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Lone Star Stallions’ first reported foal Arrogates Hercules is a colt born on February 20 in Texas from breeder Daniel Bates. Bates bred the colt, the first foal from the Run Away and Hide daughter Ruby Soho. The mare is out of Rock Hard Ten winner Katie’s Ten, who has produced four winners from six […]
Roll on Big Joe does just that – and continues – as he captured the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes Oaklawn Park February 8, completing his first three-stake win streak. The six-furlong race was originally scheduled as a field of nine. But with four scratches, the competitive depth was significantly reduced. Roll on Big Joegr/ro, 6/grProspective […]
Silent tactics will move to the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) on March 1 Oaklawn Park Following his victory in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 6, Mark Casse, the colt’s two-time Hall of Fame trainer, said on February 8. Silent Tactic received a preliminary Beyer Speed Figure of 88, a career-high, after his 3 […]
Riding the rail under Ricardo Santana Jr., Will take it came through a narrow opening in the early stretch and was fought out Houthof to win the $150,000 fifth season stake on February 5 Oaklawn Park. Will Take It finished third in the five-horse field over the first six furlongs of the race, on the […]
The severe winter conditions resulting from Winter Storm Fern, with cold temperatures pushing temperatures into the single digits in some parts of the United States, are still causing live racing cancellations across the eastern United States from Kentucky to the Northeast. Oaklawn Park announced on January 27 the cancellation of its January 30-February 1 racing […]
Southwest coach Jose Roberto Gonzalez Sr., already serving an 18-month suspension, has been given an additional 36 months for a second violation involving the banned bronchodilator albuterol. Gonzalez was initially sanctioned after an out-of-competition hair sample was collected on July 23, 2025 from the then 6-year-old gelding Discovery N Sight at Albuquerque Downs revealed the […]
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association announced Jan. 26 that there would be a yearling preference sale on Sept. 1, and a separate mixed sale on Oct. 11. These dates were chosen after the board solicited comments from consignors and buyers. In 2025, Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its annual yearling sale, followed by a mixed […]
After jockey Vernon Bush broke his back in three places and fractured a rib when his horse flipped during the postal parade at Belterra Park last August, some family members and close friends began planning a retirement party. But the 64-year-old Bush, who started riding at River Downs in Ohio in 1978, asked them to […]
While people will say, “Happy New Year!” On January 1, all thoroughbreds celebrate their birthday. That serves as the final reminder that the spring classics will soon take shape. Horses that were 2 at the start of the week will turn 3 on Thursday and talk of the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) will continue to […]
