Year after year, Louisiana-based Valene Farms continues to produce standout racehorses. And 2025 is no exception. On July 25, three-year-old Smoken Wicked annexed the Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga.
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The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) proudly announces the appointment of Kendall Norris as the organization’s new Marketing & Communications Manager. In this pivotal role, Norris will lead the TRF’s marketing and outreach efforts, furthering the organization’s mission to provide dignified lifetime care for retired racehorses. A seasoned marketing and communications professional with a deep-rooted passion…
The William Haggas-trained Dubai Honour preserved his unblemished record in Sydney group 1 races when he added the April 2 Tancred Stakes (G1) at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse to his back-to-back 2023 triumphs in the Ranvet Stakes (G1) and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1). With nine of the 11 runners bred in the Northern Hemisphere, this…
When Dr. Venkman drew inside yet again, this time for the Aug. 23 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar, trainer Mark Glatt wasn’t happy. But as the race unfolded, Dr. Venkman found a big hole on the rail and gamely shot through for the victory. “He doesn’t like the inside,” Glatt said. “I’m glad…
When Erin McLaughlin graduated from University of Florida with a degree in tourism and hospitality management, and a minor in communications, there were many different directions she could have taken. But when a job offer arrived after graduation in 2013 from Breeders’ Cup Limited, where she had interned during college, it was a serendipitous turn…
Danon Decile , the 2024 Japanese Derby (G1) victor who won Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T) at Meydan Racecourse April 5 defeating European representatives with the highest profile, such as Calandagan and Rebel’s Romance , will be shipped from Japan to the United Kingdom Aug. 5 and the connections are eying the Juddmonte International (G1) at York Aug….
The Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale closed April 9 with 64 horses sold for $1,822,500. The sale averaged $28,476, with a median of $15,000 and clearance rate of 74%. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, 2-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and short yearlings. Crimson Frost (Hip 12) sold…
