A strong buying depth and broad international participation underpinned a buoyant day’s trade at the Inglis Ready2Race Sale at Riverside Stables Oct. 16, making it a record-breaking edition of the 2-year-old auction in Sydney. The session was headlined by the Hunter’s Lodge-consigned Toronado colt out of Baccarat Baby (Casino Prince), who became the highest-priced colt…
The eighth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held October 14 and covered how trainers are adjusting to new Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) rules. The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. The panel…
The connections of three starters in the $200,000 Sands Point Stakes (G2T) are hoping their 3-year-old filly can move forward off her finish in the Winter Memories Stakes (G3T). There’s also one of them that would be quite happy to experience some deja vu. With the top four finishers in the Sept. 20 Winter Memories returning…
Anthony Stroud has proved a hard man to pass at Tattersalls over the last week, particularly when bidding on behalf of Godolphin. However, George Boughey served the leading agent a rare reversal of fortune when landing the Night of Thunder colt out of Quenelle d’Or at 800,000 guineas (US$1,128,000, 1 guinea=US$1.41) early in the Oct. 15…
Based on a strong year that produced 12 graded stakes performers for Mill Ridge Farm’s Oscar Performance , the stud fee for the son of leading sire Kitten’s Joy will be raised to $60,000 for the 2026 breeding season. Oscar Performance has been represented by 12 graded stakes performers so far this year led by millionaire…
It takes more than steel and cement to construct a building. For one as large in scale as the new Belmont Park, it requires a treasure chest of money—somewhere in the ritzy neighborhood of about a half-billion dollars—and a ton of support. All of that was on display Oct. 15 at the famed Elmont, N.Y.,…
A new ratings-based handicap race for Thoroughbred racehorses, based on Equibase Ratings tied to multirace performance, could take place as early as Oct. 24 at Santa Anita Park. Three such handicap races are among 14 “extras,” or back-up races, for potential use at Santa Anita next Friday. To be carded, a ratings handicap—just like any other…
Keeneland has cataloged 184 horses to the November Horses of Racing Age Sale to be held Nov. 12, the day after the conclusion of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The sale will begin at noon ET to enable trainers and racing entities to complete their morning activities. The horses in the catalog will be stabled…
Keeneland announced Oct. 15 that Claiborne Farm, as agent, will consign a share in millionaire, grade 1 winner, and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contender Mindframe during the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held Oct. 29 in the Del Mar paddock, two days before the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Mindframe, a 4-year-old…
Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., has announced the advertised stud fees for its 2026 stallion roster, including the debut of multiple grade 1 winner Mindframe , whose fee will be announced following his projected start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 1. Mindframe established himself as one of the most imposing figures in…
