Latest Updates Around The World
Valentine’s Day on February 14 was not only a day to celebrate love, but also a day to celebrate the top performances of horses around the world. After their standout wins on Saturday, Forever young And Paladin both found themselves moving up in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association polls. Forever Young’s repeat victory in the […]
John Shirreffs, who trained Zenyatta to a Hall of Fame career and saddled Giacomo to win the 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1), died in his sleep on February 12 at his home in Arcadia, California. He was 80. “The industry lost a great man today,” said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode these horses […]
Owner Mike Repole said Jan. 19 that he is in the process of filing a lawsuit against numerous industry entities. In a post on the social media platform He wrote that a national lawsuit, similar to the one recently settled between Michael Jordan and NASCAR, he believes will “uncover facts long hidden and critical to […]
A private tour to visit Hall of Fame member Zenyatta at Lane’s End Farm, along with halters worn by Breeders’ Cup champions American Pharoah, Cody’s Wish, Flightline and Stormy Liberal, are among several items listed in a Breeders’ Cup Charities online auction launched Jan. 12. The auction runs until 11:55 PM ET on Sunday, January […]
While acknowledging that horse racing offered creative approaches to bringing in new fans in 2025, marketing expert Ben Cleminson presented some next-level ideas at the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities conference in Paris in October. Cleminson, CEO of Square in the Air, a racing and gaming marketing agency, presented a number of such ideas during […]
Haras Rio Iguassu’s 5 year old Obataye rocketed past five rivals in the final furlong to capture the 1 1/2-mile Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional (G1) at Hipodromo de San Isidro on December 13. With this victory, Obataye, ridden by Joao Moreira, earned the first automatic starting position for next year’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup […]
Marc Holliday is undoubtedly the Man of the Times for the New York Racing Association. During a pivotal period in NYRA’s history, when NYRA’s long-term future is shaped by the building of a new business Belmont Parkthe nonprofit couldn’t have a better person to chair its board of directors than an industry leader in the […]
Three-year-old foal Gezora got the best possible introduction to the United States on November 1 when she visited the winners circle at Sea after winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T). The plan now is for her to chase more American winning circles at the age of four. In news first reported by […]
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 […]
