The Brad Cox barn captured three of the five graded stakes on the April 4 program at Keeneland, highlighted by the 11-length victory by Spendthrift Farm's Further Ado in the $1,250,000 Blue Grass Stakes (G1).
Delacroix is to have a busy first campaign as a Coolmore sire with the news he will be shuttling to Australia later this year. His fee has already been announced at AU$38,500.
With a total purse of ¥172,250,000 (approx. US$1.07 million), the Kawasaki Kinen, which takes place April 8 over 2,100 meters (about 10 1/2 furlongs) on the dirt at Kawasaki Racecourse, has attracted a strong field.
Croix du Nord rallied through the final 200 meters to foil Meisho Tabaru's theft attempt and win the April 5 Osaka Hai (G1T) at Hanshin Racecourse.
Trainer Jena Antonucci has appealed a 15-day suspension and a $1,000 fine issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after one of her horses, Bee a Queen, showed the presence of a controlled medication, lidocaine.
Always well thought of by her owners and trainer Chad Brown, Always a Runner surged late to win the $200,000 Gazelle Stakes (G3) April 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Proving equally adept routing as sprinting, So Happy outfinishes favored Potente to win the April 4 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park for trainer Mark Glatt and owners Norman Stables and Saints or Sinners.
Storm's Wake and My Boy Prince earn their first graded stakes victories April 4, winning the Appalachian and Shakertown, respectively, at Keeneland.
With similar connections to 2025 Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, Meaning takes the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) by 2 lengths, earning 100 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points.
The Brad Cox-trained Eclatant noses out Grand Job in the April 4 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
Further Ado stamped himself as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a dominating performance April 4 in the $1,237,813 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.
Albus scores in the final Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct for trainer Riley Mott and owner Pin Oak Stud.
In upsetting champion Book'em Danno, Point Dume gives Bush Racing Stable an emotional first graded stakes victory as Bryan Bushey continues his fight with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Multiple Oaklawn Park stakes winner Haulin Ice was crowned 2025 Arkansas-bred Horse of the Year during the annual Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders' and Horsemen's Association banquet April 3 at the Oaklawn Event Center.
It is expected that 60% of weighing room upgrades that were deemed necessary by the British Horseracing Authority will be completed by early May, once more racecourses have started their flat turf seasons.
In this week's On Racing, the steady downgrading of Southern California stakes races over the last decade is beginning to take its toll, a prime example being the Santa Anita Oaks (G2).
Remember Mamba rolls home in the stretch of the Transylvania Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland to remain a perfect 3-for-3 for trainer Cherie DeVaux and owner C R K Stable.
Percy's Bar begins her 3-year-old season April 3 at Keeneland by upsetting heavily favored Zany by 2 1/4 lengths in the $750,000 Ashland Stakes (G1).
Last spring, trainer Ian Wilkes took two graded stakes at Keeneland during the spring meet's first few days, and this year, he struck opening day, April 3, when A Fine Chardonnay popped the cork in winning the Beaumont Stakes (G2).
The "Horse Racing Happy Hour" podcast is launching a 12-part podcast series on the Thoroughbred racing season at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The first episode will air at 7 p.m. ET April 6.
The Inglis Digital USA April Sale catalog is now online, headlined by a 75% share in 3-year-old Shane's Wonder.
Two-year-old Suspicions breaks his maiden April 3 at Keeneland, becoming the first starter and winner for freshman sire Corniche, who stands at Ashford Stud for $15,000. He is owned and trained by Wesley Ward.
Mike Battaglia, who has served as Churchill Downs' morning-line oddsmaker for more than five decades, retires from the role, ending a 51-year run. Nick Tammaro will succeed Battaglia in the position.
Ka Ying Rising and Voyage Bubble make a formidable double dip on the Easter Monday program at Sha Tin Racecouse as they continue preparations for Champions Day.
The Osaka Hai (G1T) brings together some of Japan's top middle-distance runners, including the last two winners of the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1T).
The Santa Anita Oaks (G1) is the marquee race for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita Park and a key Southern California steppingstone to the Longines Kentucky Oaks, offering 200 qualifying points on a 100-5-25-15-10 scale to the top five finishers.
The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce that chief steward Doug Anderson will be recognized with a Special Sovereign Award during the 51st Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony.
The Road, presented by Gainesway and WinStar Farm
The latest edition of the Odds and Trends column with J. Keeler Johnson examines handicapping the 2-year-olds racing at the Keeneland spring meet
Donna Wright and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's 2025 Carter Stakes (G2) winner Crazy Mason will make his first appearance in the Bluegrass State April 4 in the $350,000 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
It's all systems go for Yulong Investments with new acquisitions Streisand and Paradoxium leading the charge for the April 4 ATC Sires' Produce Stakes (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.
Kentucky legislators have approved a bill legalizing fixed-odds wagering and prohibiting a cap on mares bred. The bill now waits on a signature from Gov. Andy Beshear to become law.
America's Best Racing and the Hennegan Brothers announced a partnership to launch UNBRIDLED. It is the industry's first made-for-social vertical docuseries.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Blue Grass (G1), Wood Memorial (G2), and Santa Anita Derby (G1).
Godolphin's dual winner Masai Moon topped the April 2 Tattersalls Online Emirates Racing Authority Sale when selling to Bhupat Seemar's Zabeel Stables for AED1.1 million.
Juan Aguilar and Sarah Sutherland have launched Heartwood Farm, a Thoroughbred boarding and sales consignment operation near Paris, Ky. Heartwood Farm will operate at the property long known as Indian Creek, which is owned by the Parrish family.
In what the listing agent is promoting as "a complete opportunity for a premier breeding operation," the former 530-acre Shadwell Farm stallion complex and its supporting Thoroughbred facilities are for sale.
Ever since last fall, there's a been recurring quip heard in all corners of Aqueduct Racetrack. Basically, it's "the last (fill in the stakes) at Aqueduct."
Equibase Company announced the addition of gate-to-wire timing to all result charts, in addition to the fractional and final times found on the chart.
Morning-line favorite Potente brings a 2-for-2 record into the race that trainer Bob Baffert has won nine times.
Letters to the Editor for BloodHorse Daily, April 2
Tropical Racing's Troy Levy says FanDuel TV's demise has as much to do with the inability to draw new fans and provide the level of transparency as other sports.
Chad Brown's luck could take a dramatic swing for the better when he will send out Iron Honor in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds in the last edition of New York's definitive Kentucky Derby (G1) prep at Aqueduct Racetrack.
A Kentucky-bred filly (Hip 59) from the second crop of grade 1 winner Yaupon sold for $350,000 April 1 to set an all-time record price for the Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
A colt by Gun Runner sold post-sale for $90,000 to Prancing Horse Farm, topping the OBSOnline March Second Chance Sale, a digital auction held March 27-31 featuring horses who breezed during the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott takes on the Madison Stakes (G1) April 4 at Keeneland with Ragtime and Grand Job.
Bringing additional oomph to the April 4 card at Aqueduct Racetrack is the eagerly anticipated return of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno, in the Carter Stakes (G2).
Tony Allevato says NYRA is weighing options to offset the impending loss of television coverage of racing on FanDuel TV, including adding tracks to its "America's Day At The Races" show and the possible creation of a separate digital channel.
A top-drawer lineup of the finest breeding stock—as well as a share in Newgate stalwart Extreme Choice— headline the catalog for the 10th edition of the Inglis Chairman's Sale, which is now available online.
In a case brought by Churchill Downs, a federal court in Kentucky ruled the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority acted outside the law when it assessed fees for racetracks based partially on purse sizes.
