Whispering Oaks Farm's homebred Fiesty Fist rewarded freshman stallion Iron Fist with a first black-type winner by getting up to capture the $60,000 D. S. Shine Young Futurity Sept. 18 at Evangeline Downs.
Two-day sale to feature yearlings by Kizuna and Bago
The first day of Book 3 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale proved to be as competitive as Books 1 and 2. Nine horses brought above $500,000 from in-demand sires in City of Light, Curlin, Good Magic, Gun Runner, and Practical Joke.
Major General battled for a close victory in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) while Hidden Connection powered away in the $299,700 Pocahontas Stakes (G3) in front of a crowd of 20,204 Sept. 18 at Churchill Downs.
As much as trainer Brad Cox's arsenal for the Breeders' Cup will not include two-time Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) winner Monomoy Girl, he still figures to have one of the top contenders in the year's richest dirt race for fillies and mares.
Anyone who has followed the evolution of the New York Racing Association's Turf Triple for 3-year-olds should not be surprised by the Sept. 18 results in the series' final legs at Belmont Park.
Sconsin stormed down the stretch to win the Open Mind Stakes, Sept. 18, at Churchill Downs.
Winchell Thoroughbreds-bred filly consigned as Hip 1495 sold for $675,000
Donato Lanni signed ticket on Hip 1455 for Karl and Cathi Glassman
Stonestreet Bred & Raised filly was signed for by Patrice Miller of E.Q.B.
Jalen Journey picked up his first career stakes victory Sept. 18 at Laurel Park following the disqualification of first-place finisher and 4-5 favorite Wondrwherecraigis in the $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3).
Colt from family of Moonlit Promise, Summer Squall to be trained by Kelsey Danner
The Woodbine Mile (G1T) trophy will stay local this year after Ontario-bred Town Cruise rolled to a front-running score with a comfortable lead throughout Woodbine's CA$1,120,800 (US$877,517) feature Sept. 18.
Locally Owned, sent to post at 18-1 under Dylan Davis, upset 1-9 favorite Lone Rock in the $291,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational Stakes Sept. 18 at Belmont Park.
The Breeders' Cup board has commenced a review process as to whether Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be permitted to participate in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships, the organization said Sept. 18.
There will be no daytime Thoroughbred racing Thursday, Sept. 23, at Los Alamitos.
Godolphin's Walton Street made the trip overseas well worth it, running away with the victory in the CA$600,000 Canadian International Stakes (G1T) Sept. 18 at Woodbine.
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable went home with eight buys Sept. 18 at Keeneland
La Dragontea, under a confident Joel Rosario, notched her first stakes crown with an impressive score in the CA$263,000 (US$205,913) Canadian Stakes (G2T) Sept. 18 at Woodbine.
Owner of Stonestreet Farms near Lexington, Barbara Banke becomes the first woman to chair Breeders' Cup Limited. She succeeds Fred Hertrich III, who served as chairman from 2017 until Sept. 17.
Essential Quality returned to the work tab Sept. 18 for the first time since his Travers Stakes (G1) victory while Knicks Go cruised six furlongs in 1:12.80 at Churchill Downs in preparation for the $400,000 Lukas Classic (G3) on Oct. 2.
The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (G1) was arguably as much about the winning jockey, Victorian journeyman Daniel Moor, as it was about the horse, a rapidly improving 5-year-old mare by Darci Brahma in Sierra Sue.
Italian breeding has received a fascinating addition to its ranks with the news that the 2013 Epsom Derby (G1) winner Ruler of The World will be standing there next year.
Gilbert G. Campbell, co-owner with his wife Marilyn of Stonehedge Farm South near Williston, Fla., died Sept. 16 at Lowell General Hospital in Massachusetts, following a brief illness.
Ontario-based operation looks to continue success Sept. 19 at major yearling sale
Maverick Racing, Siena Farm will partner on filly from family of Zazu, Flashback
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 284 entries for The Saratoga Fall Sale, the company's New York breeding stock sale, to be held Oct. 18 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The sale will be held in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion and begin at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Six months after taking a dispute over delinquent payments to court, trainer Mike Maker reached a settlement with owner/breeder Ken Ramsey. A separate lawsuit between Ramsey and trainer Wesley Ward is proceeding to depositions.
The California Horse Racing Board voted Sept. 15 to dismiss a complaint against trainer Jeff Metz for a positive bisphosphonate test nearly a year ago in one of his starters at Santa Anita Park, Camino de Estrella.
Racing on the newly constructed Tapeta track at Gulfstream Park has been pushed back for approximately a week due to an unexpected delay in the delivery of the inner rail, which is currently held up in U.S. Customs in Miami.
Mishriff, the joint top-rated horse in Europe, is to bypass a crack at next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) for another tilt at the Qipco Champion Stakes (G1) at Ascot on Oct. 16, it has been revealed.
Hip 1429, a Malibu Moon filly, had 91 shows Sept. 16, said Carrie Brogden
The Jockey Club of Turkey has acquired seven stallion in the last two years.
Spendthrift Farm's marquee sire had a personal-best first week average of $532,073
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Fast-closing grade 2 winner Plum Ali will try to get back on track Sept. 19 in the $150,000 Pebbles Stakes where the daughter of First Samurai is expected to face a dozen other 3-year-old fillies in the one-mile test on the Widener Turf at Belmont.
MarketWatch: Brett Brinkman
Price increases during the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland have tested some Thoroughbred buyers' budgets, at times leaving them paying more or buying fewer horses.
Godolphin's Creative Flair and Flaxman Holdings' group 3 winner Harajuku will invade from across the pond when taking on five American-based contenders in the $700,000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes Sept. 18 at Belmont Park.
More than top-level black-type is on the line Sept. 19 at Woodbine when the track stages the Summer Stakes (G1T) and Natalma Stakes (G1T). The two CA$400,000 turf races at a mile for 2-year-olds serve as Breeders' Cup Challenge qualifiers.
Dave Liftin analyzes stakes action Sept. 18 from Belmont, Woodbine, and Churchill.
Overall, 57 pinhooks sold for a total of $14,245,000 Sept. 15-16 in Lexington
Book 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale concluded Sept. 16, and while it may have come in like a lamb, it went out like a lion as 20 horses brought above $500,000 in the fourth session with gross receipts of $48,801,000 for 201 head sold.
With two straight wins under his belt and returning to a track where he has yet to lose, the timing is ideal for Wondrwherecraigis to step back into graded company in the $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (G3) Sept. 18 at Laurel Park.
A yearling-buying partnership headed by bloodstock agents Brad Weisbord, Liz Crow, and trainer Brad Cox lacks a catchy name, purchasing as BSW/Crow Colts Group. Regardless, they are catching attention at the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland
Jacob West of West Bloodstock has been a busy man over the last four days of selling at the Keeneland September Sale, purchasing on behalf of the racing partnership of Repole Stable and St. Elias from Books 1 and 2.
Graded stakes winner Lone Rock, a standout performer in recent months in the long-distance dirt division, aims for his fifth straight win in the $300,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational Stakes Sept. 18 at Belmont Park.
Highest-priced son of Ashford Stallion sold at auction went through ring Sept. 16
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a colt with quite the personality became a bright spot for the hundreds of fans through virtual tours hosted by Mill Ridge Farm, where he was born and raised.
The Farfellow Farms team believed they'd brought a special colt to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 16, and they were right. A bidding battle pushed the colt to $1 million, with the BSW/Crow Colts Group prevailing.
