Sale histories for horses entered in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held May 19-20 at Timonium, Md. The under tack show will be held May 13-15 starting at 8 a.m. ET each day. Each session of the sale starts at 11 a.m.
Italian native Umberto Rispoli won his first American classic, May 17, guiding Journalism to victory in a roughly contested Preakness Stakes (G1), the second jewel in the Triple Crown, and was named Jockey of the Week by the Jockeys’ Guild for May 12 through May 18. The weekly honor, determined by votes, recognizes jockeys for significant riding…
John Stewart’s new and notable Resolute Racing has joined Horse Country and will begin offering tours of their farm in Midway, Kentucky starting March 25. Established in 2023, Resolute Racing has entered the horse racing scene at full stride, quickly becoming a comprehensive breeding and racing operation. From the beginning of Resolute Racing, founder John…
Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican; Rep. Don Davis, a North Carolina Democrat; and Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, have introduced to Congress the bipartisan Racehorse Health and Safety Act, which would establish an interstate compact to develop nationwide rules governing scientific medication control and racetrack safety for horse racing and replace the Horseracing Integrity…
Every year around this time, I pen an Unlocking Winners column highlighting up-and-coming juveniles worth following as the Road to the Kentucky Derby unfolds. Sometimes, the horses I highlight turn into stakes stars. Others fall short of expectations. But I feel confident the following five horses have bright futures, and I expect at least a…
Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1) isn’t just a Grade 1 race. The one-mile grass contest at Woodbine is a pivotal steppingstone toward the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), to which it offers a “Win and You’re In” berth. On six occasions since 2011, the Woodbine Mile has produced the Breeders’ Cup Mile champion, with five horses sweeping…
The May 4 renewal of the Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1), longest of the Japan Racing Association’s top-level races, pits a few veteran stayers against some up-and-coming 4-year-olds. Last year’s winner, T O Royal, is sidelined with a leg issue, leaving 2023 winner Justin Palace and 2024 runner-up Blow the Horn to carry the banner for…
