Saturday’s Herecomesthebride will give Casse his fourth winner since 2016 in the mile turf contest for sophomore fillies….
Ascot Racecourse, The Jockey Club, and Churchill Downs announced an extension of the ‘wild card’ entry initiative launched last year that ties together Royal Ascot, the Epsom Derby Festival, and the Kentucky Derby meeting at Churchill Downs. Launched in 2024, the program is a commitment by all three parties to create links between historic races…
