Jen Roytz, co-owner of Brownstead Farm & president of the KY Horse Council, shares her passion for racing & aftercare. She highlights the racing & equestrian communities’ role in giving Thoroughbreds a life beyond the track and what racehorse owners can do to set their horses up for success.
Top 3-year-olds Rodriguez and Baeza each had their final local works April 20 at Santa Anita Park prior to shipping to Churchill Downs. Rodriguez, who is ticketed for a start in the 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3, worked five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 for trainer Bob Baffert. Baeza drilled in the company of stablemate Atitlan ,…
The $500,000 Essex Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park March 22 drew a field of seven, but whether all the top contenders run is yet to be determined. Each of the top three morning-line choices—Godolphin homebreds Kinetic (8-5) and Maycocks Bay (2-1) and David Bernsen’s Tarantino (3-1)—are cross-entered in the $500,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2)…
It is mostly a guessing game early in the year when trying to predict which stallions will finish the year in the general sires list Top 25 by progeny earnings. It is Thoroughbred racing’s equivalent of March Madness. Just like the ongoing NCAA basketball tournament, we know who the favorites are. But it’s those bracket-busting…
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Normandy Coast , a 3-year-old colt by Omaha Beach who won the April 6 Palisades Stakes at Keeneland, sold for $355,000 to Steven Judy to lead the Keeneland April Horses of Racing Age Sale, held April 25 following the final race of the spring meet. Consigned by Kenneally Racing, agent, Normandy Coast has started five times, producing three…
Image: Bradley Photos Treasurethe Moment has become just the second filly this century to claim the VRC-ATC Oaks double. Courage, willpower and a touch of class have lifted Treasurethe Moment to a remarkable win in the ATC Australian Oaks after the star filly looked to be out on her feet at the top of the straight….
