What's Going On Here: The Homecoming
Walter May has developed a one-man show around Joe Palmer's This Was Racing. He took his show Oct. 13 to the Pons family’s Country Life Farm.
Evan Hammonds
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New York Auction Kicks Off Mixed Sale Season
With the robust yearling auction season winding down, the mixed sale market gets underway Oct. 16 with the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga October sale.
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What's Going On Here: Joy Ride
The Thoroughbred world received a pretty good surprise when John Sikura and Ken Ramsey announced that Kitten’s Joy would be moving from Ramsey Farm to Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms near Lexington for 2018.
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What's Going On Here: Influx...not In Flux
Additional dollars in sales rings, new IRS regulations move industry forward.
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Fan Favorite Limousine Liberal Heads Phoenix
Keeneland's Fall Stars weekend kicks off with the $250,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2), a 'Win and You're In' event for the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1). Headliners include Limousine Liberal and Whitmore.
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TCA Honors G. Watts Humphrey
G. Watts Humphrey Jr. was the Thoroughbred Club of America's 86th Honor Guest Sept. 29 at Keeneland. The Churchill Downs' board chairman spoke out on improving the racetrack experience, raising purses in Kentucky.
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Swift El Deal Heads Vosburgh
Al and Michelle Crawford Racing's El Deal, a lightning-quick son of Munnings, heads Belmont Park's Sept. 30 Vosburgh Stakes (G1).
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Penny Chenery Tribute
Remembering Penny Chenery from our latest issue of the magazine. Downloadable for free. Additional content included.
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Energy Carries Keeneland September Into Book 5
The energy level was high in the back ring at Keeneland Sept. 20 as the marathon September sale rolled through the first session of Book 5.
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First-Time Pinhooker Hits Book 5 Paydirt
Tony Cummins of Boston bought his first horse, a Quality Road weanling, last year for $5,000. He sold the colt Sept. 20 for $95,000 during Book 5 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Sept. 20 Session Topper Brings $175,000
A racy gray/roan filly from the first crop of Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms’ Atreides topped the ninth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. The filly, Hip 3077, brought $175,000 Sept. 20, the first session of Book 5.
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What's Going On Here: Life After Secretariat
Penny Chenery gave us much more than a great ride with Big Red
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Pioneerof the Nile Colt Pops at $525,000
Agent Steve Young stretched to $525,000 for a colt by Pioneerof the Nile to lead the Sept. 16 session at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Breakout Keeneland September Sale for Violence
Yearlings by Violence, the second-leading freshman sire of 2017, are selling big at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Through the first day of Book 3, he's sold 16 yearlings for an average of $285,625.
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Final Sold for Sire Tapit, 'The Man at This Sale'
Tapit, the runaway leading sire of the 2017 Keeneland September sale, saw his last yearling of the auction go through the ring Sept. 16. Mike Ryan paid $300,000 for a colt that is a half brother to grade 1 winner Pyro.
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Pioneerof the Nile Filly Sells for $825,000
Mick Ruis went to $825,000 for a striking filly by Pioneerof the Nile at about the mid-point of the Sept. 13 Book 2 second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Streaking Tiger Moth Heads Locust Grove
John Gunther's homebred Tiger Moth will seek her third straight stakes win in the Sept. 16 Locust Grove Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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Scat Daddy Colt Brings $1.1 Million
Moments after a colt by Will Take Charge sold for $975,000, a colt by Scat Daddy brought $1.1 million during a heated early start to Book 2 Sept. 13 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. M.V. Magnier signed the ticket from the back ring.
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Will Take Charge Colt Brings $975,000
Hip 564, a flashy son of champion Will Take Charge, sold to Willis Horton for $975,000 early during the Sept. 13 second session of Book 2 at the 2017 Keeneland September yearling sale.
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What's Going On Here: September Song
Buzz returns to Keeneland sale pavilion
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TOBA Owners Award to Klaravich Stables, Lawrence
Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence were named 2016 national owners of the year Sept. 9 at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association annual awards dinner at Calumet Farm.
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What's Going On Here: Shopping Right
Limited numbers don't stop D. Wayne Lukas, Robert Baker, and William Mack
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Kentucky Downs Sprints Offer Fast Cash
Kentucky Downs' turf sprints, the $400,000 Turf Sprint (G3T) and $350,000 Ladies Sprint Stakes, offer huge paydays going 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 9.
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Sporting Chance Bolts, Hangs on in Hopeful
Robert Baker and William Mack’s Sporting Chance bolted to the outside in deep stretch, but still held on to win the $350,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1) over favored Free Drop Billy at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 4.
