The Chosen Vron in Tune for Crosby Encore
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It didn't take 18-year-old apprentice Chris Elliott long to win a stakes race—the first of his career—since moving his tack from Lone Star Park to Monmouth Park last week. He guided Reclusive to upset the July 26 Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Elliott Walden, CEO, president, and racing manager of WinStar Farm, said grade 1 winner Timberlake will be pointed to the seven-furlong H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) on the Aug. 24 Travers Stakes (G1) undercard at Saratoga Race Course.
This exclusive online auction features authentic halters from four legendary stallions: Uncle Mo, Tapit, Into Mischief, and Gun Runner. It runs from July 27-Aug. 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The stallion will stand at Haras Porta Pia in Chile. The 6-year-old son of Twirling Candy stood his first Northern Hemisphere season this year for an advertised fee of $6,000 at War Horse Place in Kentucky.
The Virginia Gold Cup Association revealed plans for its second new grade 1 race of the year, to be run as part of the $410,000 card at the International Gold Cup races taking place at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va., Oct. 26.
The speedy World Record may not have matched his name, but he surely lived up to the expectations of his connections in notching his initial graded stakes win.
Jayson Werth enjoyed a 15-year career in major league baseball. Such an experience would seem difficult to top, but Werth says he has found something to match those baseball highlights: being one of the owners of dual grade 1 winner Dornoch.
Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, will hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot July 29.
Graham Motion has two potential targets in mind for grade 1 winner Trikari while his other trainee The Grey Wizard prepares for a fall campaign potentially ending in the Melbourne Cup (G1).
A 2024 Second Quarter Metrics Report released by HISA, covering racing from April 1-June 30, exhibits a continued downward trajectory of the rate of racing-related equine fatalities in the industry since the HISA became fully operational.
The second day of the National HBPA Conference at Prairie Meadows focused on computer-assisted wagering's escalating presence in racetrack pools and the emergence of horse racing as a fixed-odds betting product on sportsbooks.
A trio of finalists have been selected from an incredibly strong slate of entries for the 19th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award.
The July 27 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event and provides a start over the host track for the World Championships.
Midnight Mammoth led every step of the way in the $100,000 Cougar II Stakes (G3) July 25 at Del Mar to give rider Armando Ayuso his first graded stakes victory and trainer Craig Dollase his first graded score since 2020.
Juan Hernandez at one time has ridden six of the nine Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) runners and will be aboard Du Jour for Baffert.
When morning-line favorite Roses for Debra scratched with a fever the morning of the race, her stablemate Dontlookbackatall was more than happy to finish the job with a late-closing victory in the Caress Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announces the appointment of Sara Ben-David as the acting executive director of the New Jersey Racing Commission.
In 1962's Santa Anita Handicap, jockey Donald Pierce was part of a three-horse entry that included Bill Shoemaker and Alex Maese. Pierce was on a horse named Physician, Shoemaker rode Prove It, and Maese was on Olden Times.
Corumbene Stud, established by Altomonte more than 40 years ago, has announced it's move from Dunedoo to the Thoroughbred heartland of the Hunter Valley.
Rebounding from a 3-year-old season in which he lost all six of his starts, Silver Knott, re-energized this year at age 4 as a turf marathoner, seeks a third consecutive stakes triumph July 28 when he races in the $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T).
Auguste Rodin will spearhead Aidan O'Brien's squad in the July 27 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse as the master trainer bids for a fifth victory in the 1 1/2-mile midsummer showpiece.
Henry Adams, a son of No Nay Never, was bred and trained by top international trainer Aidan O'Brien. He won the 2023 Tyros Stakes (G3) at 2 at Leopardstown.
Reversing plans to use its troubled turf when it resumes racing, Churchill Downs now will race strictly on dirt during its Sept. 12-29 meet, according to Darren Rogers, the track's senior director of communications and media services.
Grade 1 winner Arabian Knight returns to the sight of his biggest victory while making his 4-year-old debut in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar July 27.
Breeders' Cup issued a reminder that Aug. 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET is the deadline to nominate foals born in 2024 to the Breeders' Cup program at the one-time nomination fee of $400.
