World champion miler Palace Pier, the winner of five group 1 races, has been retired from racing and will stand at Dalham Hall Stud next year.
High-class stayer and 2018 Melbourne Cup (G1) second Marmelo will return to Britain to stand at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire following a two-year spell at Haras du Grand Courgeon in France.
Not This Time, a son of Giant's Causeway, is the leader of his second-crop sire class with 10 black-type winners and 14 stakes performers of 2021, and co-leader with two graded stakes winners.
Desperate Man rallied to win the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night by 3/4 length over Perfect Sting and Whichwaytothebeach with favorite Bulldog Hanover fourth. There were six other stakes on the card including the Fan Hanover Stakes won by Fire Start Hanover, the William Wellwood Memorial won by King of the North, and the Goodtimes Stakes won by Fashion Frenzy. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
This season's Chester Vase (G3) scorer Youth Spirit and high-class stayer Master of Reality head 11 wildcard entries for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale Oct. 25-28.
Suspended harness trainer Chris Oakes, who conspired with Thoroughbred trainer Jorge Navarro to give performance-enhancing drugs to Thoroughbred racehorses, pled guilty in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil Oct. 20.
Pin Oak Stud's 24-year-old homebred stallion was the last active son of Unbridled standing in Kentucky.
Jim Crowley's mount faces his toughest task yet with QEII opponents headed by John and Thady Gosden-trained Palace Pier and entries including Alcohol Free, Mother Earth and The Revenant.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday's meetings at Carlisle, Brighton, Chelmsford City and Wincanton.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Bath, Nottingham, Wetherby and Kempton.
Trevor Hemmings, the businessman who saved Preston from financial ruin and Grand National-winning racehorse owner, dies aged 86.
The Queen is recognised for her contribution to Flat racing by being inducted into the British Champions Series Hall of Fame.
Native Trail extends his unbeaten run with victory in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket as Buzz, ridden by Oisin Murphy, wins the Cesarewitch.
Two-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy misses his rides at Newmarket on Friday after a breathalyser test showed he had too much alcohol in his system to ride.
Racehorses entered to run in Great Britain will have to be signed out of the food chain from January, BBC Sport can reveal.
A 27-year-old man died in the crash at Exford in Exmoor on Sunday and Matt Griffiths was also hurt.
German outsider Torquator Tasso is a shock 80-1 winner in the 100th running of Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Michael Pitt, 19, was found dead at a petrol station in Berkshire in July, an inquest hears.
Trainer Johnny Farrelly is "permanently excluded" from British racing after being found to have breached safeguarding rules.
The fantastical life story of a forgotten national star. But who was the real man behind the Prince Monolulu mythology?
World champion miler Palace Pier, the winner of five group 1 races, has been retired from racing and will stand at Dalham Hall Stud next year.
High-class stayer and 2018 Melbourne Cup (G1) second Marmelo will return to Britain to stand at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire following a two-year spell at Haras du Grand Courgeon in France.
Not This Time, a son of Giant's Causeway, is the leader of his second-crop sire class with 10 black-type winners and 14 stakes performers of 2021, and co-leader with two graded stakes winners.
This season's Chester Vase (G3) scorer Youth Spirit and high-class stayer Master of Reality head 11 wildcard entries for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale Oct. 25-28.
Suspended harness trainer Chris Oakes, who conspired with Thoroughbred trainer Jorge Navarro to give performance-enhancing drugs to Thoroughbred racehorses, pled guilty in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil Oct. 20.
Pin Oak Stud's 24-year-old homebred stallion was the last active son of Unbridled standing in Kentucky.
Cilla aims to add another state, Kentucky, to her conquests, when she leads a field of 13 in the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 23.
The last-to-first success of Rosacea for owner/breeder Jurgen Winter in the Oct. 19 Prix des Reservoirs (G3) paid further dividends for his Haras de la Perelle breeding operation 24 hours later at the Arqana October Yearling Sale.
