The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Jim Benes, Cheryl McIntyre, and Rich Nilsen have been voted by their peers for induction into the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship Hall of Fame. These decorated handicappers represent the 11th class of NHC Hall of Fame inductees and will be recognized during the NHC Champions Dinner…
2024 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) winner First Resort , scratched from the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 22 at Turfway Park due to hind-end stiffness, has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left hock, trainer Eoin Harty said. No surgery will be required, but First Resort will be out of training for 60…
The Fasig-Tipton February Digital Sale closed Feb. 25 with 157 horses sold of the 197 offered for $4,965,400. The sale averaged $31,626 with a clearance rate of 80%. The median was $10,000. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, 2-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and short yearlings. More…
Join hosts Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins for the latest episode of BloodHorse Monday, your weekly dose of Thoroughbred racing analysis and insights! In this action-packed installment: We review replays and discuss the exciting results of the weekend’s key Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) preps—the Rebel Stakes (G2) won by Coal Battle , the Honeybee…
Grade 3 winner La Cara is one of seven 3-year-old fillies entered in the $215,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1, including another grade 3 winner in The Queens M G . The one-mile Davona Dale offers Road to the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) points on a scale of 50-25-15-10-5. La Cara most…
Angie and John Rodriguez had not anticipated adding a stallion operation for at least another year to the North Texas farm they opened in early 2024. They already had their hands full putting in a new training track and adding barns. Then trainer Danny Pate cold-called them and said he had a stallion that needed…
When it comes to consistency on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail this season, Built has been the model. The Wayne Catalano-trained son of Hard Spun has hit the board in each of the first three prep races held at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, including a victory in December’s Gun Runner Stakes. However, the…
Coal Battle’s victory in the Rebel Stakes Feb. 23, which placed the colt atop the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, makes for an ideal time to revisit a BloodHorse magazine regional feature on one of the 3-year-old’s breeders. In the March 2024 issue, Denis Blake shone a light on Jay Adcock and Red River…
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Heavenly Prize at Aqueduct & Gulfstream Park Sprint at Gulfstream this weekend. Source link
Alexander Helios ‘ journey is not necessarily an unusual one; the 5-year-old son of Cairo Prince began his career in California before moving to the stable of trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. After another change in trainer, the horse has been reunited with Joseph since May 2024. While Alexander Helios had some previous success—hitting the board in…
