
Donohoe Strikes for Day 1 Session Topper at Tatts Feb.
Yet another top lot went the way of BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe as Tattersalls opened for business for 2023 on Feb. 2.
Yet another top lot went the way of BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe as Tattersalls opened for business for 2023 on Feb. 2.
With the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority continuing to face legal challenges, National Thoroughbred Racing Association president and CEO Tom Rooney issued a statement Feb. 2 calling for support of HISA as racing's best path forward.
The New York Racing Association announced Feb. 2 that tickets for the 2023 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will go on sale to the public on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. Eastern via Ticketmaster.com.
Submissions are now being accepted for The Art of Racing, a partnership between 1/ST Racing, the Maryland Jockey Club, and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Hindman will present the Collection of Josephine Abercrombie, Pin Oak Stud, Versailles, Ky., as the anchor of its Feb. 8 Collected Home auction.
The risks to British racing from the government's gambling review, the rising cost of living and concerns about the sport's competitiveness have been highlighted in the Levy Board's annual report published on Feb. 2.
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike will be headed to the Middle East for the March 25 $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), according to trainer Eric Reed.
Kirkwood Stables shifting its focus toward public and private bloodstock purchases, evaluations, and racing stable management, now known as Kirkwood Equine Advisory.
Hong Kong buyers were to the fore on the second of three Book 2 sessions of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale with five of the top six lots destined for the leading Asian racing jurisdiction.
Sogann, the son of Frankel whose first runners will be hitting the track this year, has died at age 7 after an accident at Norton Grove Stud in North Yorkshire.
Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Eric Reed was handed a stewards ruling Feb. 1 that calls for a five-day suspension to be served Feb. 10-14 and a $1,000 fine.
"He's in his best shape ever. He's been maturing race to race. He's been showing a lot of class. From race to race, he's a more professional horse," trainer Jorge Delgado said.
Atomically, three months since making her graded-stakes debut in the Breeders' Cup, returns to South Florida in an effort to rediscover her winning ways in the $125,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 4.
High winds, frigid temperatures forecast to impact New York metropolitan area.
Tampa Bay Downs hosts a pair of graded stakes Feb. 4 worth $175,000 apiece on grass, both at 1 1/16 miles—the Endeavour Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares and the Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T), where an overflow field of males are entered.
Scientists trained in relevant fields of study such as veterinary pharmacology, veterinary or human toxicology, analytical chemistry, genetics, biophysics, and immunology are encouraged to apply for the Fellowships.
The first reported foal is a filly born Jan. 30 out of the Acclamation mare Patriot Missile.
Sam Houston Race Park, without out-of-state simulcast export of its signal since its Thoroughbred meet began Jan. 6 amid opposition of the HISA by the Texas Racing Commission and other Texas entities, will resume domestic simulcasting Feb. 3.
The 2023 stakes schedule features eight stakes double-headers, the Super Sunday quadruple-header Aug. 13, and a closing day triple-header Sept. 17, featuring the $70,000 Gottstein Futurity for the Northwest's top 2-year-olds.
Mark Grier's stakes winner Candidate, undefeated in three starts on turf, steps up to graded company looking to extend his win streak to four races in the Feb. 4 $175,000 Kitten's Joy Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park.
Since 2012, the TAA has granted more than $28.1 million to accredited aftercare organizations and 15,500 Thoroughbreds have been retrained, rehomed, or retired by accredited organizations.
Ontario Racing's Thoroughbred Improvement Program has announced the recipients of the $200,000 distributed to breeders through its Ontario Sired Reward of Excellence Program.
Harvey has bred and raced horses for five decades, but the larger-than-life industry figure, who owns studs on both sides of the Tasman and Australian auction house Magic Millions, will have a horse trained in Western Australia for the first time.
Ten Strike Racing is atop the Oaklawn Park owner's standings approaching the one-third point of the 2022-2023 meeting that began Dec. 9.
Ronan McNally has been hit with a 12-year disqualification from Irish racing, charged €50,000 in costs and ordered to return over €13,000 in prizes as an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board committee found him guilty of multiple integrity breaches.
In partnership with Qatar Racing and In the Money Media Network, the highly rated show JK + 1 podcast has returned for its second season. Host Jonathon Kinchen's first guest of season two is trainer John Sadler.
Tickets for Kentucky Derby (G1) week and the entire 44-day Spring Meet at Churchill Downs go on sale Feb. 2 at noon ET. The 149th Spring Meet at the historic Louisville racetrack spans nine weeks from April 29-July 3.
The two-day Tattersalls February Sale kickstarts the sales season at Park Paddocks and provides buyers—particularly those from overseas—with an early opportunity to tap into some lightly raced and unexposed horses in training.
The Dubai World Cup Carnival hits its midpoint Feb. 3 with several of the contenders in four group races looking for spots on the big night in March.
Poster Girl, an earner of $200,192 and third-place runner in the 2018 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park sold in foal to California stallion Halladay, for $70,000 to top the Jan. 31 CTBA Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.
A reconstruction plan for Belmont Park received a major boost Feb. 1 with release of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's new state budget proposal, which includes provisions to let NYRA obtain state-backed bonds to finance the construction initiatives.
Keeneland vice president of racing Gatewood Bell noted the national handle in October was down 4.9% while Kentucky was up 15%.
According to the EDCC website, the horse's trainer or veterinarian must contact the equine medical director, or his designated person, and "provide required information on each horse that is seeking approval to move to the track."
Jan. 26, 2023, was a day that Jose Antonio Gomez will always treasure. It was an evening with the potential to shape his career and life in ways he could only dream about five years ago.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 31 flatly denied a request by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and the Federal Trade Commission to put the brakes on the appellate court's ruling that HISA is facially unconstitutional.
Kathy Hochul will reveal Feb. 1 whether she supports a state-backed bonding plan for major infrastructure work at Belmont Park—a decision that either keeps alive or places new barriers to a $450 million capital initiative by NYRA.
A top New York regulator said it is too early to tell whether the state's year-old mobile sports betting program—which saw about $16.6 billion in total handle since last January—is having an effect on advanced deposit platforms for racetrack betting.
After she served as interim executive director for six months, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Jamie Eads as the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Her appointment was effective Dec. 1.
The Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, and the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) highlight a spectacular weekend of racing featuring 15 stakes, eight graded, worth $3.5 million in purses May 19-20 at Pimlico Race Course.
Porter on Pedigrees
Fun to Dream and Awake At Midnyte, separated by three-quarters of a length when 1-2 in the Dec. 26 La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, square off as 4-year-olds against four other rivals in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) Feb. 4.
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The recent supplements include multiple stakes winner Miss Auramet (by Uncaptured) consigned by Hidden Brook, and Lemieux (by Nyquist), who is out of the family of 2022 Horse of the Year finalist Life Is Good.
A million-dollar filly by Fastnet Rock brought the curtain down on Book 1 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Jan. 31.
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
The 19-year-old son of Smart Strike has sired six unique champions with seven total titles.
Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner Art Collector garnered first place in week-one voting of the 2023 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, covering racing performances through Jan. 29.
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program announced Jan. 31 it has approved more than 6,700 awards and classes at more than 1,400 shows in 43 states and six Canadian provinces for 2023.
Eclipse Award-winning writer and podcast host Joe Bianca has joined West Point Thoroughbreds as a partner account representative.
Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.