DOMINIC KING: A brilliant year for Oisin Murphy, in which he reclaimed his title as Champion Jockey, ended in glorious fashion in the Far East on Sunday.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Hexham, Kempton and Hereford.
The jockey had previously been ruled out of action at the start of the 2024 season after he had suffered a fractured heel after he had been working on the track.
Ten-year-old Rufio was competing in the final race of the Virgin Bet Christmas Jumper Raceday in Musselburgh when he unseated his jockey.
A Queensland jockey has been rushed to hospital after a horse bit off his finger in a bloody accident
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Fontwell and Uttoxeter.
DOMINIC KING: Frankie Dettori has admitted he is embroiled in a mess with HMRC after the courts dismissed his plea for anonymity in a long-running tax avoidance case.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Monday's meetings at Lingfield, Musselburgh, Wolverhampton and Newcastle.
DOMINIC KING: There was barely time to note that Jonbon had moved on to millionaire's row before he was being burdened with the hopes of a nation.
If an inflation adjusted £3billion blackhole doesn't sound the alarm bell to racing's leaders about the future of racing then nothing will.
Galopin Des Champs storms to victory in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown for the third year running.
John Hales, owner of the great One Man and 2012 Grand National winner Neptune Collonges, dies at the age of 85.
British Horseracing Authority (BHA) chair Joe Saumarez Smith has stepped down from his role after his health deteriorated.
Racing star Constitution Hill survives a blunder at the last flight to win at Cheltenham and take his unbeaten record to 10 wins from 10 races.
The two free events in February and March will reveal the short history of Hurst Park.
Nicky Henderson-trained Jonbon claims a ninth Grade One success, beating Energumene by six and a half lengths in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot.
Olive Nicholls rode winners for her mum and dad in December including her first Ascot victory.
Local jockey Ben Jones guides Ben Pauling-trained Handstands to victory in the Grade 2 Towton Novices' Chase on Saturday at Ffos Las.
John Dance pleads not guilty to nine criminal charges including money laundering.
Irish jockey Michael O'Sullivan is in intensive care in hospital after a fall at Thurles on Thursday.
Trainer Tanner Tracy earned his first graded stakes victory as Wild Bout Hilary, the longest shot in a field of five, went to the lead and never looked back in the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
Bidding opened Feb. 7 for the online auction, with the first horse in the catalog closing Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. ET, and subsequent listings hammering in three-minute increments.
Superstars from Japan, Hong Kong, and Dubai line up for the Feb. 22 Saudi Cup (G1) as several American runners take a pass on the world's richest race.
Senor Buscador extends the powerful A.P. Indy sire line, while More Than Looks is the latest son of the late More Than Ready aiming to extend the Hail to Reason sire line through Halo.
The new Maryland Jockey Club announces it has hired Fritz Widaman as senior vice president, marketing and sponsorships.
Reversing a stewards' decision at Sunland Park that disqualified Holy Hank from victory in the Jan. 16 Corralito Steak House Stakes, the New Mexico Racing Commission has reinstated Holy Hank as the winner of the $90,000 race.
Grade 1 winner Locked joins the growing list of United States-based runners that will bypass the rich $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh.
Grade 1 winner Super Stock was represented by his first reported foal, announced by Leadem Farm on social media Feb. 7. Super Stock stands at the Leola, Ark., farm for a fee of $2,500 in 2025.
Doomed by stumbling at the start when ninth in the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, East Avenue returns to action Feb. 15 in the $500,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
DOMINIC KING: A brilliant year for Oisin Murphy, in which he reclaimed his title as Champion Jockey, ended in glorious fashion in the Far East on Sunday.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Hexham, Kempton and Hereford.
The jockey had previously been ruled out of action at the start of the 2024 season after he had suffered a fractured heel after he had been working on the track.
Ten-year-old Rufio was competing in the final race of the Virgin Bet Christmas Jumper Raceday in Musselburgh when he unseated his jockey.
