Grade 1 Winner and Sire Imperial Hint Euthanized

Grade 1 Winner and Sire Imperial Hint Euthanized

Multiple grade 1 winner Imperial Hint, who set a track record at Saratoga Race Course that still stands today, has been euthanized in Louisiana following a lengthy struggle with laminitis. Clear Creek Stud, which stood Imperial Hint since he went to the breeding shed in 2021, announced his death. The 12-year-old son of Imperialism won 11 black-type…

No Time Favored Over Males in 13-Horse King’s Plate

No Time Favored Over Males in 13-Horse King’s Plate

Girl power has been on display in the King’s Plate, with 39 fillies—regularly outnumbered by males in the entries—capturing the historic 1 1/4-mile race, which will have its 166th running Aug. 16. That includes six females since Woodbine began running the King’s Plate over a synthetic surface in 2007, topped last year with Caitlinhergrtness . On…

Top 10 Unchanged in Latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

Top 10 Unchanged in Latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

The leading 10 horses are unchanged in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll following a week of stakes action in which none of the top-ranked horses raced. Voting from week 29 of the poll followed racing performances through Aug. 10. Remaining in first is Godolphin’s star 3-year-old colt, Sovereignty —a winner of four…

Into Mischief, Gun Runner Deliver at The Saratoga Sale

Into Mischief, Gun Runner Deliver at The Saratoga Sale

The top two horses on the general sires’ list accounted for the top six horses sold at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s two-day selected yearling sale that concluded Aug. 5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. While every other week this column space typically follows sires moving up and down the general sires’ list as their progeny win…

On Day 2, Gains Continue At Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Sale

On Day 2, Gains Continue At Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Sale

Day  2 of the Fasig-Tipton Sale New York-bred Yearling Sale Aug. 11 picked up where Day 1 left off, with six of the first 12 yearlings through the ring bringing six figures. The session topper came midway through the afternoon, when hip 502 brought $525,000 from Sallusto and Kimmel, agents for MWG, bidding online, matching Sunday’s…

BH Monday: Rankin on Big Truzz’s Big Ellis Park Victory

BH Monday: Rankin on Big Truzz’s Big Ellis Park Victory

Video Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 28th episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap a busy weekend of racing across the country, including stakes action at Colonial Downs and Ellis Park. We discuss who the most exciting 3-year-olds are as…

Well-Connected Yearlings Highlight Tattersalls Book 2

Well-Connected Yearlings Highlight Tattersalls Book 2

A half brother to last month’s July Cup (G1) hero No Half Measures  and a half sister to Shes Perfect , who finished first-past-the-post in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (G1), are among the highlights of the Tattersalls Book 2 catalog to be held Oct. 13-15. No Half Measures’s Territories  half brother (Lot 789) will be offered…