George Scott on West Acre

Former top United States miler Carl Spackler  is expected to race one more time in Britain before starting his new career in Australia.  The triple grade 1 winner was bought last month by Yulong Investments with a long-term aim of contesting the Oct. 25 Cox Plate (G1), a race the owners won last year with…

Sandman  and Publisher , 1-2, respectively, in the Arkansas Derby (G1) are scheduled to ship March 31 to Churchill Downs to begin preparations for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), their respective trainers said March 30, while third-place finisher Coal Battle  will stick around a little longer before joining them. Sandman cemented his status as a…

In a collaboration to further increase the popularity of the Claiming Crown series for racing’s blue-collar horses, Colonial Downs will host an eight-race Claiming Crown Preview Day on Thursday, Aug. 21, at Virginia’s Thoroughbred track in New Kent. The top two finishers in each race will receive an automatic berth in the corresponding Claiming Crown…

Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET closing day of the spring meet April 25. Click here for the online catalog and here for full-sale form figures. The April sale, which will be livestreamed on Keeneland.com, will begin following the racing action that starts at 12:30 p.m. to…

Alice Haynes’s stable star Cairo , who finished a career-best third at Royal Ascot in the Queen Anne Stakes (G1) June 17 at odds of 100-1, is set to spend the rest of the summer in the United States with some ambitious targets on his agenda. The 5-year-old son of Quality Road   gave his Kuwaiti owner Refai…

With Straight No Chaser , the Eclipse Award-winning male sprinter of 2024, in the Middle East preparing for the April 5 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), five other California sprinters will look to capitalize while he is away in the March 29 San Carlos Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. The quintet, led by 3-5 morning-line choice Pilot…