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What's Going On Here: Setting The Tone
Course of Keeneland September sale set by Book 1
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Mattress Mack Aids Houston Flood Victims
James "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, Thoroughbred owner and Houston businessman and philanthropist, has opened two of his Gallery Furniture stores as shelters for victims of Hurricane Harvey. At present, some 450 people are housed at each store.
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Dr. Marvin Cain, 86, Dies
Dr. Marvin Cain, who advanced acupuncture therapies in Thoroughbreds in the early 1980s, died Aug. 6 at 86.
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'Big E' Out for Iselin Conquest
Front-running Conquest Big E figures to have the pace edge Aug. 26 at Monmouth Park in the $100,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3). The 4-year-old stiffest challenge figures to come from Will Farish's classy Eagle.
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What's Going On Here: Ring Around Saratoga
Alabama winner Elate's family comes full circle at the Spa
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Shipper Draws Intrigue to Canadian Derby
Trooper John, the winner of five straight, is the morning-line favorite for Northlands Park's Aug. 19 Canadian Derby (G3), but will be challenged by Chief Know It All, a recent $100,000 claim at Churchill Downs.
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What's Going On Here: Prize Package
John and Jerry Amerman’s Oscar Performance is the best of the lot
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Biancone Granted Conditional License in Kentucky
Trainer Patrick Biancone, who has not held a license in Kentucky since he was handed a one-year suspension in 2007, was granted a conditional license Aug. 15 by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
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Taghleeb Favored for American St. Leger
Taghleeb is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Arlington's American St. Leger Stakes (G3T) Aug. 12. At 5-2 is Keystoneforvictory. Both runners are trained by Mike Maker.
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What's Going On Here: Horses And Horsepower
Auto and equine industries have some similarities
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2017 Hall of Fame Profiles: Victor Espinoza
With Kentucky Derby wins aboard War Emblem, California Chrome, and Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh, the induction of jockey Victor Espinoza into the Hall of Fame was just a matter of time.
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Sharp Azteca Breezes in Monmouth Cup
The stakes action at Monmouth Park on Haskell Day July 30 got rolling early with Sharp Azteca's easy 7 1/2-length win in the 1 1/16-mile Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3).
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Irish Strait Sentimental Choice in Monmouth Stakes
Isabelle de Tomaso's Irish Strait, winner of the Red Bank Stakes (G3T) last time out, defends his home turf July 30 in the grade 2 Monmouth Stakes going nine furlongs on the grass.
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What's Going On Here: Next Up
The summer's two best meets began with buzz, but will they be able to sustain the momentum?
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What's Going On Here: Weight For It
Songbird’s impost in the Del ’Cap was 124, which wasn’t impressive in a historical sense, but what was impressive—at least in this day—was the spread. Songbird gave from eight to 13 pounds to her rivals going 10 furlongs around two turns.
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Delaphene First Winner for Oxbow
Classic winner Oxbow gets his first winner when juvenile filly Delaphene breaks her maiden July 16 over the turf at Arlington International.
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Miss Sky Warrior Returns to Training
Multiple grade 2 winner Miss Sky Warrior, eighth in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), has returned to training following the removal of a chip from her knee.
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Longtime Breeder/Owner Seymour Cohen Dies
Seymour Cohen, a longtime breeder, owner, and seller of Thoroughbreds, died July 12.
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Mopotism Holds Experience Edge in Oaks
Reddam Racing's Mopotism heads the July 15 Indiana Oaks (G3) based on her five outings—and three placings—in graded stakes.
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What's Going On Here: Even Keel
Consistency has Ignacio Correas IV making another run at the Arlington Million
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Practical Joke Shines in Dwyer
Practical Joke, the 3-5 favorite in a five-horse cast, got off the rail and got the lead late to win Belmont Park's Dwyer Stakes (G3) July 8. The son of Into Mischief got the one-turn mile in 1:35.16.
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What's Going On Here: Turning Two
Stakes results from the holiday weekend are a reminder of the importance of 2-year-old racing in the yearling marketplace...especially for the younger stallions trying to build their résumés and for sires that stand below the five-figure line.
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Dolphus a Triple Threat in Cornhusker
Dede McGehee's homebred Dolphus has three things going for him in the July 8 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3): speed, good recent form, and pedigree.
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Holy Helena Latest Breeding Success for Stronach
Frank Stronach's Adena Springs breeding operation—a seven-time Eclipse Award-winning operation—added another feat July 2 when homebred Holy Helena beat the boys as the favorite in the Queen's Plate at Woodbine.
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Beach Patrol Gets Shot at United Nations
Beach Patrol takes his game 'Down the Shore' to Monmouth Park for the July 2 United Nations Stakes (G1T). The $300,000 holiday weekend fixture drew a field of nine.
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What's Going On Here: Upper Crust
NBC Sports coverage takes Royal Ascot to another level
