Jamie Insole was a man on a mission at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, with the Urloxhey Stables joint-trainer featuring among the buyers at the Kentucky bonanza via a daughter of sire-on-fire Justify.
David Fiske, racing manager for Winchell Thoroughbreds, doesn't have a solid explanation for Magnitude's performance in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, a third-place finish in a field of five and more than 20 lengths behind Sovereignty.
After finishing third in the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) Aug. 23 off a 4 1/2-month layoff, grade 2 winner Barnes ships back east to Parx Racing for the $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) Sept. 20.
While May Day Ready is sure to attract plenty of attention at the windows off her victory in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2T), Opulent Restraint looks to be the one to beat in the cut back to a mile in the Sept. 20 $175,000 Winter Memories Stakes (G3T).
Del Mar announces the renaming of the Cary Grant Stakes to The Chosen Vron Stakes, honoring the exceptional California-bred runner who retired last year after a sparkling five-year career that saw him win 19 of 25 starts.
After racing in the shadows of either Sovereignty or Journalism throughout the spring and summer, Baeza and Gosger have the chance at the spotlight in their absence in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing Sept. 20.
Haulin Ice is the perfect poster horse for Arkansas' breeding program, and is on the cusp of dethroning Nodouble—who last raced in 1970—as the highest-earning Thoroughbred bred in the state.
The 1-2-3 finishers from last month's Seaway Stakes (G3) at Woodbine venture south to contend for the $300,000 prize in the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2) Sept. 19.
This week's racing on radio and television schedule, compiled by America's Best Racing.
The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities will hold its 59th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities Oct. 6 in Paris, France at Le Méridien Paris Arc de Triomphe.
Porter on Pedigrees
The strength of the market carried through the end of Book 4, with a colt (Hip 2469) by leading freshman sire Yaupon topping the Sept. 16 session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale, selling for $560,000 to Mike McCarty.
Mauro Lucas and Nathan McCauley hit a pinhooking home run at Keeneland's September Yearling Sale when they sold the top-priced filly (Hip 2597) of the Sept. 16 session for $535,000 to Winter Creek Stables. She was consigned by Taylor Made.
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announces the arrival of Major Blue, the final horse owned by legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
Maiden Watch: Week of Sept. 8-14
The Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park has seen its grade and purse gradually reduced since it was moved from Calder Race Course a dozen years ago, but the race has experienced a renaissance in its impact on the female sprint division
At the Santa Anita autumn meet, which opens Sept. 26, seven coveted Breeders' Cup bids will be on the line as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.
An all-sources handle of $13,026,804 (All figures CA$) ranks the 2025 edition among the top-five Woodbine Mile day handles. The Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1T) generated $2.1 million in wagering, a 23% increase from the 2024 race.
Ragtime and Echo Sound—second and sixth, respectively, in the Aug. 2 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course—meet again Sept. 20 in the Dogwood Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Poll results from leading horses after week 34 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll are unchanged.
The sale will offer New York-bred weanlings that will be eligible to race for equal purse money as open company horses on the New York Racing Association circuit starting in 2026.
Three grade 1-winning 3-year-old fillies—Scottish Lassie, La Cara, and Good Cheer—have another opportunity for top-level stakes glory when they compete Sept. 20 at Parx Racing in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1).
Distinguished speaker Molly Fletcher will deliver the keynote address at the Horse Racing Women's Association 2025 conference Oct. 8-9 in Lexington. One way the HRWA is making the event more accessible is through the Pay It Forward initiative.
Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst
The seventh session ended with 295 horses changing hands for a total of $31,039,000, including private sales. The average was $105,217, with a median of $75,000. Seventy-five horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 20.3%.
Hip 2266, a filly by Hill 'n' Dale Farm's Good Magic, and Hip 2302, a filly by Spendthrift Farm's Omaha Beach, were the co-highest priced fillies of the session at $400,000.
