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 […]
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 […]
You might be wondering if the dream of Saudi Arabia’s rulers to dominate the world’s most watched sports at the highest level isn’t a little vague. writes Tony Stafford. Golfers and footballers have been enticed with unfathomably large sums of money to join the Liv Tour and the Saudi Pro League respectively, but even after […]
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 […]
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 […]
At a time when 2-year-olds are focused on preparing for the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), the 5-year-old Bishops Bay is confronted with its own preparation. Trainer Brad Cox shared how Uncle Mo’s son is doing in the Dec. 6 $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) on Aqueduct racecourse will play a key […]
Three-time winner of the Rank 3 stakes Bishops Bay kicked off the opening hour of the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale on November 12 with the sale for the top price of $1.3 million to KAS Stables agent Pedro Lanz. The seven-figure price was a record for the sale, which Keeneland began in […]