Petulante Joins Roster at Irish Hill and Dutchess View
Graded stakes winner Petulante has been retired and will enter stud in 2025 under the management of Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Graded stakes winner Petulante has been retired and will enter stud in 2025 under the management of Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The first yearlings by Knicks Go proved popular in the auction ring this year and include a $425,000 colt bought by China Horse Club, Maverick Racing, and Siena Farm, and a $200,000 filly bought by Horseology for MyRacehorse.
Racing Victoria has stressed that "it is a level playing field for everyone" in the wake of Melbourne Cup (G1) ante-post favorite Jan Brueghel being withdrawn from the race by stewards.
He retires with five wins from 25 starts, three graded stakes wins, and three graded stakes placings, including a second in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) at Keeneland.
As North American horseplayers ponder City of Troy's chances in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), many of their European counterparts already have expressed full confidence in the son of Justify.
The catalog features 11 full or half siblings to group 1 winners led by the Dark Angel half sister to this year's group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner Camille Pissarro.
From ABR, an At a Glance look at the 2024 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
As we approach November of his first year with runners, freshman stallion McKinzie already has confirmed perhaps the most commercially important of his promising traits: grade 1 success as a sire of 2-year-olds.
Cicero Farms' homebred 3-year-old filly Hope Road, winner of three straight races by five or more lengths, has been made the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3), which kicks off the stakes undercard Nov. 2 at Del Mar.
Breeders' Cup Notebook
The previous record-holder was the 1,000,000gns Aljazzi, whose yearling filly by Frankel topped the recent renewal of Book 1 when Amo Racing bid a jaw-dropping 4,400,000gns for Newsells Park Stud's youngster.
April Vintage, a stakes-placed broodmare pregnant to Triple Crown winner Justify on Southern Hemisphere time, led the proceedings Oct. 29 during the Inglis Digital USA October Sale, selling to Australia's Widden Stud for $180,000.
Porter on Pedigrees
Stay and Scam will take on stablemate Just Nails and stakes winner Kissed by Fire Nov. 1 in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes.
Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway have announced that grade 1 winner and classic-placed Tapit Trice will enter stud at Gainesway upon his retirement from racing.
Professor Nick won by three lengths Oct. 28 at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
Aidan O'Brien's hopes of winning the Melbourne Cup (G1) for the first time have been dashed as leading contender Jan Brueghel has been dramatically ruled out of this year's race after failing a vets check.
Maiden Watch: Breeders' Cup 2024
Princess Indy, winner of the Sorority Stakes, and Brand New Dream, a half sister to multiple graded-stakes winner Dust and Diamonds, are also supplemental entries to the November Sale, held Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. ET
Stakes winner Pandora's Gift and shares in stakes winners Gold Phoenix and Kilwin are among the highlights of the Oct. 30 Keeneland Championship Sale in the Del Mar paddock. Two stallion shares will also be offered to Flightline and Cogburn.
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Seize the Grey, owned by about 2,500 people through MyRacehorse, will head to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) rather than the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) for his first try against older runners.
In this monthly BH interview, Karen M. Johnson profiles young racing personalities.
The entries for the 14 races of the 2024 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, including the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
A look at the Thoroughbred Racing Economic Indicators report for the third quarter suggests that the rising tide of sports wagering is not lifting the pari-mutuel boat.
The dream team of Godolphin, Charlie Appleby, and William Buick will vie for a fourth consecutive victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Nov. 2 with budding star Notable Speech.
If recent form is any tout at all, the 41st running of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 2 at Del Mar will come down to an East vs. Midwest confrontation between two talented speedballs with all of five starts between them in 2024.
The $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 2 is again an international affair as nine of the remaining 12 entrants were bred outside the United States, but Kentucky-bred War Like Goddess is the 5-2 morning-line favorite.
A battle of the "ages," an international showdown of 3-year-old Thoroughbreds vs. older horses, takes place over 1 1/4 miles on the Del Mar main track Nov. 2 in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Entered Oct. 28 among the horses in the main body of the 1 1/2-mile BC Turf (G1T), 2022 Turf winner Rebel's Romance appears to be back in top form as he returns to the World Championships after a year's absence with four wins in five 2024 starts.
With a victory over international competition in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) Nov. 2 at Del Mar, Cogburn would put himself into consideration for an Eclipse Award in the sprint and/or turf divisions.
Strong trade not only resulted in a 46 percent year-on-year increase in turnover, but the aggregate of 9,168,700gns (US$12,561,119, 1 guinea=US$1.37) was also a new record for the opening session of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale.
Thorpedo Anna has put together an especially strong 3-year-old campaign, likely already locking up a divisional Eclipse Award. The filly grabbed everyone's attention with a scintillating performance in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Society, bred and raced by Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, is among seven homebreds in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).
Since the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf became a grade 1 in 2011, trainers Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby, and Chad Brown have combined to win 10 of the 13 renewals. They're all represented with starters Nov. 1 in the $1 million race at Del Mar.
Flanagan Racing's undefeated Chancer McPatrick enters the Nov. 1 $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) as the rare Thoroughbred who looks every bit like a 2-year-old who will relish two turns yet was still able to win both the Hopeful and Champagne.
Lake Victoria, a daughter of Frankel, is one of three fillies trained by Aidan O'Brien to make the selected list of 14 from 21 pre-entries in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), and by far the most accomplished.
The winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) has taken home the division's Eclipse Award each year since 2014. With two grade 1 victories already under her belt, Immersive has a target painted on championship honors.
An overflow field with a heavy influx of Europeans has been pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T), which will have its seventh running this year.
The son of Uncle Mo won the 2016 Wood Memorial (G1) and went on to sire 13 black-type stakes winners so far.
Magnificent horsemanship was on display by Masakazu Fukami at Del Mar Oct. 28 as his skills in (and out) of the saddle kept Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Ushba Tesoro out of a dangerous situation while training.
The United States Supreme Court decided Oct. 28 to keep the status quo in place while it considers applications to review the legality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.
Lane's End has held most of its stud fees steady from 2024. The Versailles, Ky., farm has kept #Flightline's fee at $150,000.
The Omaha Beach colt is a three-time stakes winner in 2024 with career earnings of $620,580.
Muth will stand at Gainesway after his retirement from racing. The son of Good Magic is being aimed for the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar.
BH Interview: Jason McCutchen
The catalog features group 1-placed juvenile Daylight; Breeders' Cup victor Unquestionable's dam, Strawberry Lace; and the dam of Sun Chariot winner Tamfana.
Ironhorse syndicate raced leading New York sire Bucchero. Ironhorse Stallions' new stallion operation starting in 2025 will be located at Questroyal North Farm in Stillwater, N.Y.
Horse racing media and marketing professional Kelsey Riley has launched a business to offer branding and marketing services to the horse industry.
Jockey Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired.
Fans will have their first of six chances to bet on the 151st running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) when Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Oct. 30 at 12 p.m. ET.