Southern California trainer Sergio Morfin was suspended and fined following two methocarbamol positives found following the first two career starts of 3-year-old Lady Dosia. He got additional penalties for having multiple violations within two years.
Darley America's late sire is the Keeeneland September Yearling Sale's leading broodmare sire by number of seven-figure yearlings sold through the sale's sixth session.
The Axe the Racing Tax campaign has evidently hit a nerve at the Treasury, which made what was seen to be the unusual move of issuing a statement on the eve of the protest. The statement was also notable for being particularly tetchy in its tone.
On the Sept. 15 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins on the start of the Kentucky Derby and Oaks trails, Frank Angst discusses opening week of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and we preview the Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
Racing Australia will go back to the drawing board this week after a bid to make four more NSW races group 1s was rejected by the Asian Racing Federation's Asian Pattern Committee.
It is hard to believe good karma has not played a role in Thoroughbred owner Lucas Stritsman's uncommon success.
At the end of the sixth session, a total of 1,305 horses changed hands for $434,982,000, including private sales, surpassing last year's record sale that grossed $428,097,000 from the 12-session sale.
As the top-dollar yearlings grab the headlines at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, international pinhookers like Cormac Farrell of CF Bloodstock are searching for value that could turn big profits once they take the horses back home.
Susan Naylor found herself in a bidding war at Keeneland's September Yearling Sale when she went to $600,000 to secure the top-priced filly (Hip 1722) by Bolt d'Oro, who is a half to impressive maiden winner It's Our Time.
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable partnered on a Not This Time colt, Hip 1762, for $875,000 in the sixth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 14. The colt hails from the family of Hall of Famer Zenyatta.
Chancer McPatrick, the multiple grade 1-winning juvenile by McKinzie, will stand stud at Eric and Tamara Gustavson's Spendthrift Farm in 2026, the farm announced Sept. 14.
A half brother to Prix Jean Prat (G1) victor Woodshauna is among the yearlings included in the strongest line-up yet for Arqana's October Yearling Sale, which runs Oct. 21-25.
Strong attendance on Haskell and Mother's Day led to an increase in daily average attendance at the 2025 Monmouth Park meet, while average total handle and average on-track handle decreased.
Eve Johnson Houghton talked the talk pre-race, and Zavateri walked the walk by battling like a gladiator to deliver his trainer the second group 1 winner of her career and down the best juvenile Aidan O'Brien could throw at her in Gstaad.
Precise put in a sterling performance Sept. 14 to deny stablemate Beautify to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) at The Curragh in a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race for an automatic position into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).
Arizona Blaze earned an automatic berth into the @BreedersCup with a win in the Flying Five Stakes (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14, a race that is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.
Al Riffa is all set for the Melbourne Cup (G1) after an impressive triumph in the Irish St. Leger (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14.
Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Terry Bradshaw has won plenty of big games in his career, but he celebrated a different kind of victory when Taken by the Wind captured the $251,250 Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 13.
Mr Brightside enhanced his reputation as a people's horse when he benefited from a Craig Williams riding lesson to secure a 10th elite-level success in the Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) Sept. 13.
The New York Race Track Chaplaincy announced Sept. 14 the creation of the Nancy Kelly Volunteer Award which will be presented annually to a person or people for outstanding volunteer efforts in support of the organization.
A total of 67 foals, including four by Equinox, and 62 fillies or mares are cataloged for Northern Farm's Mixed Sale, conducted Oct. 21 at Northern Horse Park.
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued to show historic strength during the first session of Book 3 Sept. 13. A total of 293 horses changed hands for $64,939,000, including private sales, up 31% from last year's corresponding session.
Delacroix produced a dominant performance in the Irish Champion Stakes (G1), supplying Aidan O’Brien with his 13th win in the race on Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown and earning a berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T).
Father versus son. They teamed up to win the Irish St Leger with Order Of St George in 2015, but Aidan and Joseph O'Brien are on opposing sides 10 years later as Illinois takes on Al Riffa in what promises to be a spicy staying affair at the Curragh.
