Book 3 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale began fast and furious Sept. 13, with a colt by Into Mischief bringing $2 million less than an hour into selling. Bloodstock agent Justin Casse signed the ticket on behalf of himself, M.V. Magnier, and Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm. M.V. Magnier represents interests from Coolmore. When asked about…
In the midst of what is shaping up as the best year of his riding career, Paco Lopez says he doesn’t pay much attention to statistics or achievements. But if he were inclined to do so this is what he would see: A nation-leading 288 wins, a 12th riding title at Monmouth Park wrapped up…
A full sister to this summer’s Arlington Million (G1T) hero Fort Washington will step through the ring during the second session of Book 3 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 14. The War Front filly, offered as Hip 1843, is consigned by Mill Ridge Sales on behalf of Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm. Brant…
The star power of first-crop yearling sire Flightline , the undefeated 2022 Horse of the Year, carried through the first four days of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale but others in his sire class attracted remarkably strong results as well. Flightline, a 7-year-old son of multiple leading North American sire Tapit , exited Keeneland’s Book 1-2 sessions…
Despite the current crop of sophomore fillies being a competitive group since their juvenile debuts last year, Scottish Lassie holds the exclusive distinction to be the lone female member of the crop to win a grade 1 in North America at both 2 and 3. Last year’s Frizette Stakes (G1) winner and recent Coaching Club…
Newgrange , a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Violence , will stand at Sequel New York beginning with the 2026 breeding season, the farm announced Sept. 12. Newgrange captured graded stakes at ages 3, 4, and 5, totaling five graded wins. Bred in Kentucky by Jack Mandato and Black Rock Thoroughbreds, he is out of the unraced…
“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”—Steven Wright The two Del Mar meets have just ended, both successful by conventional measures. The customary season was highlighted by the whopping victory of Fierceness in the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) and the four-peat of Gold Phoenix in the Del Mar Handicap (G2T)….
Mrs. S. K. Johnston, Jr.’s dual Grade 1-placed Zarak the Brave seeks to break through at that level in Thursday’s $150,000 Lonesome Glory, a 2 1/2-mile steeplechase handicap for older horses, at Belmont at the Big A. Trained by former jockey Thomas Garner, the 6-year-old Zarak bay enters from strong Grade 1 efforts at Saratoga…
During the last five years Paddy Twomey has sent out 133 winners from 462 runners on the flat in Ireland for an impressive strike rate of 29%. The trainer has yet to make the same sort of impact with his British raiders, having saddled only two winners from 22 runners in the same period, but…
Sale histories for horses in the Sept. 19 11th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and first session of Book 5B. Sale histories for horses in the Sept. 19 11th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and first session of Book 5B. The session begins at 10 a.m. ET. Download PDF Source link
