Coming off a victorious run in the Penn Mile Stakes (G3T), Dream On will try to make it four wins from five starts this year in the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (G2T) at Colonial Downs Aug. 9. Trainer Mark Casse said this race has long been a target for the 3-year-old son of Not This Time ….
There is a lot of alliteration surrounding the co-feature event at Colonial Downs Aug. 9. While Be Your Best brings the credentials to be the likely favorite, Beach Bomb boasts the brilliance to beware of in the Beverly D. Stakes (G2T). One of the flagship races that originated at Arlington Park and is now run at…
After failing to convince Florida legislators earlier this year to decouple its horse racing business from its right to offer slot machine gambling, Gulfstream Park filed a lawsuit that, if successful, would satisfy its goals via court order. The complaint filed Aug. 5 in the Circuit Court for Leon County, Fla., names the Florida Gaming Control…
The Major Reduction of Harris Farms, the Thoroughbred operation of leading California breeder and owner John C. Harris, will be conducted on Fasig-Tipton Digital Aug.14-19. Ninety horses will be offered as part of the reduction. They consist of horses of racing age and breeding stock, including mares with foals at foot. A pedigree preview for…
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has established a Racing Office Advisory Group comprised of senior racing officials from racetracks across the country. The Racing Office Advisory Group will provide feedback to HISA’s executive team and Standing Committees on rules, processes and operational practices affecting Thoroughbred racing officials nationwide. The group will serve as…
At some point before this year’s The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, Spendthrift Farm made an offer on the Into Mischief colt that it had co-bred with Carolyn Gray and Fletcher Gray, hoping to be able to buy out their partners before the colt hit the auction ring Aug. 5. “They were too smart…
Four-time grade 1 winner and first-crop yearling sire Life Is Good had eight yearlings enter the ring during The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, and Mike Repole made no secret of his confidence in the stallion with three purchases. The final of those purchases Aug. 5 was the most expensive, Repole going to $1,025,000 for…
After paying $1.1 million for a filly by first-crop yearling sire Flightline on the first night of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, West Point Thoroughbreds went to $1.8 million on the second night Aug. 5 for a Flightline colt, partnering on this one with John Oxley. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent for Summer…
There was plenty of anticipation in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion as the half sister to this year’s Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism arrived in the ring as Hip 165 for the second and final session of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, Aug. 5. The bidding quickly escalated within seconds with bidders…
There was plenty of anticipation in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion as the half sister to this year’s Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism arrived in the ring as Hip 165 for the second and final session of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, Aug. 5. The bidding quickly escalated within seconds with bidders…
