Battle of Midway Ready to Roll in San Antonio Stakes
December 27, 2018 (23:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With back-to-back stakes wins under his belt and some of that old grade 1-winning pep back in his step, Battle of Midway will try to keep his momentum going in the $300,000 San Antonio Stakes (G2) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park. More...

Santa Anita Names Steve Lym as Racing Secretary
December 27, 2018 (23:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Santa Anita Park announced Dec. 22 that Canadian racing official Steve Lym will be the track's new vice president of racing and racing secretary. Lym will take over for Rick Hammerle, who was removed from those positions Nov. 30. More...

Kukulkan Confirmed for Pegasus World Cup
December 27, 2018 (23:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Cuadra San Jorge's undefeated Kukulkan, the winner of Mexico's Triple Crown, has been confirmed to run in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park. More...

Pimlico Study Hasn't Changed Stronach Group's Stance
December 27, 2018 (23:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Stronach Group has not wavered from its stance that it will not fund a rebuild of Pimlico Race Course. More...

Amandine Impresses Again in Lady of Shamrock Stakes
December 27, 2018 (23:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Usually when a horse is entered in a pair of races a few days apart, it means they'll run in one and scratch out of the other. That may not be the case for Red Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal, and Shanderella Stables' Amandine. More...

Santa Anita Park Reports Record Opening Day Wagering
December 27, 2018 (16:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Santa Anita Park's 2018-19 winter meeting got off to a record-breaking start Dec. 26, as the track posted all-sources pari-mutuel handle of $20,491,016, a 19% increase over a year ago and an all-time opening day record. More...

Harper to Receive Eclipse Award of Merit
December 27, 2018 (16:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Harper, chief executive officer of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, will receive the Award of Merit at the 48th annual Eclipse Awards honoring the 2018 champions of Thoroughbred racing Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Parkin Hallandale Beach, Fla. More...

Turfway Park Stewards to Explain Disqualifications
December 27, 2018 (14:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With NFL fans accustomed to hearing a brief explanation from officials if replay reverses a call on the field, Turfway Park and the stewards at the Northern Kentucky track are going to try a similar approach. More...

BackTrack: Barbaro Opens 3-Year-Old Season in Style
December 27, 2018 (09:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
This week is a recap of Barbaro's victory in the 2006 Tropical Park Derby (G3T) Jan. 1 on the turf at Calder Race Course. The recap, written by Scott Davis, ran in the Jan. 7, 2006 magazine and carried the headline, "Derby Dreamin." More...

Transplanted Gift Box Delivers in San Antonio
December 27, 2018 (09:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Maybe he liked thewarm weather, or maybe he liked the track.Whatever the difference, Hronis Racing's Gift Box stepped to the next level in his first start in Southern California Dec. 26 with a win in the $300,000 San Antonio Stakes (G2). More...

Back at Santa Anita, River Boyne Earns Mathis Brothers
December 27, 2018 (09:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
River Boyne posted his fourth stakes win of the season on the Santa Anita Park turf and fifth stakes score overall in 2018 when he held off challenges from his inside and outside to prevail in the Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes (G2T) Dec. 26. More...

McKinzie Powers Away to Win Malibu
December 27, 2018 (09:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The silks of Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman burst to the front, and McKinzie powered away from an overmatched field to win the Malibu Stakes (G1) by 4 3/4 lengths under jockey Mike Smith. More...

Spiced Perfection Takes La Brea Stakes
December 27, 2018 (09:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Dare to Dream Stableso far has been a fitting ownership name for a horse like Spiced Perfection, who put it all together Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park. More...

Surging Rosario Looking Forward to Santa Anita Meeting
December 26, 2018 (11:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Jockey Joel Rosario has been riding at a career peak, piling up grade 1 wins, including three Breeders' Cup triumphs at Churchill Downs. More...

A Look Back at the Year in Racing
December 24, 2018 (18:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Absolute magnitude is a computation the Thoroughbred racing community finds itself taking a stab at following a 2018 season that saw some scorching luminaries light up the landscape in a very different but no less brilliant fashion. More...

Fahan Mura Gets Class Break in Robert J. Frankel
December 24, 2018 (04:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Bran Jam Stables and David Clark's Fahan Mura will get a class break when she takes on seven other fillies and mares Dec. 29 in the $150,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park. More...

From Modest Beginnings, Chindi Thrives in Pony Role
December 23, 2018 (22:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The first horse to have its picture taken in the new winner's circle at Oaklawn Park was Chindi, who, after earning more than $1 million on the track as a late-running sprinter, is still active as trainer Steve Hobby's ultra-popular stable pony. More...

Recruiting Ready Makes Strong Return in Gravesend
December 23, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Sagamore Farm's Recruiting Ready led every point of call and was able to hold off a late challenge by Skyler's Scramjet in his return to the races in the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes Dec. 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack. More...

McPeek Seeks American Oaks Double With Princess Warrior
December 23, 2018 (17:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A year after he won the American Oaks (G1T) with Daddys Lil Darling, trainer Ken McPeek is sending another promising Kentucky-based filly out west to seek grade 1 glory. More...

Dream Tree Returns to Racing in La Brea
December 23, 2018 (16:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
An epiglottic entrapment may have knocked Phoenix Thoroughbreds' Dream Tree out of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), but after surgery to repair the issue, she'll be back to try for her first grade 1 win of 2018 in the La Brea Stakes. More...