Keeneland Catalogs 1,046 for January Mixed Sale
The 70th edition of the January Horses of All Ages Sale will cover two sessions Jan. 12-13 that each begin at 10 a.m. ET.
The 70th edition of the January Horses of All Ages Sale will cover two sessions Jan. 12-13 that each begin at 10 a.m. ET.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 9 that one lucky fan and a guest will win a chance to attend the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards as part of the Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Sweepstakes.
Maiden Watch: Week of Dec. 1-6
Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst
Taylor Made Stallions' Not This Time has a slim $76,319 lead among the leading sires of 2-year-olds over Spendthrift Farm's Into Mischief as of Dec. 8.
Arqana's Breeding Stock Sale continued Dec. 8 with the well-bred Invaluable leading the way after being knocked down to Sam Sangster at €121,000.
On the Dec. 8 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Brook Smith back on Derby trail with Paladin, BloodHorse's Bob Kieckhefer previews this weekend's Hong Kong International Races.
Dual Melbourne Cup (G1)-winning trainer Joseph O'Brien believes Al Riffa can provide him with a first winner at Hong Kong's prestigious International meeting when the entire takes his chance in the Dec. 14 Hong Kong Vase (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Frankie Dettori's farewell tour moves on to South America this week, although there has been a change of plan for where his glittering career, will finish early next year.
BH Interview: Ace Stud's Paul Curran
Keeneland announced Dec. 8 that grade 1 winner and $2.8 million earner Simply in Front has been cataloged to the 2026 January Horses of All Ages Sale and will sell Jan. 12.
With his background in real estate, NYRA chairman and Jockey Club steward Marc Holliday is the ideal person to guide the organization's future and construction of Belmont Park.
Just Philtored's third stakes win came in the Maryland Juvenile Filly Stakes at Laurel Park Dec. 6, adding another stakes victory to the ZWP Stables and Non Stop Stables partnership and a hope to carry the torch of her dam in the years to follow.
Klaravich Stables' Fully Subscribed notched her second graded stakes score Dec. 7 in the $200,000 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, winning by 4 lengths over multiple graded stakes winner Quietside.
Hidden Lake Farm located near Stillwater, N.Y. announced the addition of Good Magic's leading money earner and grade 1-winning son Mixto to the farm’s stallion roster for 2026. He won the 2024 Pacific Classic (G1).
A brother to elite winner Funstar, a half brother to dual group 1 hero Streets Of Avalon, and foals out of top-tier winners Nettoyer, Snitzerland, and Hasahalo will be among the highlights of next year's Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
W Heart Bond, a 4-year-old filly challenging older and more experienced males, prevailed by a desperate nose in the Champions Cup (G1) Dec. 7 on the Chukyo Racecourse dirt.
Report from Japan
Cosmic Crusader broke a top-level drought for West Australian breeding legend Bob Peters and became a long-awaited third Australian elite-level winner for his sire Maurice in taking the Northerly Stakes (G1) at Ascot Dec. 6.
Hot-button issues such as decoupling and computer-assisted wagering will be in focus when the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program hosts the 2025 Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 8-10.
Consequent, the second choice behind Bob Baffert-trained Nimah, defeated Cashed by a length in the Starlet Stakes (G2), a 1 1/16-mile race at Los Alamitos Race Course for 2-year-old fillies.
Karl Burke has pulled quite a few rabbits out of the hat down the years. However, turning a 12,000-guinea yearling into a €2.6 million filly in training surely rates a personal best, even by his lofty standards.
Jockey Daisuke Fukumoto made a bold move aboard Hammerhead with 5 furlongs to go in the 1 1/2-mile Valedictory Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Woodbine and it paid off with a length victory over his rallying stablemate Jokestar.
The new owners of Bishops Bay received a quick dividend on their recent purchase in the $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2). In a few months' time, they'll find out if they struck gold.
On Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack, the promising juvenile Paladin took a major step toward fulfilling his connections' Kentucky Derby (G1) dreams by defeating Renegade and Balboa in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2).
Wathnan Racing’s Dark Trooper made a remarkable run from last to score in the final strides of the AED 1 million HH The President Cup at Abu Dhabi Turf Club Dec. 6.
Nearly eight months of racing inactivity proved no obstacle for Just Beat the Odds, who fired fresh to defeat Acoustic Ave and three other rivals in the $242,500 Elite Power Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Winning the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) has become old hat for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who notched his 10th win in the 1 1/8-mile race for 2-year-old fillies when Zany overwhelmed her competition with an 8 1/2-length win Dec. 6 at Aqueduct.
Hastings Park announced Dec. 5 that it would cease conducting Thoroughbred racing, ending more than 130 years of racing at the British Columbia venue.
On Racing
Oaklawn Park kicks off its 2025-26 racing season Dec. 12 with the $150,000 Advent Stakes, the opening marker of a record 62 stakes worth more than a total of $18.3 million this winter and upcoming spring at the Hot Springs, Ark., track.
Young and old meet on the dirt Dec. 7 at Chukyo Racecourse in Japan's Champions Cup.
For many in the business, the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale that begins Dec. 6 will be the last hurrah of a long year on the road. Thousands of lots have been sold across the globe in recent months.
Horses that win a California-bred first-level allowance race will enjoy expanded opportunities beginning with the Classic Meet at Santa Anita. A new policy now permits two wins on the same surface at two separate distance categories.
Between Del Mar and Santa Anita Park’s meets, jockey Antonio Fresu is riding in the United Arab Emirates, giving him the chance to ride Dec. 6 in the 33rd UAE President Cup for Arabians and the HH The President Cup for Thoroughbreds.
Due to an ongoing interruption of water service, the Dec. 5 racing card at Fair Grounds is canceled. The water main break in the neighborhood of the track is being addressed.
A deep field of runners, including group 1 winner Danyah, contests the Thoroughbred edition of the HH The President Cup at Abu Dhabi Turf Club Dec. 6.
Tiffany Case, dam of top-ranked 3-year-old filly Nitrogen, will be offered in foal to Not This Time at the 2026 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale to be held Jan. 12.
Travis White has been working alongside Ben Taylor at Taylor Made Stallions for 18 years. Taylor will assume a new role as chairman of the board for the family-owned and -operated farm near Nicholasville, Ky.
HISA releases its Third Quarter Metrics Report for 2025. The figures show a high level of equine safety: 99.9% of Thoroughbred racehorse starts did not result in a fatality within 72 hours of racing due to race-related injuries.
Woodbine cancelled the remainder of its Dec. 4 live racing card following the first race due to cold weather.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Remsen (G2) and Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct.
Klaravich Stable's Fully Subscribed comes into the race off a win in the Mother Goose Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack at the same distance as the Comely Stakes (G3). Her competition includes grade 2 winners Kappa Kappa and Quietside.
Remington Park will honor a group of five inductees into its Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame Dec. 5.
With the inaugural Abu Dhabi Gold Cup on the horizon, the 33rd UAE President Cup Dec. 6 is a glimpse at Abu Dhabi Turf Club's growth on the international scene.
The Grant and Alana Williams stable are confident they'll go into the Dec. 6 Northerly Stakes (G1) with two undeniably strong chances in Western Empire and Watch Me Rock, as well as longshot Hemlock Stone.
Mike Doyle, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, has died, according to a release from Woodbine.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 690 entries for its December Digital Sale, featuring graded stakes winners Wild Bout Hilary and Liberal Arts. The catalog includes 150-plus horses of racing age, 320-plus broodmares, 60-plus weanlings, and 50 yearlings.
This year's Woodford Stakes (G2T) winner at Keeneland, Khaadem will attempt to become the first 9-year-old to win the HK$28 million (US$3.59 million) Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
A list of upcoming farm open houses and stallion shows