Sales histories for horses entered in the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, being held April 15-18 with daily sessions starting at 10:30 a.m. ET. The under tack shows will be held April 6-12, with each session starting at 8 a.m.
The connections of Baeza need some Rich Strike -like Kentucky Derby (G1) fortune. When post positions will be drawn for the Derby at Churchill Downs just after 7 p.m. ET April 26, Baeza will be an alternate in the oversubscribed race, which is limited to 20 starters, just as Rich Strike was three years earlier. A…
World Pool bet types for Royal Ascot 2025 were up 10% on 2024, rising to approximately $200.58 million (based on currency conversions) for the five days, as punters from across the globe were able to access commingled pools on the event for the seventh consecutive season. Including a record-high June 18 of $42.13 million, the…
Trainer Karl Burke turned around a frustrating week as the highly regarded Venetian Sun burst home to land the June 20 Albany Stakes (G3) at Royal Ascot under Clifford Lee. The 2-year-old Starman filly had been “kicking group horses out of the way” on Burke’s gallops in recent weeks and brought that class to the…
A quartet of horses worked a furlong in :10 to tie for the fastest time during the March 31 breeze show for the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Lone Star Park. A catalog of 100 is set to go through the newly renamed Mary Ruyle Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion beginning at 10 a.m. CT, April 2. The…
France Galop’s administrative council has agreed to a plan to cut prize-money by €20 million (approximately $22.68 million) per year in an effort to bring the sport back to a balanced budget by 2029, as the receipts from betting on the sport have failed to keep pace with expectations. The cuts will be enacted from July…
In introducing the 2025 Thoroughbred Club of America’s Honor Guest, Case Clay traced his father’s success to a willingness to bet on himself throughout his life. Fortunately for the Thoroughbred industry, those ‘wagers’ have included the purchase of 100 acres of undeveloped Central Kentucky land along Old Frankfort Pike and developing it into Three Chimneys…
