The first of three under tack shows began under a warm 80 degrees of sunshine at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md. There were 179 horses breezed on Day One, with 379 more to come over the next two days.
Kicking off with the America's Best Racing (ABR) Pre-Preakness Party with proceeds to benefit the TAA is Wednesday, May 18, at 7 pm ET at Mt. Washington Tavern in Baltimore. Tickets are still available online for $25.
Klaravich Stables' grade 1-placed daughter of Kingman looking for her third graded stakes win since July 2021 in the Gallorette Stakes (G3T) at Pimlico Race Course May 21.
After meeting twice on dirt, round three of the Joe vs. Shake Em Loose series will take place May 21 in the $100,000 James W. Murphy Stakes on the Preakness Stakes (G1) undercard at Pimlico Race Course.
The May Digital Selected Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 13 offerings sold for $1,150,000. Among those sold were racing prospects, broodmare prospects, and in-foal mares. Bidding initially opened on May 12.
Churchill Downs stewards issued a $500 fine and a 10-day suspension to dual Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox after his horse, Warrior's Charge, tested positive for an overage of bute when second in the 2021 Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) there.
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Seth Fishman, facing up to 20 years imprisonment after being convicted Feb. 2 in federal court of two counts of conspiring to violate drug adulteration and misbranding laws, sought and received a second delay of his sentencing on Tuesday.
Porter on Pedigrees
While a filly taking on males is fairly commonplace in Europe, it's a relatively rare occurrence in American racing. Yet conventional wisdom has never limited the thinking of D. Wayne Lukas.
Former harness trainer Donato Poliseno on Tuesday became the third of six defendants to enter a guilty plea in related charges alleging widespread doping of racehorses.
After being pulled from Kentucky Derby (G1) contention the day before the race, D. Wayne Lukas trainee Ethereal Road looks to redeem himself in the May 21 $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
The field for the Dinner Party Stakes (G2T) at Pimlico is full of runners looking for just that extra little bit of oomph to get them over the graded-stakes hump.
Aidan O'Brien believes Coolmore's efforts to match the best names with their most talented horses might have just clicked spectacularly, as he waxed lyrical about new Chesham Stakes favourite Alfred Munnings.
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
A diverse group of equine industry and animal welfare organizations announced the Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter.
After a season of near perfection that included six stakes wins, Daniel Lopez and George Chestnut's homebred Chub Wagon was named 2021 Pennsylvania-bred Horse of the Year May 13 at The Inn at Mendenhall in Chadds Ford, Pa.
Undefeated through four starts this year and a winner of five consecutive stakes dating back before Christmas, Luna Belle has been in a class of her own among 3-year-old fillies in Maryland. Come May 20, the competition grows deeper.
Making her second start of the 2022 season is 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) winner Pizza Bianca, who will look to find success in the $100,000 Hilltop Stakes May 20 at Pimlico Race Course for owner Bobby Flay.
With the Preakness Stakes (G1) just four days away, it was a quiet May 17 morning at Pimlico Race Course with only three of the nine 3-year-olds on the grounds for the 147th running of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
Gary Sciacca, her fourth trainer, is 3-for-4 on the main track with Exotic West after she went 0-for-4 on the grass for him following a claim last August. She comes off a career-best performance in the Top Flight Invitational at Aqueduct.
The Chick Lang Stakes (G3) is a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds. Also on Saturday's Preakness Day undercard is the Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds and older going six furlongs.
For all of the shock waves produced by an 80-1 winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) followed by the Triple Crown becoming a moot point less than a week later, the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1) has retained some drama.
Susan Foreman bought Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike's half sister, Unostrike, for $25,000 at Keeneland in January. The mare is a daughter of Macho Uno.
While Epicenter breezed an easy half-mile at Churchill Downs, Villa Rosa Farm and Harlo Stable's Fenwick was entered Monday morning in the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1).
