2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna’s jockey Brain Hernandez Jr comments after win in the $500,000 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs, June 28. The race earned her an automatic birth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar, Nov. 1. through the Breeders’ Cup Challenger Series.
Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 14th episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap the 151st Kentucky Derby, won by Godolphin homebred Sovereignty . We hear from Kentucky Derby-winning connections Michael Banahan, Godolphin USA’s director of bloodstock, jockey Junior Alvarado, and…
In 2019, bloodstock agent Jacob West bought a son from Liam’s Map ‘s first crop for $1.2 million at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training for Robert and Lawana Low. The hefty gamble paid off, as that colt turned out to be multiple grade 1 winner and now sire Colonel Liam . During the…
It’s that time of year again—when we’re about to be inundated with Christmas in July ads and there tends to be a little stagnation in the General Sires List. Case in point: Following Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) weekend, which, after Mindframe won, only saw his sire Constitution climb one spot from No. 6 to No….
Nominations were announced Nov. 16 for the 35th Cartier Racing Awards, which will be presented at the Dorchester Hotel in London the evening of Nov. 19. Four contenders for the Cartier Horse Of The Year include Calandagan, winner of the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and QIPCO Champion Stakes….
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Following their compelling stretch battle in the Feb. 22 Saudi Cup (G1), in which Forever Young defeated Romantic Warrior by a neck, the duo are the 1-2 leaders in the first edition of the 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. Japan’s Forever Young is rated first at 128, just ahead of the Hong Kong-based Romantic…
