The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) hosted a regional breeders organization workshop at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, November 12, to identify best practices and areas of growth for the industry. More than 60 individuals from 23 organizations attended. “Collaboration among industry stakeholders is essential to the continued growth of our…
Every year around this time, I pen an Unlocking Winners column highlighting up-and-coming juveniles worth following as the Road to the Kentucky Derby unfolds. Sometimes, the horses I highlight turn into stakes stars. Others fall short of expectations. But I feel confident the following five horses have bright futures, and I expect at least a…
Stud fees are unchanged for Ocala Stud’s roster of seven stallions for the upcoming breeding season, the farm announced Nov. 14. The roster is headed by Win Win Win , who will stand for $8,500. Roadster will stand for $7,500, Colonel Liam is $6,500, and Khozan , Florida’s leading general sire each year since 2000, will stand for…
All race day test samples (post-race and total carbon dioxide) collected from participants in the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority. Purse distribution has begun accordingly. In 2025, the Breeders’…
The ninth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Nov. 12 and featured a veterinarian from Rood & Riddle discussing foal conformation and possible corrections. Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, moderated the panel with guest Dr. Ali Broyles, a surgeon at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. Dr. Broyles obtained her undergraduate degree…
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, has been euthanized at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age. The two-time grade 1 winner had resided at Old Friends since 2015. “Saying farewell to Touch Gold is really…
Nobals , winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), returns to the all-weather surface at Woodbine seeking to repeat as winner of the Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) on Nov. 15. Last year’s edition is one of two wins from four career starts at the track by the son of Noble Mission . The other triumph…
Calandagan will be the sole international challenger for the Japan Cup (G1) at the end of the month and is reported to be in rude health ahead of his trip to Tokyo. Calandagan’s trainer Francis Graffard has withdrawn Resolute Racing and Baron Philip Von Ullmann’s Goliath from the race, while Los Angeles and Queenstown , Aidan…
November 13, 2025 4:50 PM 2:05 Runner-up in last year’s $100,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse Kent Stirling Memorial, trainer Richard Sillaman says Freedom Road returns to Churchill Downs Nov. 15 as a more mature horse. View Comments Source link
Group 2 winner Coeur Volante is set for a date with Zoustar after she realized AU$500,000 (US$326,463, AU$1=US$.65) at the Inglis Digital (Early) November Sale Nov. 12. The talented mare was bought by Widden Stud, where the champion stallion resides, in association with Bangaloe Stud. While a decision on when Coeur Volante heads to stud…
