After finishing behind Super runner And Discover in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), the easily flown Meaning turned the tables in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes on Feb. 8 Santa Anita Park. The daughter of Rifle runner earned 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) for her 1 1/2-length win. Bridlewood […]
A quartet of Breeders’ Cup winners –Splendor , Nysos , Super runner And Full Serrano -all recorded training sessions on January 11 at Santa Anita Park. Splendora and Nysos both worked for trainer Bob Baffert. Splendora, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), drilled 4 furlongs in :49. It was the […]
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 […]
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 […]
In her first start since winning the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) in late March, Five G will attempt to secure the first Grade 1 victory of her career when she concludes her 3-year-old season in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes on December 28 at Santa Anita Park. The 7-furlong test for 3-year-old fillies offers an […]
Debut his commitment to trainer Michael McCarthy, Grim contrast took the lead deep in the play and scored a mile on 5 October with a length in the $ 100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes (G3T) Santa Anita Park. Jockey Kazushi Kimura is apparently not only a top jockey, but also an excellent prognosticator. Prior to Stark […]
The roar of a healthy young stallion reflected the Michael McCarthy Shed Row. “Is that him?” Aron Wellman asked. Yes, it was him. On the eve of his confrontation with Nysos And Fierceness In the $ 1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) August 30 to Sea” Journalism Send his horse complaints, including the temporary inability […]
Eclipse Thoroughbred partners and trainer Michael McCarthy have had a magical season with Journalism this year, and that magic extended to Speed In the August 16 del Mar Oaks (G1T). The Fraveulen surprised a more experienced field at 35-1 to score with half a length. With a field of 11 that, among other things, the […]
Perhaps Fasig-Pipeon will decorate its sales ring with some black eyes Susans for the 104th edition of the Saratoga Sale, Fasig-TipTon’s Select Yearling Sale, 4-5 August in Saratoga Springs, NY The official flower of the preakness stakes (G1) would be suitable if half or full brothers and sisters for the past three winners of the […]