Remarking that historical horse racing gaming would be "a key strategic focus over the next five to 10 years for our company," Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen outlined upcoming CDI projects featuring the devices July 25.
Despite Bonne Chance Farm's lofty achievements on the racetrack, Gilberto Sayao de Silva raised the bar even higher this July when his sport horse Ilex qualified for the Paris Olympics as part of Team U.S.A.
The 12th Annual Riders Up! jockey karaoke contest, benefiting the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, returns to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. This one-of-a-kind event will take place July 28 at Vapor Night Club.
Istabraq is one of only five horses to have won the Champion Hurdle three times. He had 14 grade 1 successes and won 23 of his 29 outings over flights. He retired in 2002.
The Chosen Vron, a California-bred Horse of the Year and winner of 13 out of his 14 last races, will try for a second consecutive victory in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar.
Nearly half of Baby Yoda's wins and earnings have come at Saratoga, and he seeks his second graded stakes victory, and first grade 1 in the July 27 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1).
Kentucky Downs plans to increase purses for nine of its 18 stakes by a total of $3.7 million from what was originally announced, pending regulatory approval, including the Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) bumped from $2.5 million to $3.1 million.
Complexity is the current leading first-crop sire and leading general sire of 2-year-olds. These include Mo Plex, winner of the Sanford Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course, as well as Mensa, winner of the Victoria Stakes at Woodbine.
As much as the $194,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (G2) is a prep for the Aug. 24 Ballerina Handicap (G1), that top-level test might be a tad too long for the speedy mare Spirit Wind.
A year and a half after the retirement of Hot Rod Charlie—who earned just shy of $6 million, most by any horse sired by the 2013 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Oxbow—trainer Doug O'Neill is having success with another son of the Calumet Farm stallion.
Impressive George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) victress Gun Song looks to get back on track when she lines up for the $250,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) July 27.
Churchill Downs Inc. reports increased Kentucky Derby (G1) week revenue of $37.6 million powering the company to second quarter records for net revenue and adjusted earnings in 2024 and also reported new seating plans for its flagship track.
Michael Langlois and Gary Barber's 2023 King's Plate Stakes winner Paramount Prince attempts to continue his reign over the Woodbine synthetic as he breaks from the outside of a nine-horse field in the CA$175,000 Seagram Cup (G2) July 27.
Tahnee Tiara commanded the highest price at the July 24 Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale, selling for AU$545,000 to Walnut Farm. The sales second-highest price was group 3-placed three-time winner Anagain, for AU$180,000.
Arrowfield's bright young stallion The Autumn Sun will miss the 2024 breeding season as he continues to recover from a pelvic injury he sustained in his paddock in March.
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who saw Tapit Trice make a successful return with a 5 1/4-length romp in the Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3), earned a $75,000 bonus from Monmouth Park as a result of the $150,000 Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge.
Even though many of his friends and some family members had a pretty good idea of what his career path would eventually be, Chris Elliott wasn't sure if he wanted to follow in the stirrups of his father, jockey Stewart Elliott of Smarty Jones fame.
Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old male, graded stakes winner, and 1993 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner Truth of It All died peacefully from natural causes July 24 at the age of 34.
All yearlings cataloged in the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale are eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes as well as the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes, held five weeks later.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will return to Saratoga this August to highlight accredited aftercare with a variety of initiatives at Saratoga Race Course and Fasig-Tipton.
Hannah and Kevin Reynolds never lost sight of the horse they bred, Pitching Fast, during his racing career. When the gelding was retired to LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society, they were the first to offer him a home.
The Jockey Club announced July 24 the speakers for its 72nd Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing to be held Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. ET at the Excelsior Springs Event Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Graded stakes winner Nadette commanded top price of $420,000 at the inaugural Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale. The daughter of Outstrip, winner of this year's Wilshire Stakes (G3T) and Beverly D. Preview Stakes, was acquired by Stepaside Farm.
MyRacehorse has launched “Retail With a Purpose,” consisting of a series of auctions featuring experiences and memorabilia that owners can bid on, with 100% of proceeds directed to the MyRacehorse Transition Fund.