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For the fifth consecutive year, Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin breeding and racing company tops the North American leaderboards for breeders as individuals and among individuals with partnerships. Godolphin has consistently raised the bar with each consecutive title he earns, setting a new high in 2025 with total earnings of $27,288,066. When taking into account horses bred […]
Eleven of the most memorable, large-scale and momentous events from thoroughbred racing in North America last year have been nominated for the 2025 FanDuel Racing NTRA Moment of the Year, an award determined by fan votes and recognized at the annual Eclipse Awards. Voting is available on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association website, NTRA.comand via […]
The first Saturday in January is chilly for a 3-year-old colt Aqueduct racecourse feels more than five months away from the first Saturday in May Churchill Downs. Winning a stakes like the $139,500 Jerome Stakes on Jan. 3 at the Big A can earn a three-year-old some Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points, but the one-turn […]
As Thoroughbred racing enters a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past twelve months and applying those lessons to a new year. With 2026 just around the corner, BloodHorse has repeated its year-end online survey to ask some of the sport’s leading figures for their views on relevant issues facing […]
Diane Crump, the pioneering Thoroughbred jockey whose riding breakthroughs paved the way for generations of female riders, died Jan. 1 at a hospital in Winchester, Virginia. She was 77. For the past few months, she had been battling an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma. Crump, involved with horses from her childhood until the last […]
If you’ve attended the Preakness Stakes (G1) in recent years, you’re no doubt well aware of trainer Brittany Russell. The undisputed Queen of Maryland Racing who recently captured their third straight training title at the Maryland Jockey Club-operated racetracks, Russell’s horses typically draw a lot of attention on the Preakness undercard. But not in the […]
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 […]
It was strange waking up the morning after Christmas and going somewhere Santa Anita Park. If you still believe in thoroughbred racing in Southern California, that’s the day you show up and get counted. The last time the Santa Anita meeting opened on a day other than December 26, no one came. The turnout was […]
Tappanstraat last in action when disrupting Sovereignty in the $1.02 million Florida Derby (G1) on March 29, is entered for an optional mileage claimant on December 19 at Gulfstream Park. The 3 year old son of In mischief owned by WinStar Farm, CHC and Cold Press Racing and trained by Brad Cox, has been on […]