A Queensland jockey has been rushed to hospital after a horse bit off his finger in a bloody accident
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Fontwell and Uttoxeter.
DOMINIC KING: Frankie Dettori has admitted he is embroiled in a mess with HMRC after the courts dismissed his plea for anonymity in a long-running tax avoidance case.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Monday's meetings at Lingfield, Musselburgh, Wolverhampton and Newcastle.
DOMINIC KING: There was barely time to note that Jonbon had moved on to millionaire's row before he was being burdened with the hopes of a nation.
If an inflation adjusted £3billion blackhole doesn't sound the alarm bell to racing's leaders about the future of racing then nothing will.
A significant draft of seven lots from the Aga Khan Studs, withdrawn from last week's Goffs February Sale as a mark of respect following the recent passing of His Highness The Aga Khan, will be offered in an online sale on Goffs.com on Thursday, February 13.
The sale will be held as a timed online auction between the hours of 12pm and 2pm. Prospective buyers must register to bid by 5pm on Wednesday, February 12 on the online catalogue page, which also offers pedigree information, photos and videos for each lot.
Potential highlights include the five-year-old Kayhana (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}) (lot 336), who was last seen finishing fourth in the Listed Knockaire Stakes at Leopardstown in October, and the four-year-old Sulaiyma (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 381), a half-sister to the G3...
Stretching out to two turns for Saturday's Sam F. Davis Stakes, downgraded to listed status but still offering 20 points to the winner on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.'s John Hancock (c, 3, Constitution–Scribbling Sarah, by Freud) would not be denied in the early march to the First Saturday in May.
The chestnut earned a solid 81 Beyer Speed Figure in leading every step of the way to break his maiden at first asking over three-quarters of a mile locally on Jan. 8 and was accordingly sent off the slight 5-2 post-time favorite over Owen Almighty (Speightstown), who was demoted from a victory in the Jan. 11 Pasco Stakes.
Sent straight into the lead by Prat, the homebred colt was not allowed an easy time of things, as Owen Almighty forced the issue through taxing fractions of :22.75 for the...
Reverting to front-running tactics for the first time since winning her maiden in impressive fashion at Saratoga last August, Tracy Farmer homebred La Cara made every pole a winning one in Saturday's Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, besting favored Her Laugh, who lost her race at the break but ran on courageously in the final stages.
As opposed to Her Laugh, who was playing up in stall six and missed the kick by a good four lengths, La Cara hit the ground running and took the field into the first turn, perhaps a fraction keen through the opening quarter in :24.03. Settled better through the middle stages, La Cara picked up the pace and began to put a bit of daylight on her rivals entering the turn and it was strictly her race to lose nearing the stretch. The result was never in doubt from there, as she strode out a facile winner.
Her Laugh lingered at the tail, but had caught up to the field passing the quarter pole. A rails run did not materialize and she was...
The first reported foal for GI Preakness Stakes hero Rombauer (Twirling Candy) is a filly born at Porta Pia Farm in Lexington, it was announced via press release Saturday afternoon.
Out of a daughter of a French Listed-placed half-sister to two-time champion MGISW Covfefe (Into Mischief), herself the dam of SW Ellen Jay (Constitution), the filly was born Jan. 24. The second dam's siblings also include MGSW & MG1SP-Jpn Albiano (Harlan's Holiday), whose claim to fame as a broodmare comes in the form of her own daughter, GSW-Jpn Avverare (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}).
The dam, Crazy Passion (Fed Biz), is a half-sister to SP Daylight Ride (El Prado {Ire}) and a winner in Japan named Erika Endive (...
GI Arkansas Derby victor Super Stock (Dialed In) was represented by his first foal at Leadem Farm in Arkansas, the operation announced Saturday afternoon.
