
Goal Oriented Gets Shot at a Starring Role in Preakness
If you go back in time to the middle of March, "The Avengers" ownership group had a pretty impressive Triple Crown depth chart.
If you go back in time to the middle of March, "The Avengers" ownership group had a pretty impressive Triple Crown depth chart.
Ifurhappynuknowit, a full sister to the dam of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty, topped the Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale May 14, selling for $280,000 to Denali Stud. Ninety-eight horses sold for $3,786,000, with an average of $38,632.
Scheduled to join Burnham Square, the sixth-place finisher from the Kentucky Derby (G1), in the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) June 8 at Churchill Downs is Coal Battle, 11th in the Derby.
The opening under tack show session for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will now begin at 9 a.m. ET May 14, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 a.m.
Early Epsom Derby (G1) favorite The Lion In Winter will make his highly anticipated return to action after being declared for the May 15 Dante Stakes (G2) at York.
Maiden Watch Preakness Edition
Porter on Pedigrees
Trainer Mike Maker and Sugoi are back to try for a repeat in the May 17 Louisville Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs.
The $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (G3) lures quick horses to Pimlico Race Course to race six furlongs. Two of the race favorites—Booth and Concrete Glory—are speedsters, highly effective when racing three-quarters of a mile.
It was a relatively quiet May 13 morning at a soggy Pimlico Race Course as two of nine starters in the May 17 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) jogged around the wet, sealed racetrack.
America's Best Racing compiles as schedule of racing on radio and television.
America's Best Racing provides quick looks at this year's Preakness runners.
As race spacing is considered today, some historical perspective on Preakness date.
Meet the jockeys riding in the Preakness Stakes (G1), the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.
The Jockey Club Information Systems in association with the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities have published the 2025 International Cataloguing Standards Book, also known as The Blue Book.
Kyle Rothfus doesn't use the term aftercare to describe finding safe, long-term homes for racehorses after they retire from the track.
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
The only suspense in advance of the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course was what posts the entrants would draw and how heavy of a favorite Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism would find himself.
In a vote the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors selected Mystic Lake as the 2024 Florida-bred Horse of the Year.
New York State's new budget gives NYRA the authority to retain some board members beyond their scheduled departures next spring in order to maintain continuity of leadership through the rebuilding of Belmont Park, expected to open in September 2026.
Javier Morzan was cited for three intra-articular injections given within a 14-day stand-down period prior to racing and one injection given only three days prior to a workout.
On the May 12 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas discusses his Preakness Stakes (G1) memories and American Promise. Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins preview the Preakness field and the Horseshoe Indianapolis meet.
For the connections of WinStar Farm, CHC, Pantofel Stable, and Wachtel Stable's River Thames, it wasn't a thorny choice to keep him in his stall on the first Saturday in May and point to the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.
The Shes Perfect camp will appeal against her dramatic demotion from first place in the French One Thousand Guineas (G1) May 11 after labeling Mickael Barzalona's use of his hand down the neck of the promoted winner Zarigana as "unacceptable".
Scott Jordan has more than 20 years of experience as a head starter and a leader in track operations.
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr has reintroduced the Regulation Advancement for Capital Enhancement Act of 2025, a federal bill that aims to simplify the registration process required by the SEC for fractional Thoroughbred racehorse ownership groups.
Gabriel Duignan's Echo Sound makes her seasonal debut May 16 in the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico. She faces an expected dozen rivals in the six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies, including Vodka With a Twist.
With rain forecast for the Timonium, Md., area May 13, the first day of the under tack show for Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be pushed from Tuesday to to May 14.
Keeneland Library's popular lecture series continues this summer with public events that celebrate recently published works about Thoroughbred racing whose authors conducted research at the facility.
As several Preakness Stakes (G1) contenders departed Churchill Downs for Pimlico Race Course May 12, Clever Again recorded a half-mile maintenance work in :50 2/5.
Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism will be entered in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course May 17, co-owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners confirmed May 11.
Favorite Zarigana was awarded the victory over Shes Perfect in the French One Thousand Guineas (G1) May 11. Kieran Shoemark had finished first past the post on the Charlie Fellowes-trained Shes Perfect, but the result was overturned by the stewards.
Grade 1 winner Johannes is nearing his first work of the year after spending more than two months on a Kentucky farm, trainer Tim Yakteen said May 11.
Reserve Bank capped off a remarkable month with a career-high victory in The Goodwood (G1) May 10 at Morphettville. The 3-year-old son of Capitalist was coming off back-to-back wins in the Redelva Stakes and the Tobin Bronze Stakes (G2) April 26.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Henri Matisse surges late to capture the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, G1) for trainer Aidan O'Brien.
The Chad Brown-trained reigning champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone was on the work tab May 11 over the Belmont Park dirt training track, covering a half-mile in :50.
Report from Japan.
Co-owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners posted on X that trainer Michael McCarthy has "green-lighted" the colt for the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1).
Panja Tower won a frantic, four-way dash to the finish in the NHK Mile Cup (G1) for 3-year-olds May 11 at Tokyo Racecourse.
Whitham Thoroughbreds' Burnham Square, a troubled sixth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby (G1), is being pointed to the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs June 8, according to trainer Ian Wilkes.
With six days to go until the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, Bob Baffert-trained Goal Oriented recorded a half-mile breeze in :47 3/5 at Churchill Downs May 11.
Rallying from eighth in the field of nine, Amo Racing USA's Hill Road closed powerfully in the final furlong to collar the dueling Rick Dutrow Jr. duo and win the Peter Pan Stakes (G3) by three-quarters of a length May 10 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Jody's Pride scored a breakthrough graded stakes victory May 10 in the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Shisospicy kept the flame burning hot for her third win in a row for Morplay Racing, capturing the $224,625 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) May 10 at Churchill Downs.
Strong-finishing Abaan denied champion Snap Decision to win the $250,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes (NSA-G1) at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.
The $169,750 John A. Nerud Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack was short on competitors, but not on drama. Three sprinters battled to a photo finish, with Whatchatalkinabout narrowly prevailing over Silver Slugger and Surveillance.
Hollie Doyle praised Hayley Turner after surpassing her former weighing-room colleague as the winningmost female jockey in Britain following her 1,023rd victory on Brindavan at Ascot Racecourse May 10.
Leinster extended his early lead over the freshman sire class when his 2-year-old daughter Lennilu gave the first-crop stallion his first stakes winner in the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes May 10 at Gulfstream Park.
A well-bred Night of Thunder colt sold for €1.9 million in Deauville May 10 to lead the record proceedings at the Arqana Breeze Up Sale.
A dual grade1 winner a year ago, LSU Stables' Far Bridge continued a sharp start to his 5-year-old season by cruising to a comfortable length victory in the $388,000 Man o' War Stakes (G2T) May 10 at Aqueduct Racetrack.