The New York Racing Association released its 2022 racing calendar Oct. 21, which calls for 202 live race days at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack, and Saratoga Race Course.
Keeneland has cataloged 254 horses of racing age for a new single, separate session of this year's November Breeding Stock Sale that will take place Nov. 19—the final day of the auction—immediately following the selection of breeding stock.
Jim Crowley's mount faces his toughest task yet with QEII opponents headed by John and Thady Gosden-trained Palace Pier and entries including Alcohol Free, Mother Earth and The Revenant.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday's meetings at Carlisle, Brighton, Chelmsford City and Wincanton.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Bath, Nottingham, Wetherby and Kempton.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Huntingdon, Leicester, Newcastle and Hereford.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday's meetings at Yarmouth, Wolverhampton, Musselburgh and Kempton.
Charlie Appleby landed the Dewhurst Stakes with Native Trail but the Godolphin trainer reckons Coroebus, who won the Autumn Stakes earlier, might be an even better bet for 2,000 Guineas.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday's meetings at Newmarket, Hexham, York and Chepstow.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday's meetings at Newmarket, Newcastle, York and Chepstow.
The BHA has amended its rules so that all racehorses entered to run in Britain must be signed out of the human food chain from January.
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday's meetings at Ayr, Exeter, Worcester and Chelmsford City.
Desperate Man rallied to win the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night by 3/4 length over Perfect Sting and Whichwaytothebeach with favorite Bulldog Hanover fourth. There were six other stakes on the card including the Fan Hanover Stakes won by Fire Start Hanover, the William Wellwood Memorial won by King of the North, and the Goodtimes Stakes won by Fashion Frenzy. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Saturday at Woodbine, God of Love survived an inquiry to win the Cup and Saucer Stakes over favorite Fast Feet. Also on the card, Art of Almost won the Ontario Matron Stakes (G3) and Special Forces won the Durham Cup (G3). Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Saturday at Belmont Park, Rockemperor drew off late to win the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) by 2 lengths over Serve the King and favorite Gufo. Also on the card, Bubble Rock won the Matron Stakes (G3) and Following Sea won the Vosburgh Stakes (G2). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Sunday concluded "Win and You're In" weekend at Santa Anita with Private Mission taking the Zenyatta Stakes (G2). Also on the card, Ce Ce won the Chillingworth Stakes (G3), Mackinnon won the Zuma Beach Stakes, Cairo Memories won the Surfer Girl Stakes, and Zero Tolerance won the Unzip Me Stakes. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Saturday continued "Win and You're In" weekend at Santa Anita with Medina Spirit romping home 5 lengths in front in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1). Also on the card, Going to Vegas won the Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1), United won the John Henry Turf Championship (G2), Dr. Schivel won the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2), and Mo Forza won the City of Hope Mile (G2). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Saturday at Belmont Park, Art Collector won the featured Woodward Stakes (G1) by 1 1/2 lengths over favorite Maxfield with Dr Post third. Also on the card, Jack Christopher won the Champagne Stakes (G1), Arrest Me Red won the Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational (G3), and Sail won the Miss Grillo Stakes (G2). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Friday kicked off "Win and You're In" weekend at Santa Anita with Corniche winning the featured American Pharoah Stakes (G1) over Pappacap. Also on the card, Ain't Easy won the Chandelier Stakes (G2), Lieutenant Dan won the Eddie D Stakes (G2), and One Timer won the Speakeasy Stakes. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
"Saturday at Parx Racing, favorite Hot Rod Charlie won the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) by 2 1/4 lengths over Midnight Bourbon after surviving an objection. Also on the card, Jackie's Warrior won the Gallant Bob Stakes (G2), Hollywood Talent won the Turf Monster Stakes (G3), and You Must Chill won the Alphabet Soup Handicap. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Again at Parx, favorite Clairiere won the Cotillion (G1) by 2 1/2 lengths over Obligatory and Army Wife. Also on the card, Mind Control won the Parx Dirt Mile, Magic Michael won the Greenwood Cup (G3), and Chub Wagon won the Plum Pretty Stakes. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, favorite Venerable did not disappoint in the Mohawk Million, winning over Duly Resolved and Valentina Blu. Also on the card, Monte Miki won the Metro Pace, Niki Hill won the She's A Great Lady, Lyons Sentinel won the Milton, Inaminute Hanover won the Simcoe, and Powertrain won the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
MyRacehorse will offer ownership in six yearlings that were purchased at the recent Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale of selected yearlings. The yearlings, referred to as the “Fasig Select Six, each come with a $2-million bonus designed specifically for horses purchased by MyRacehorse at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. For colts, the bonus would be paid if any were to win the GI Kentucky Derby and for the fillies, the bonus would be paid for a GI Kentucky Oaks victory. Unlike past MyRacehorse offerings, where bonuses were split in partnership with co-owners, these bonuses would be paid out exclusively to MyRacehorse shareholders.
