Curlin has been long established as one of the premier, if not the premier, North American sire of classic distance dirt runners. What he has not generally been associated with is precocious speed. He is sire of a champion 2-year-old male in Good Magic , who didn’t break his maiden until capturing the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile…
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…
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…
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…
People may grow old, but winning never does. Trainer Bob Dunham will attest to that. At the age of 87, Dunham is the elder statesman on the New York Racing Association backstretch, especially in terms of years of service as a trainer. He’s two days older than fellow trainer Barclay Tagg, and for the better…
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…
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…
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…
August 11, 2025 12:39 PM 3:23 Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse shares his thoughts on Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Sandman‘s first breeze on turf Aug. 10. The son of Tapit went :49.70 with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard in preparation for the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at…
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…
