Multiple grade 1 winner Stellar Wind, who M.V. Magnier purchased for $6 million at the 2017 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, was exported to Ireland and will be bred to Galileo, confirmed associates with Coolmore Stud March 26.
With the victory in the Louisiana Derby, Noble Indy ensured himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby field with 100 qualifying points and also received a step up on the top-10 ladder to seventh position in week nine of the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
Champion Caledonia Road and the undefeated Rushing Fall headline the list of horses nominated to six graded stakes that are part of eight stakes to be run during the April 6-8 opening weekend of Keeneland's 2018 Spring Meet.
Claude Williams worked as a journalist, steward, and racing commission executive in Louisiana and Alabama.
"When was common sense abandoned?" Lavin asks.
With a new place on the sales calendar, and the distinction of being the only selected auction remaining in the juvenile marketplace, the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds in training will be renewed March 28.
Trainer Jeremy Noseda has changed course on his plans for Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) contender Gronkowski, who will not be shipped to the U.S. for a prep race but instead will start in the Burradon March 30 at Newcastle.
The son of A.P. Indy was sold to the Korea Racing Authority in November 2016, but WinStar Farm has an option to buy him back.
There was no question who was the best horse at Sunland Park late in the afternoon at the New Mexico racetrack.
In My Opinion
Jockey Tyler Baze could do no wrong over the weekend at Santa Anita Park.
March 24 TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) winner Noble Indy is scheduled to be reunited with trainer Todd Pletcher's contingent at Palm Beach Downs Training Center in South Florida Monday morning.
Like many stakes on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Rebel is not an equal-weights event.
The Southern California-based Accelerate, a 5 1/2-length winner of the March 10 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita Park, will be pointed to the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) April 14 for his next start, trainer John Sadler said March 25.
Owner Art Preston—who raced top horses like champion Victory Gallop, two-time Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) winner Da Hoss, and multiple grade 1 winner Flat Out—died March 25, according to his sister-in-law, Melissa Preston. He was 88.
In an almost effortless performance, Cleber Massey's Blamed ran clear in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks for her fifth straight win and third stakes victory March 25 at Sunland Park.
When the under-tack workouts take place March 26 for horses entered in the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected sale of 2-year-olds in training, don't look for any of the entries from Kirkwood Stables to be working fast one-eighth or quarter-miles.
Robert LaPenta and Madaket Stables' Catholic Boy breezed an energetic four furlongs in :48.46 the morning of March 25 in preparation for a start in the $1 million Xpressbet Florida Derby (G1) March 31 at Gulfstream Park.
Hustle Up became the first winner for New Mexico stallion Abstraction when the 2-year-old gelding was an easy winner March 24 at Sunland Park.
A visitation and memorial service for jockey Jose Luis Flores has been moved from a local funeral home to Parx Racing.
Like so many times before, Itsinthepost showed up and ran his race March 24 at Santa Anita Park.
After winning a Feb. 18 allowance/optional claimer by a neck going a mile and 70 yards at the New Orleans track, the former claimer thrust herself into contention for the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a qualifying score.
The already loaded slate of classic contenders on the roster for WinStar Farm got another boost March 24 when Noble Indy, the son of Take Charge Indy owned in partnership with Repole Stable, fought off Lone Sailor to win the Louisiana Derby.
Synchrony sat a stalking rail trip before angling out and blowing past the leaders in midstrech to capture the $300,00 Muniz Memorial Handicap (G2T) March 24.
Selcourt keeps carrying her speed forward on the Southern California circuit. In the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) March 24 at Santa Anita Park, the quick filly won the seven-furlong test in a blazing 1:21 flat.
Rigney Racing's Madison's Luna conceded considerable experience in the $100,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G3) March 24 at Gulfstream Park, in his stakes debut in just his second start.
When Good Samaritan galloped last out of the gate for his season debut in the $376,000 New Orleans Handicap (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, jockey Joel Rosario felt no concern.
Robert Baron's Promises Fulfilled breezed five furlongs in 1:02.04 at Gulfstream Park March 24 in preparation for a start in the March 31 Xpressbet Florida Derby (G1).
Estijaab (AUS) overcame the outside gate to lead home an all-filly top-three finish March 24 in the Longines Golden Slipper (G1) at Rosehill Gardens—billed as the world's richest race for 2-year-olds.
Winx had to work for it, but the mighty mare snagged her 24th straight victory with a determined stretch run in The Agency George Ryder Stakes (G1) at Rosehill Gardens March 24.
As the Road to the Kentucky Derby heats up, each week we will take a look at three things to watch from the 3-year-old division as they head into that weekend's respective prep races.
While there aren't many sale toppers under her shedrow, and the majority of the horses she has in training are owned by small owners or breeders from Florida, trainer Kathleen O'Connell loves working to develop the young horses who come her way.
Not only does his Bloom Racing have a leading contender for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in multiple graded stakes winner Midnight Bisou, it has a Kentucky Derby candidate in Snapper Sinclair, who starts in the March 24 Twinspires Louisiana Derby (G2).
Courtlandt Farms' homebred Strike Power put an exclamation point on his final major workout ahead of the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) March 31 with a bullet half-mile breeze over Gulfstream Park's main track the morning of March 23.
Saturday is the biggest day of the season at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, with the $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) and the $400,000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) heading a 14-race program.
The Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) headline a roster of 32 stakes races with total purses of $8.84 million scheduled for Churchill Downs' April 28-June 30 Spring Meet.
Congress on the morning of March 23 passed a Fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations bill which includes language that could almost double the number of H-2B visas available.
The spring meet for Hawthorne Race Course begins March 30
Joe Pickerrell and Courtney Roberts' Pick View has three horses cataloged to next week's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected 2-year-olds in training sale and two sale graduates competing in Sunday's Sunland Derby (G3).
Juddmonte Farms' remarkable mare produced five group 1 winners and champion sire Dansili.
James McIngvale's Gallery Racing, owner of champion sprinter Runhappy, will sponsor the 2018 grade 1, $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap, the New York Racing Association announced March 22.
Runners who came home in the wake of Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) winner Monomoy Girl will take the next step March 24 on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Mongolian Stable's Mongolian Shopper will seek her second straight stakes win down the Santa Anita Park hillside turf course in the $75,000 Mizdirection Stakes.
A huge purse and a full, competitive field of 2-year-olds have Australian fans anxiously awaiting the March 24 renewal of the Longines Golden Slipper (G1) at Rosehill Gardens.
Nothing could totally overshadow the March 24 renewal of the Golden Slipper (G1) at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, but Winx showing up two races earlier on the same card does provide the cherry atop one of Australia's best race days.
Runaway Ghost, the first foal of multiple stakes winner Rose's Desert, by Ghostzapper, could land a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with a win in the March 25 Sunland Derby.
The road to this year's American classic races has done much to enhance Malibu Moon's reputation as a reliable sire of top performers.
Died March 21 after a lengthy battle with lung disease.
Warren "Spud" Williamson, who with his wife, Alyce, bred and raced such top runners as millionaire Nashoba's Key, multiple graded winner Nashoba's Gold, graded stakes winners Tiz Elemental and Texas Ryano, died March 16. He was 89.
The Breeders' Cup today announced rule changes for the 2018 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge which will be held on November 2 & 3 at Churchill Downs and at participating simulcast and Advanced Deposit Wagering sites
