Southern California trainer Sergio Morfin has been suspended for 22 days and fined $3,500 for two post-race methocarbamol positive test results in the 3-year-old filly Lady Dosia. The filly, a homebred racing for Karen Norton, first tested positive for the muscle relaxant following her racing debut May 16 at Santa Anita Park, where she finished…
No stone is unturned when shopping for potential racehorses at a yearling sale, with every possible advantage weighed. One of the angles leveraged is a yearling’s broodmare sire, and through session six of the ongoing Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the late Bernardini leads the broodmare sire ranks by number of seven-figure purchases with six. Bernardini,…
British racing’s day of protest in Westminster last week certainly made an impression, not only through media coverage but also, apparently, in the corridors of power. Labor MPs were in short supply among the more than 200 people who gathered at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London Sept. 10 to hear passionate arguments for…
Video Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the 33rd episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We recap the start of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) trails as Spice Runner wins the Iroquois Stakes (G3) and Taken by the Wind wins the…
Racing Australia will go back to the drawing board this week after a bid to make four more NSW races group 1s—and upgrade more than 40 other events around the country without making downgrades—was rejected by the Asian Racing Federation’s Asian Pattern Committee. Australia’s black-type impasse continues as the move for a vast suite of…
How is it that someone of relatively modest means who operates a family business in Albany, N.Y., has been a partner in four high-caliber runners since he first owned Thoroughbreds in 2011? Well, it is hard to believe good karma has not played a role in Lucas Stritsman’s uncommon success. His journey with Corms Racing…
Hail Lease Cancellation as a Justified Step; Demand CBI & ED Probes into Alleged Corruption, Money Laundering & GST Violations by CLTA Chandigarh, Sep 15, 2025: Key stakeholders of Chandigarh’s tennis ecosystem—including Prasang Raheja (sports lawyer & senior tennis player), Neeraj Yashpaul (Chandigarh’s No. 1 men’s tennis player), Ajay Yashpaul (Neeraj’s father), Nagendra Saroha (father…
Rutuja Bhosale’s 2025 doubles campaign added another chapter of excellence at ITF W75 Le Neubourg, where the Indian star claimed her third ITF doubles title from six final appearances this year. As the second seeds alongside Britain’s Naiktha Bains, Bhosale delivered a week of controlled tennis that showcased her doubles prowess. The duo’s path began…
At the end of the sixth session of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale Sept. 14, a total of 1,305 horses had changed hands for $434,982,000, including private sales, surpassing last year’s record sale that grossed $428,097,000 from the 12-session sale. The average for six sessions is $333,320, with a median of $240,000. Fixty-six yearlings have sold…
Susan Naylor (formerly Moulton) found herself in a bidding war at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale when she went to $600,000 to secure the top-priced filly (Hip 1722) by Bolt d’Oro during the Sept. 14 session. Hip 1722 is the second foal from the stakes winning Summer Front mare Shea D Summer. She was bred in…
