Trainer Lonnie Briley talks with BloodHorse’s Sean Collins about Rebel Stakes (G2) winner and Arkansas Derby (G1) third-place finisher Coal Battle after he trained at Churchill Downs for the first time ahead of the Kentucky Derby (G1) April 7.
Brad Cox has trained many good fillies, but none then greater than two-time champion Monomoy Girl . The tough-as-nails chestnut put Cox on the map with her gallant victory in the 2018 Kentucky Oaks (G1) and two Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) titles. Now, only four years after Monomoy Girl’s exit, Cox may have found the brilliant…
Following a third consecutive graded stakes victory, coming in the July 26 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course, 3-year-old Sovereignty has supplanted 4-year-old Mindframe in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, is 4-1-0 in five starts this year for Godolphin…
Juvenile breezers out of group winners and lightly raced horses in training feature among a classy catalog for the upcoming Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and and Horses in Training Sale April 30-May 1. Highlights among the breeze-up lots include a Kingman colt out of group 1 winner Samba Inc ; a Footstepsinthesand colt out of 2006…
The Thoroughbred racing industry joined forces on Saturday, April 19th for the seventh annual PDJF Telethon to raise over $445,000 for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). The event was presented by Lane’s End Farm and broadcast on both FanDuel TV and America’s Day at the Races on the FOX Sports family of networks. “This…
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has entered four fillies in the Oct. 10 Fillies’ Mile (G1) at Newmarket Racecourse, with the Prestige Fillies Stakes (G3) and Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) winner Precise set to be joined by Moments of Joy , Sugar Island , and Composing . Precise is currently the 10-1 second favorite for next year’s One Thousand Guineas (G1)…
Ballydoyle has sent out 10 winners of the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1), a sparkling roll of honor which includes Halfway To Heaven, Winter , and Hermosa , but none had as stellar a juvenile campaign as Lake Victoria , who lines up against 11 rivals at the Curragh May 25. The Frankel filly proved a sensation last year,…
