Scottish Lassie Out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing’s Shred the Gnar  may have been racing over the Churchill Downs dirt rather than the snow or waves, but she still showed her skill and speed as she raced to victory in the $300,000 Chilukki Stakes (G3) Nov. 15. The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief   had shown promise since the…

Bloodstock agent Tina Rau has joined the Aga Khan Studs as international nominations representative; a newly created role aimed at strengthening the team’s presence at major European sales. Rau will work alongside Julie White and Fanny Cyprès, who oversee nominations and client relations for the Irish and French stallion rosters respectively. A graduate of both the Irish National…

Atlantic Friends Racing’s Historic Heart fended off the challenge of Grade 1-winner Proven Innocent to notch his first top-level triumph in the July 23 $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial (NSA-1), a 2 3/8-mile hurdle handicap for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Keri Brion, the 8-year-old Fracas gelding made just his second start off…

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism  will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, one of his owners, Don Alberto Stable, confirmed on social media Nov. 5. The decision to race in 2026 was widely expected after Coolmore did not mention Journalism in a Nov. 4 press release noting fees for its…

Donegal Racing’s stakes winner A.P. Kid was euthanized June 28 after suffering an irreparable fracture following a workout over the Oklahoma Turf Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsch first reported the news June 30, where trainer Todd Pletcher was quoted saying: A. P. Kid had just entered the stretch when he “took…

A colt by Curlin  , consigned as Hip 268, topped a record first session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 20 in Lexington. The colt brought $900,000 from Legion Bloodstock, agent. The chestnut colt is the first foal out of the multiple graded stakes-placed and 2021 Canadian champion 2-year-old filly Munnyfor Ro . Hip 268 was…