New Vocations has launched its 16th annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge, giving connections of Breeders’ Cup contenders the opportunity to pledge a percentage of their Championship earnings to support the charity’s mission of rehabilitating, retraining, and rehoming retired racehorses. Since its inception in 2009, the Pledge has raised more than $1.2 million for aftercare. This year,…
Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez was unanimously voted Jockey of the Week for Sept. 29-Oct. 5 after winning eight races, including four stakes. During the week, Velazquez, 53, won a total of eight races including four stakes races, three of them graded and “Win and You’re In” races into the Breeders’ Cup. The panel…
When veteran observers resort to a frame-by-frame analysis to confirm the fractions of a race, you know that something out of the ordinary has happened. That was the case with the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack Oct. 4 where Napoleon Solo flew through fractions posted as :22.54, :44.24; 1:07.88, and 1:20.90, before completing the…
While sire Not This Time is turning heads at a dizzying rate with his racetrack progeny, Sibelius , a son from his first crop, is poised to bring his father additional notoriety at the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover. The four-day event commences Oct. 8 at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington and features off-the-track Thoroughbreds showing…
Spendthrift Farm has announced the stud fees for its roster of 29 stallions set to stand at the Lexington-based farm for the upcoming 2026 breeding season, once again led by North America’s reigning six-time champion general sire, Into Mischief , who will stand for $250,000 stands and nurses. “What Into Mischief is doing to add to his…
Turf sprinter Future Is Now has barely stubbed a toe since the 5-year-old daughter of Great Notion won the Franklin Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland a year ago. Now the R. Larry Johnson homebred is back in the Bluegrass for a repeat in the $400,000 5 1/2-furlong stakes Oct. 12 for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and…
Expectations (Hip 177), a filly by first-crop yearling sire Mo Donegal , topped Day 1 of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales October Yearling Sale Oct. 7, bringing $240,000 from Dream With Me Florida from the Kaizen Sales consignment. “The price was excellent,” Kaizen Sales Richard Kent said. “The filly justified the price. She was just a superstar all…
A lawsuit filed against jockey Luan Machado for poor riding after he finished second in a race at Churchill Downs last November was dismissed by Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Ky. Judge Jennifer Wilcox found as a matter of law the claims asserted by owner Gray V Train Racing and breeder Westbrook Stables are too speculative; and…
October 7, 2025 5:52 PM 3:17 Bloodstock agent Liz Crow shares insights into the start of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in Newmarket, England, where she signed for three yearlings during the opening session., including two for Dave Portnoy’s Go Go Greys Racing team. Source…
The Horse Racing Women’s Association, Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation, and Keeneland hosted a backstretch women’s appreciation event Oct. 7 in the sales pavilion at Keeneland, honoring the women who work tirelessly to care for the equine athletes. Annise Montplaisir of Amplify Horse Racing hosted the event and welcomed a panel of speakers highlighting the key…
