Trainer Brad Cox is amazed that Good Cheer has managed to stay unbeaten through seven career starts after her victory in the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. Despite the growing target on her back, the trainer said he’s not feeling any pressure yet.
Selling just minutes apart, two colts brought the top price of $500,000 on the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 21 in Lexington. OGMA Investments secured Hip 576, a colt by first-crop yearling sire Life Is Good , and for the second year in a row at the October sale Mahmud Mouni nabbed…
Owner/breeder Debby Oxley may have a mere 20 mares on the farm and a few graded stakes winners to her credit as an owner, but the impact of her breeding operation—the same quality-over-quantity boutique enterprise that bred 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone —has been nothing short of potent, dating back to her beloved…
Globetrotting superstar Forever Young defeated an ultra-competitive field to capture the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The 4-year-old son of Real Steel became the first Japanese-bred and -trained winner of the Classic. Forever Young (JPN), b, 4/c Real Steel (JPN) — Forever Darling, by Congrats Owner: SUSUMU…
Keeneland has supplemented a filly by Tapit and a colt by Uncle Mo to Book 1 of the September Yearling Sale Sept. 8-9. Sessions both days begin at 1 p.m. ET. Opening day of the auction will include: • Hip 183, a daughter of Tapit who is from the family of multiple grade 1 winner…
It’s the test for the Test. Excuse the redundancy, but in recent years the $175,000 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) has been an appropriate steppingstone for 3-year-old filly sprinters to the Test Stakes (G1). Yet this year the link between the two stakes is stronger than ever before. Previously run downstate at Belmont Park or Aqueduct…
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, saw a healthy amount of prospective buyers on the grounds over the weekend. The one-day sale begins Sept. 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET. A total of 225 horses have been cataloged. “We’ve had a lot of traffic,” said Paget Bennett, Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic…