BloodHorse and Keeneland each earned first-place awards in the American Horse Publications' annual Equine Media Awards
Chasing the Crown, a full brother to grade 1 winner Vasilika, won in his third start May 15 at Churchill Downs for owners Paradise Farms, David Staudacher, and Angelo Carlesimo and trainer Mike Maker.
Last year's King's Stand Stakes (G1) winner Oxted will not defend his crown at Royal Ascot and has been ruled out for the season after suffering a tendon injury.
Frankie Dettori will ride Piz Badile in next month's Cazoo Derby, Alan Cooper, racing manager to owners the Niarchos family, has told the Racing Post. The Niarchos Family colt has been ridden by Gavin Ryan on his first three starts.
According to trainer Ricky Courville, Un Ojo will not contest the Preakness Stakes (G1) because of a foot bruise that also kept him from running in the Kentucky Derby (G1).
The Jockey Club announced May 16 it will now offer The Jockey Club Fact Book Chronicle as part of the free online Fact Book on its website.
United, a 7-year-old gelding owned by LNJ Foxwoods, will be retired from the track following a career that includes multiple graded-stakes wins, a runner-up finish in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T), and earnings of $1,813,549.
Grade 3 winner First Captain, exiting the worst finish of his career, will get an opportunity to rebound as well as give Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the historic Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 20 at Pimlico Race Course.
Arzak, a 4-year-old son of Not This Time, made it 3-for-3 at Woodbine Racetrack after taking Sunday's $151,200 Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3).
In a statement released May 15, LNJ Foxwoods said they plan to leave Southern California and move the rest of their horses to the East Coast in order to focus on the Kentucky and Canadian circuits.
Offspring of Australia's hottest sires including Snitzel, I Am Invincible, and Written Tycoon headline a sparkling catalog of 377 weanlings at next month's Inglis Great Southern Sale at Oaklands.
Tetsuya Kimura trainee Geoglyph is back in regular work to prepare for the May 29 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1). Other challengers tuned up this week, including Equinox, Danon Beluga, and Pradaria.
J R Sanchez Racing Stable’s Shake Em Loose will return to the grass in the May 21 James W. Murphy Stakes at Pimlico rather than starting in the Preakness Stakes (G1).
Trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klarman are hoping there will be déjà vu blooming along with Black-Eyed Susans this weekend at Pimlico Race Course.
Hawthorne Racecourse, Illinois horsemen, agree to cut back spring racing dates.
Mangoustine denies Cachet in her quest to complete the English-French One Thousand Guineas (G1) double May 15 at Longchamp.
Making his first start since his victory in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), Modern Games came back with a vengeance to win the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains (G1) at Longchamp May 15 for trainer Charlie Appleby.
Beyond the Wire, a Maryland-based Thoroughbred aftercare program that recently celebrated retiring its 500th horse, has been selected to receive the 2022 Special Award of Merit.
Japan's popular white filly Sodashi earned starting rights in the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and two top-level races in France with a decisive victory over a top field in the Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse May 15.
Juddmonte's homebred Mandaloun, winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), is back on the Churchill Downs work tab following his ninth-place finish in February's $20 million Saudi Cup (G1).
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) winner Twilight Gleaming will likely join trainer Wesley Ward's dynamic Royal Ascot-bound arsenal after her front-running victory in the May 14 $114,500 Mamzelle Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.
At a time when the field for the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1) is falling into place, the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) picked up an interesting contender from a time-honored spot.
Neige Blanche repeated in the Santa Barbara Stakes (G3T) with a decisive late-running score over Queen Goddess May 14 at Santa Anita Park.
One week after successfully unveiling French import Speak of the Devil to capture the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) May 7, trainer Chad Brown and owner Peter Brant were up to that same stakes-winning maneuver with another filly.
Giving Venezuelan jockey Samuel Marin his first win on American soil was the 4-year-old colt Dash Attack who got up to win the Long Branch Stakes by a half-length over Todd Pletcher trainee Dean's List.