“Our goal is to provide fans access to horses that have the opportunity to become classic horses; elite horses, racing on the biggest days for the biggest prizes,” said Michael Behrens, CEO & Founder of MyRacehorse. “The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale provided us the opportunity to navigate through a select set of impeccably bred, well-conformed...
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a daughter of former racetrack and sales ring star Seta.
1.30 Doncaster, Mdn, £7,000, 2yo, f, 8fT
ONE EVENING (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is one of two newcomers from John and Thady Gosden's set-up, which took this race with Lady Bamford's subsequent G1 Prix de Diane heroine Star of Seville (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) in 2014. That owner-breeder, who shares her March-foaled homebred with Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor and also won this in 2012 with her eventual G2 Park Hill S. scorer and G1 Epsom Oaks third The Lark (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), paid 1.1million gns at the 2015 Tattersalls December Mares Sale for the ex-Sarah and Robin Leigh-owned dam Seta (GB...
Multiple Grade I winner Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}–Rosa Bonheur, by Mr. Greeley) will stand the 2022 season at Gainesway Farm following his retirement from racing. The winner of this season's GI Maker's Mark Mile is expected to make his final start in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. Raging Bull will enter stud in 2022 with an advertised fee of $10,000 LFSN.
“Raging Bull is a knockout physically,” said Gainesway General Manager Brian Graves. “His six triple digit Beyer speed figures and his performances over 14 Grade I events are impressive. His sire, Dark Angel, has become one of the most influential sires in International racing.”
Included among his black-type victories at three, Raging Bull took the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S., GIII Saranac S. and Del Mar's GI Hollywood Derby. At four, he made five starts, all in Grade I company, placing in the GI Manhattan S., GII Fourstardave H. and GI Woodbine Mile. The Chad Brown trainee...
From the mud and the murk of a storm-hit Deauville on Thursday emerged the latest TDN Rising Star as The Aga Khan's Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) strutted his stuff in the card's opening Prix de Saint-Desir for unraced juveniles. A son of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, G1 Coronation S. and G1 Prix du Moulin heroine Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) racing for the Jean-Claude Rouget stable, the April-foaled bay was patiently ridden by Christophe Soumillon towards the rear early. Making smooth headway in the straight, the 41-10 second favourite was shaken up to challenge at the furlong marker and did it all under mild handling in the closing stages to score stress-free by 3/4-of-a-length from Lev (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). That Pia and Joakim Brandt-trained half-sister to the G3 Prix Sigy-winning sire Fas (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus...
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo and Hanshin Racecourses. The 3-year-old fillies' Classics concluded with last weekend's G1 Shuka Sho and 3-year-old males get their final chance at Classics glory in Sunday's G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) at Hanshin. A full field of 17 colts and one filly includes the progressive US-bred Air Sage (Point of Entry), winner of three of his four starts to date:
Saturday, October 23, 2021
2nd-TOK, ¥9,680,000 ($85k), Maiden, 2yo, 1400m
SPEED GLAMOUR (f, 2, Into Mischief–Island Escape, by Petionville) debuted with a solid fourth behind the highly promising $4.7-million juvenile colt Dobune (Jpn) (Deep...
