In this week's On Racing, the newly announced Thoroughbred Championship Series and tweaked date of the 2027 Preakness Stakes (G1) prompts a look back at previously attempted bonus series outside of the Triple Crown.
Coolmore Stud announced Aug. 7 that brilliant racemare and exceptional producer Immortal Verse has died at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud at the age of 18.
It took until Aug. 7 of her 3-year-old season for Kentucky Belle to run in a stakes race, but it was worth the wait.
Bottas, the winner of the Aug. 7 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course, is trained by Miguel Clement, the son of the late trainer Christophe Clement, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier in the day.
A bankruptcy judge has OK'd the release of $800,000 in overdue purse money to Hawthorne Race Course horsemen.
With the deaths of two of the contemporary selections within the past 15 months, trainers John Shirreffs and Christophe Clement, the 2026 Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony Aug. 7 proved to be an emotional day in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The Florida Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association has announced its funding of $79K in college scholarships to the families of 23 qualified hotwalkers, riders, trainers, and grooms who have given their all to the industry.
Repole Stable's Watch Party will mark the first step in what could become a significant European expansion for one of racing's most outspoken owners when the 2-year-old filly starts Aug. 8 at Newmarket Racecourse.
Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort reports wagering is up 29% this year and average purses have climbed 11.5%.
Goffs has announced the introduction of the Chicquita Session, a new select section within the November Breeding Stock Sale, which will offer a range of Europe's most desirable fillies and broodmares.
There are six semifinalists for the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, which annually recognizes excellence in Thoroughbred sport literature.
Watch the 2026 Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Inductees include Kona Gold, Christophe Clement, and John Shirreffs.
In this week's The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, horses competing in the Whitney Stakes (G1) and Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 figure to leave their mark at the Breeders' Cup this fall, just as they have regularly done through the years.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the 2026 Whitney (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
On a special midweek episode of BloodHorse Monday: Louie Rabaut, Frank Angst, Bob Ehalt, and Sean Collins discuss changes to the Triple Crown and introduction of the Thoroughbred Championship Series.
The globe-trotting Ruiva turns up this weekend in the Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar for the Wesley Ward stable after an impressive effort in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) during England's Royal Ascot meet in June.
Gude Affair has been recognized as the 2025 Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year Award winner. The presentation of the award will be Sept. 10 during the TOBA National Awards Dinner, hosted at The Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Ky.
In case anyone failed to get the memo after many of the presentations at this year's edition of The Jockey Club Round Table focused on building fan interest, Everett Dobson hammered home the message in his closing remarks.
Thousand Words was a $1 million sales yearling that went on to win graded stakes at 2 and 3. The third-crop sire by Pioneerof the Nile is out of multiple grade 1-placed, multiple graded stakes winner Pomeroys Pistol.
With a July release of plans to launch the Horse Racing League, the team-based league's co-founder Greg Maffei proved a timely choice as keynote speaker at The Jockey Club's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 6.
Roger Cimbora Jr.'s homebred Twenty Six Black seeks his first graded victory as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Aug. 9 Troy Stakes (G2T).
As a number of presenters talked about engaging new fans at the 2026 edition of The Jockey Club's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 6 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., marketing expert Tor Edwards noted that young people are aware of racing.
Davant Latham's Trendsetter, winner of the Lexington Stakes (G3), aims for his second graded stakes win in the $400,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) Aug. 9 at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.
Princess Loulou, the dam of classic heroine and three-time group 1 winner Nashwa, has died from colic at age 16, Blue Diamond Stud announced Aug. 6.
Racing Australia has announced the finalists for the 2025-26 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards, with Half Yours, Autumn Glow, Via Sistina, Sheza Alibi, and Sir Delius among the contenders for the top honor.
Among Lady's Secret's memorable wins in 1986 was a tour-de-force performance against males in the 59th edition of the Whitney Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
The Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) announced the addition of four new $150,000 stakes races for Ontario-breds age 4 and older to expand local opportunities on the Woodbine stakes schedule.
