CHC and WinStar Farm’s dual grade 1 winner Patch Adams , the top 3-year-old male sprinter in the country, was recently retired to stud at WinStar Farm due to a racing injury that will keep him out of the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. But two sophomore sprinters close behind Patch Adams…
The middle legs of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Florida Sire Stakes series continue Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park without the winners of the first legs—Lennilu and Fourth and Central —but with two dozen other juveniles. Thirteen fillies, one of them an also-eligible, are entered in the Susan’s Girl division, and 11 males will compete…
Fairmount Park Casino and Racing is thrilled to announce a special community event in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of Greater St. Louis (CMN). On Saturday, October 18, the venue will host its first-ever “Miracle Family Day,” a family-friendly event aimed at raising funds and awareness for local children’s hospitals, including St. Louis Children’s…
Four future horse doctors in their fourth year of distinguished veterinary school performance are the 2025 recipients of $75,000 Coyote Rock Ranch Veterinary Scholarships supporting their career pursuits in equine medicine. These exemplary students were selected from 69 applicants. The Foundation for the Horse will present these awards on December 7, 2025, during the American…
Diego Velazquez , winner of this season’s Prix Jacques le Marois (G1), has been retired and will take up stud duties at the National Stud in 2026. Bred by Epona Bloodstock, the son of Frankel was bought by M.V. Magnier and White Birch Farm for 2.5 million guineas at Book 1 of the Tattersalls Yearling Sale. …
There was no shortage of connections interested in adding a graded sprint victory to their 3-year-old filly’s résumé before the year ends as the $400,000 Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland drew 12 runners and three also-eligibles for Oct. 18. Although she’s not the only graded winner in the field, Godolphin homebred Ragtime is the only…
Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Oct. 14 the addition of three new points-bearing races on the European / Middle East Road to the Kentucky Derby series. The UAE 2000 Guineas (G3), the Saudi Derby (G3) and the Dubai Road to the Kentucky Derby Stakes (formerly the Al Bastakiya) will now award qualifying points toward up to…
After seeing record-shattering yearling sales this year in North America at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, as well as the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, young horses also have garnered plenty of interest early at one of the key sales across the Atlantic Ocean this week. Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale…
Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing continued to invest heavily as the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale moved onto Book 2 Oct. 13. After nearly ten and a half hours of selling at Park Paddocks Monday, the outfit’s name appeared on the docket of nine lots with a market value of 2.135 million guineas (2,989,508.13; 1 guinea =…
Florida horsemen asked a court for the right to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Gulfstream Park seeking to decouple its horse racing business from its right to offer slot machine gambling. The only defendant originally named in the litigation by Gulfstream Park is the Florida Gaming Control Commission, a regulatory agency providing oversight of…