Leading Second-Crop Sire Not This Time (Giant's Causeway-Miss Macy Sue, by Trippi) tops Taylor Made Stallions roster for 2022 with a fee of $45,000 S&N. Also joining Taylor Made for the 2022 season is four-time Grade I winner Knicks Go (Paynter–Kosmo's Buddy, by Outflanker), likely favorite for the Nov. 6 GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar. A stud fee for Knicks Go, winner of the 2018 GI Breeders' Futurity in addition to this season's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational GI Whitney S., will be announced following the Breeders' Cup.
Currently, Not This Time leads...
Point-to-pointers proved popular during the one-day Goffs UK Autumn Sale on Thursday, with trade topped by Music Drive (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}) (lot 129). Offered by Colin Bowe's Milestone Stables, the 4-year-old Music Drive won a point-to-point at Monksgrange on Sept. 26, and was picked up by Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott for £90,000.
At the close of trade, 113 horses sold (66%) from 170 offered for an aggregate of £1,014,800 that was up 29% on last year. The average jumped 83% to £8,981, while the median climbed 67% to £5,000.
Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “It is always difficult to make direct comparisons between horses in training sales as any trade will be determined by the strength of the catalogue and the quality of the horses on offer. With that in mind, we were delighted with the strength of the sale and, as...
The New York Racing Association released its 2022 racing calendar with 202 live race days at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course.
The 2021-22 Aqueduct winter meet will run from Thursday, Dec. 9 through Sunday, Mar. 27 with live racing generally conducted four days per week in January and February and three days per week in March.
The 15-day Aqueduct spring meet will open Thursday Mar. 31 and conclude on Sunday, Apr. 24. Live racing will be conducted Thursday-Sunday.
Highlighted by the 154th running of the GI Belmont S. June 11, the 44-day Belmont spring/summer meet opens Thursday, Apr. 28, and will continue through Sunday, July 10. Live racing will generally be conducted Thursday-Sunday during the spring meet at Belmont with the exception of Memorial Day weekend and July 4th weekend, when live racing will be conducted Friday-Monday.
The 40-day summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course wil will open Thursday, July 14 and conclude...
The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) awarded $12,000 to Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to be used as grants for two need-based scholarships totaling $12,000 ($6,000 each) for students interested in pursuing equine medicine after graduation. The latest scholarship recipients are Bianca Ruspi and Tyler Olson.
“The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine is very grateful for the support TERF is providing to its students, especially those planning to pursue equine medicine,” Sheila Reakes, Director of Annual Giving at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine states. “The availability of scholarships has become increasingly important in helping graduates lower their debt load and in allowing them to consider a broader array of careers, including those in more rural areas where quality veterinarians are much needed, upon graduation.”
Founded by Herb and Ellen Moelis, TERF's current board includes co-chairs Kathleen Anderson...
Progeny of the late champion sire Galileo (Ire) and his heir apparent Frankel (GB) are among the standout offerings in the Goffs November Foal Sale, for which the catalogue was released on Thursday.
The Goffs November Foal Sale will take place at Kildare Paddocks from Nov. 15 to 18, with 1015 foals spread across the four days. The format of the sale will be a rising tide of quality from Monday through Wednesday. Trade will return to Monday's more modest levels for Thursday.
The three Galileo foals catalogued for Goffs November are thus far the only progeny of the perennial champion sire catalogued for a European breeding stock sale, and they are a filly out of American Grade I winner Nickname (Scat Daddy) (lot 624), whose full-sister topped this year's Goffs Orby Sale when bought by MV Magnier for €1.5-...