If the Saratoga Derby Stakes (G1T) mirrors the Belmont Derby (G1T), get ready for a sensational stretch battle.
Given all of the major filly and mare turf stakes that trainer Chad Brown has captured, it's hard to believe he has yet to appear in the winner's circle after the Saratoga Oaks (G2T) for 3-year-old fillies.
Letters to the editor for the Aug. 6 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a submission critical of the omission of the Preakness (G1) in the recently announced Churchill Downs Inc.-New York Racing Association championship series for 3-year-olds.
In Beyond the Bidding, BloodHorse sales editor Olivia Newman takes a look at notable trends, accomplishments, and personalities around the North American sales scene.
There will be a touch of nostalgia attached to the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) thanks to trainer Mark Casse and D. J. Stable's brilliant 4-year-old filly Nitrogen.
Godolphin's Charlie Appleby-trained Pacific Avenue sustained an injury to his right foreleg the morning of Aug. 5 during routine exercise at Saratoga Race Course and has been scratched from the Aug. 8 $750,000 Saratoga Derby (G1).
Fortitudine made a striking start to his career Aug. 5 at Kempton Park, when the full brother to Rebel's Romance demolished his rivals by 21 lengths in the 1 3/8-mile novice on the all-weather surface.
Deterministic aims to win his second consecutive Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) and extend his win streak to six Aug. 8 when he faces a rematch with Rhetorical and a tough field in the $750,000 contest at Saratoga Race Course.
After being a leading contender throughout the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Explora could earn her first grade 1 victory sprinting if she wins the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
Take A Breath heads the home team contingent against an eastern invasion in the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (G2T) Aug. 8, going a mile and one-sixteenth on the Del Mar turf course.
A landmark week for the Triple Crown and the North American 3-year-old division continued Aug. 5 when the new version of the Maryland Jockey Club announced a date change for its most important race, the Preakness Stakes (G1).
All nine entrants in the 1-mile National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) are cutting back in distance Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course, a move trainer Brad Cox hopes is beneficial for Touch of Fire.
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Fisher finished first and third in the $150,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Handicap (NSA-1) Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course, taking the triumph with Smart Uncle.
Hall of Famer John Velazquez secured his 800th North American graded stakes win July 31 at Saratoga Race Course in the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) aboard Local Knowledge.
NBC Sports will continue to present the Preakness Stakes (G1) on NBC and Peacock through 2032, as the Maryland Jockey Club and NBC Sports announced Aug. 5 a multiyear extension of their partnership.
The 2027 date of the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be moved forward eight days from its traditional third Saturday in May to Sunday, May 23, as a new version of the Maryland Jockey Club plots a new path forward for its most important race.
Impressive Railway Stakes (G2) winner Celeron is set for three big assignments in the coming months as Michael O'Callaghan gears him up for the Aug. 9 Phoenix Stakes (G1) at the Curragh.
Fasig-Tipton and NYRA will show their continued support for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance by helping showcase the organization's mission to fans and buyers at both The Saratoga Sale and Whitney Stakes (G1) weekend at Saratoga Race Course.
An accomplished field of seven are expected to line up for the Aug, 8 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course, highlighted by multiple graded stakes winners Zulu Kingdom and Deterministic.
Flutter Entertainment, which in the United States operates the FanDuel sports and horse race betting app, announced Aug 5. that Dan Taylor will be appointed group CEO, effective Oct. 1, when he will also join Flutter's board of directors.
Coverage of the Thoroughbred industry expands in the days ahead as BloodHorse and other outlets plan livestreams of big industry events. On the racing side, FOX will cover an especially strong edition of the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga.
In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) winner Twinkle Town shines a spotlight on WinStar Farm's repatriated sire Take Charge Indy.
The Thoroughbred Championship Series is a hot topic on podcasts this week; as well as the death of horse whisperer Monty Roberts.
