Stakes Recap: Preakness & Dinner Party
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Preakness Stakes and the Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico.
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Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Preakness Stakes and the Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico.
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Trainer Kenny McPeek fell just short of formally announcing the retirement of 2024 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna Oct. 10 during his “Horse Races Now” podcast. “There is a very good possibility that we officially announce her retirement soon,” McPeek told podcast host Teague Ridge. “I would be surprised if…
On a quiet April 28 morning at Churchill Downs for Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects after a half-dozen breezed April 27, three Derby entrants notched their final high-speed workouts for the 1 1/4-mile classic, the opening leg of the Triple Crown. Reigning 2-year-old champion Citizen Bull sped five furlongs in :58 2/5; Coal Battle covered three furlongs in…
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Tom Law, managing editor of ST Publishing which produces The Saratoga Special and Thisishorseracing.com, has been named recipient of the Old Hilltop Award for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction. Law will be presented with the Old Hilltop Award Thursday, May 15 at the Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course….
The 2025 TAKE2 Jet Run Award winners are After the Races, the organization that provided Jersey Fresh with the groundwork he needed to go from the racetrack to success as a show jumper; and CANTER USA, where owner Dr. Kate Carruthers found her TAKE2 Hunter Finals champion Red Magic. Created in 2017, the Jet Run…
Four Star Sales is pleased to announce that George Connolly has joined the company as a Bloodstock Sales Associate. He brings international experience and a broad background in bloodstock and sales to one of North America’s leading consignors and bloodstock agencies. From County Carlow, Ireland, Connolly grew up on his family’s Burgage Stud, a successful…
By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman Every year, California hosts a trio of major 1 1/4-mile dirt races: the Santa Anita H. (G1), the Hollywood Gold Cup (G2), and the Pacific Classic (G1). They’re hard races to win, but trainer John Sadler makes the task look easy. Sadler’s recent record…