Consider the performance of the $30 million racehorse Forever young . Yes, I’m rounding the revenue total a bit, but with numbers like this, it’s close enough. A year after scoring victories and placing in the top three international dirt races for older horses, the remarkable Forever Young continued his impressive run with a season-opening […]
In recent years, U.S.-based trainers fortunate enough to have multiple Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls might try to chart different paths toward the first Saturday in May, perhaps with one runner coming in on Gulfstream Park and another bee Aqueduct racecourseor one up Santa Anita Park and another bee Oaklawn Park. While these decisions are still […]
There will be plenty of music Gulfstream Park January 24, a typically festive Pegasus World Cup Day. The DJs in the catering industry will probably play a lot of pop and hip hop. But on the track it could be Disco Time. No, KC and the Sunshine Band will not be performing. Instead, the favorite […]
With any luck in the coming months, the resumption of the Sovereignty –Journalism rivalry could be an international sensation. Michael McCarthy, trainer of Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, said the son of Curl will return to his Santa Anita Park in the shed in mid-January, hoping to get six or seven works in before starting […]
Dual Melbourne Cup (G1)-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien believes so Al Riffa could give him a first winner at the prestigious international meeting in Hong Kong when the entire stallion takes his chance in the Hong Kong Vase (G1) on December 14 at Sha Tin Racecourse. Al Riffa, a 5-year-old from Coolmore’s late father sensation Wootton […]
Hit Show came home first in the Hagyard Fayette Stakes at Keeneland on October 25, giving trainer Brad Cox the most wins at the Fall Meet Lisa Brewer What’s the best way to top the charts? Maybe it’s part of a hit show. Saturday, October 25 closed the curtain on racing at Keeneland for 2025. […]