Madaket Stables, Molly Willis, and Paul Willis’ Jimmy P had blinkers taken off by trainer Keri Brion and successfully defended his title in Wednesday’s Grade 1, $150,000 Jonathan Sheppard, a 2 3/8-mile hurdle handicap for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course. “I would have been so upset today if this horse didn’t run his race,”…
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown eyes back-to-back victories in the Aug. 28 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course when he saddles Klaravich Stables’ Capital Partner , an impressive debut winner at the Spa Aug. 2. Last year, Brown sent out Zulu Kingdom to score the first of what would become four graded stakes wins…
Geoglyph , winner of the Satsuki Sho (G1) (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas) in 2022 and one of only two horses ever to beat the mighty Equinox , has been retired from racing and will stand at Yushun Stallion Station in Hokkaido. It has been reported in Japan that the 6-year-old suffered an injury to his right foreleg…
With a unique, undulating turf course and massive purses that draw big fields from far and wide, Kentucky Downs is a notoriously hard track to predict final odds at, never mind results. But Team Valor International and Steven Rocco’s Special Wan , most recently third in the Just a Game Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course,…
The dominant performance of Sovereignty in the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1) had commentators racing to place him among the top performers of recent times, one even going as far back as Spectacular Bid, who was born almost 50 years ago. If we just confine ourselves to the current century, however, there are plenty of…
The August Digital Sale closed Aug. 26 with 154 horses sold for $4,886,500. The sale averaged $31,730 with a clearance rate of 81%. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, breeding stock (including broodmares with foals at foot), yearlings, and a stallion prospect. Snow Face Princess (Hip 39), a determined winner of the…
Buyers were busy kicking up a dust cloud in the stable yards at the Doncaster complex Aug. 26 as inspections reached a peak ahead of the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale. Past form, both recent and historical, points to this being an unmissable annual event. View the catalog here. The winners of this year’s July Cup (G1) and…
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) today announced the recipients of its two non-competition awards, the T.I.P. Thoroughbred of the Year Award and the T.I.P. Young Rider of the Year Award, for 2025. The Thoroughbred of the Year Award recognizes a Thoroughbred that has excelled in a non-competitive career, such as equine-assisted therapy or…
An overflow field of 12 is ready to contest six furlongs over the unique Kentucky Downs turf course in the $2 million Mint Kentucky Turf Sprint (G2T) Aug. 30. Unlike last year when Cogburn ran like the clear favorite he was, this year’s edition looks wide open on paper. While Cogburn is off in the WinStar…
Librado Barocio needs work on his post-race celebrations. He must learn to control his emotions. The jubilant trainer lost all control when 18-1 Lovesick Blues earned an improbable triumph in the July 26 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar to land an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) there on…