Out of the Ohio-bred three-time winner Sprinkle Time (Shackleford), who raced for the colt's owner Keith Asmussen–and who also campaigned Super Stock in partnership with Erv Woolsey, the foal hit the ground early Feb. 7. His dam is a half-sister to MSW Justalittlesmoke (Smoke Glacken) as well as MSW Portales (Sharp Humor) and SP Hazy Command (Mastery).
Super Stock placed third in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity as a juvenile before winning the GI Arkansas Derby in 2021 and finishing 15th in the race for the roses. By the time he retired, the son of Dialed In won just over $1.2-...
More And More is an old ditty that the late singer Joe Dolan, one of County Westmeath's finest exports, made famous back in the 1980s. Well, the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association could not have found a more suitable backing track to the small breeder award presentation at The Heritage Hotel, which was won by fellow Westmeath man John Connaughton.
For starters, Connaughton has enjoyed a lifetime of successes in business which have been replicated through his bloodstock endeavors. And even at the age of 93, the accolades keep on coming for Connaughton, who now resides at Barretstown House farm on the outskirts of Mullingar.
Last year was a special one for Connaughton. Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), who he sold for €320,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale in 2023, went unbeaten in three starts for trainer George Scott, culminating with G2 success in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. Such a win paved the way for...
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Aterradora at the Fair Grounds.
Starspangledbanner Filly Strikes Gold At Fair Grounds
Pura Vida Investments' Aterradora (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), second in her first two starts at Fair Grounds in November and January, got off the mark on the first day of February at that track (video). Bred by The Last Partnership, the filly was purchased for 150,000gns out of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by Deuce...
He made those that swallowed 1-5 really have to sweat it out, but in the end, Chester Broman's 'TDN Rising Star' Sand Devil (Violence) got to the wire first after a long stretch duel in Saturday's state-bred restricted Damon Runyon Stakes at Aqueduct, running his record to a perfect three wins from as many trips to the races.
An impressive four-length winner of his six-furlong debut Dec. 8, the immaculately bred colt was dropping back slightly in trip after decimating first-level allowance rivals by better than a dozen lengths going a mile Jan. 2.
Sand Devil found the front without having to do much work and could have opened up on his four rivals, but Jose Lezcano instead took a hard hold and they ambled along through route-like fractions of :24.52 and :48.58 as the stakes-placed chief market rival National Identity (...
Making a belated career debut as an early 4-year-old, NUIT MAGIQUE (f, 4, Arrogate–Twixy, by Mutakddim) made an eyecatching move to split horses three furlongs from home and widened through the final eighth of a mile to graduate by 10 impressive lengths Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn Park. Pegged at morning-line odds of 9-2, the $255,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $1-million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic breezer, off at 14-5, was under a hustling ride early on from Nik Juarez and was no better than midfield through the opening exchanges before improving into third and wide heading into the turn. Juarez looked for a brief moment that he was going to ask Nuit Magique to chart an overland course on the turn, but he instead sent her inside and she picked up the loose leader approaching the quarter pole. Firmly in front in upper stretch, she lengthened away and had a distance on her rivals at the wire. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, of course, called the shots on...
With training on the main track remaining limited to joggers Saturday morning at Santa Anita due to the rainstorms during the week, the synthetic training track saw 76 horses record timed workouts over the course.
Most notable on the list was SW & GSP Miss Lizzy (Classic Empire), who worked five panels in 1:00.80 (11/32), and who was one of nine workers for trainer Doug O'Neill. The filly was most recently seen running fourth in the GIII Las Cienegas Stakes Jan. 19 and who had claimed her first stakes victory last May in the local Listed Mizdirection Stakes.
The continuation comes after track officials estimated that around 2 1/4 inches of rain fell in the last week, far exceeding forecasts, and left the main track as well as the training track too wet for works on both Wednesday and Friday. The main track remained closed for workers Friday as mandated by the California Horse Racing Board's inclement weather policy but full training is expected to resume on Sunday...