Stormy Liberal Edges Richard's Boy Again at Del Mar
August 18, 2018 (01:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The stakes weren't as high as their last meeting at Del Mar, but the result was the same for Stormy Liberal and Richard's Boy Aug. 17 in the $75,000 Green Flash Handicap. More...

Navarro Breaks Own Win Record at Monmouth Park
August 16, 2018 (20:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The 43-year-old trainer set a track record for victories for the third straight year, with Find the Money's hard-fought victory in the eighth and final race marking the conditioner's 66th winner of the meeting. More...

Bonita Bianca Scores in Union Avenue
August 16, 2018 (20:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Bonita Bianca came three wide around the turn and powered past Swing and Sway and Picco Uno in deep stretch to take the $100,000 Union Avenue Stakes for New York-bred fillies Aug. 16 at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Genuine Reward, Son of Genuine Risk, Euthanized at 25
August 16, 2018 (20:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Genuine Reward, one of two live offspring produced by Kentucky Derby (G1) winning-filly Genuine Risk, was euthanized Aug. 15 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., where he had been pensioned since 2015. More...

Shang Shang Shang to Face Males in Skidmore Stakes
August 16, 2018 (18:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With 14 juveniles entered, the $100,000 Skidmore Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf will feature a contentious group looking to notch a stakes victory Aug. 17 at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Ollie's Candy Back for More in Del Mar Oaks
August 16, 2018 (18:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Considering all of the factors working against her, Ollie's Candy probably ran her best race when she came up a neck short in the July 21 San Clemente Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar. More...

Santa Anita Names Stakes After American Pharoah
August 16, 2018 (18:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Santa Anita Park released its stakes schedule for its fall meet that begins Sept. 28 and in the process also announced it will rename one of its grade 1 race for Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. More...

Future Breeders' Cup Host Sites to be Announced
August 16, 2018 (15:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A series of announcements regarding host sites for the next three editions of the Breeders' Cup World Championships are expected Aug. 17 at Santa Anita Park, Keeneland, and Del Mar. More...

Ellis Park Accredited by Safety & Integrity Alliance
August 16, 2018 (11:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Ellis Park has received its initial accreditation from the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance. More...

Jockey Martin Grabs Career Win 4,000
August 16, 2018 (10:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Veteran jockey Eddie Martin Jr. secured the 4,000th win of his career Aug. 15 when he guided Spinning Pegasus to victory in the ninth race at Retama Park. More...

BackTrack: Natashka Adds to Family Tradition in Alabama
August 16, 2018 (05:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
This week is a recap of Natashka's victory, by disqualification, in the 1966 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. The recap, written by Kent Hollingsworth, ran in the Aug. 20, 1966 magazine under the headline, "Alabama Triumph to Getty Filly." More...

Hronis' Accelerate in the Spotlight for Pacific Classic
August 15, 2018 (18:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Installed as the 8-5 favorite in the field of eight for the million-dollar race, Accelerate is now tentatively scheduled to compete in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park in late September as a prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). More...

Daddy Is a Legend Seeks More Spa Success in Lake Placid
August 15, 2018 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Jim and Susan Hill's Daddy Is a Legend will go for her second graded stakes win at Saratoga Race Course in as many months when she competes against six other 3-year-old fillies in the $300,000 Lake Placid Stakes (G2T) Aug. 18. More...

Midnight Bisou Can Claim Spotlight in Alabama
August 15, 2018 (18:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With Monomoy Girl training toward the Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing next month, Midnight Bisou has the opportunity to snatch some spotlight for herself in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) Aug. 18. More...

Tricky Escape Has It Her Way in Fasig-Tipton Waya
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Having her way on the lead, Jon Marshall's Tricky Escape put together back-to-back stakes victories, taking the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes Aug. 12 at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Curlin's Approval Cruises to Victory in Sugarloaf Key
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Multiple graded-stakes winner Curlin's Approval rebounded from a fourth-place finish in the June 30 Princess Rooney Stakes (G2) Aug. 12with a dominating, 2 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 Sugarloaf Key at Gulfstream Park. More...

Yuvetsi Springs Upset in Rancho Bernardo
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The development of Hronis Racing's Yuvetsi has been more of a germination or a brew. It took her 13 starts, but afer a decisive score in the $100,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3), she's now a graded winner. More...

B. B. Dude First Stakes Winner for Shakin It Up
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After becoming the first winner for Spendthrift Farm's stallion Shakin It Upin June,B. B. Dude added the Aug. 11 Manzano Stakes to also become the sire's first black-type winner. More...

Call Paul Goes Gate to Wire in Saratoga Special
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Despite a bit of a bumpy start and some more bumps in a stretch duel, Call Paul still prevailed Aug. 12 and scored his second consecutive win in the $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes Presented by Miller Lite (G2) at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Alpha Centauri Amazes in Jacques Le Marois
August 15, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Racegoers at Deauville Aug. 12 for the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois (G1) can be comforted that her awestruck trainer, Jessica Harrington, was inclined to back up the impression they will all have formed for themselves. More...