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Once upon a time (oh no, there it goes again) there was a race called the Hollywood Futurity. As the name suggests, it was intended as a glitzy foretaste of things to come – hopefully good things – designed for talented young thoroughbreds whose enthusiasm for hunting was still imaginative and fresh. Since the Futurity […]
Since the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) moved from Hollywood Park to its current home in Los Alamitos Race Trackthe 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier was unkind to pacers. That could come as a surprise, as the Los Alamitos Futurity usually draws a small field, which should be conducive to gate-to-wire winners. […]
A majority of the North American stallions topping the BloodHorse’s Most Watched Leading Stallions list have a comfortable margin heading into mid-December, with one exception. The race for leading father of 2-year-olds in one weekend has turned into a dogfight between Taylor Made Stallion’s handsome dad Not this time and the great sire of Spendthrift […]
Even with the scratch of being a two-time stakes winner Himika trainer Bob Baffert won his ninth consecutive Starlet Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos Race Track December 6. Consequence a private breeder of Juddmonte, scored above California bred Collected in the 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies. With Himika out, Baffert had two contestants in […]
The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed last year’s gross of $196,492,900, including after-ring sales, at the end of the fifth session on November 8. A total of 1,176 horses have changed hands to date for $221,832,000, a 29% increase from the same point last year and already 13% more than all of last year’s […]
If a weekend of scintillating racing at the Breeders’ Cup yielded nothing, it would be how little the results Sea done to change the positioning of North American bulls based on the merits of their offspring. Not that this is a bad thing; For the most part, this would require the kind of anomaly where […]
The Biz November 1, 2025 Talla Racing’s Splendora delivered a dazzling performance to kick off Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup card at Del Mar. She stormed past her favorite stablemate Hope Road at the top of the stretch to win the $1 million PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) by 4 ¾ lengths. The […]
Over the years, trainer Bob Baffert has enough to smile at Del Mar .. Benoit Photo Benoit Photo How does a coach constantly produce winners? Is it happiness, hard work, talent levels in the ranks, implementation of the game plan or a combination of the aforementioned? The most famous with competition usually understands some of […]
