Maiden Winner Hofburg Joins Florida Derby Cast
March 27, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Juddmonte Farms' homebred Hofburg, an impressive maiden winner March 3 at Gulfstream Park, will make his third career start and first in a stakes March 31 in the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1). More...

Strike Power Has Point to Prove in Florida Derby
March 27, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Just because Mark Hennig came up under the master of the classics in D. Wayne Lukas"who is tied for saddling the most Kentucky Derby starters in history at 48"doesn't mean he is susceptible to the so-called Derby fever. More...

Optimism Following Surgery for The Player
March 27, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Owner-trainer Buff Bradley reported late March 26 that surgery on grade 2 winner The Player went well following his injury in the New Orleans Handicap (G2) March 24 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. More...

Keeneland Announces Nominations for 2018 Spring Meet
March 27, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Champion Caledonia Road and the undefeated Rushing Fall headline the list of horses nominated to six graded stakes that are part of eight stakes to be run during the April 6-8 opening weekend of Keeneland's 2018 Spring Meet. More...

Heck Yeah Speeds to Victory in California Cup Derby
February 20, 2018 (04:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Robert Baedeker, Michael Pageler, and Michael Sigband's Heck Yeah continued to show his versatility and kept his undefeated record intact with a frontrunning score in the $200,000 California Cup Derby Feb. 19 at Santa Anita Park. More...

Tribal Storm Charges to Lost in the Fog Stakes Victory
February 20, 2018 (04:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Lost in the Fog Stakes was expected to be a match-up between multiple stakes winner Wellabled and grade 1 winner Mongolian Saturday, but Tribal Storm rallied from last for a three-quarter length upset at 20-1 odds. More...

Star Power Helps Lift Travers Day Handle
August 28, 2017 (11:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With a Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) field that featured this year's three different classic winners and a race card that included reigning champions Songbird and Drefong, Travers day 2017 enjoyed increases in handle. More...

Tower of Texas Stands Tall in Play the King Stakes
August 16, 2017 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Eight turf sprinters will contest the 2017 Play the King Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine Aug. 19. More...

Champion Classic Empire Back Training in Ocala
August 16, 2017 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With the champion colt's notorious training issues again flaring up at Saratoga Race Course this summer, Classic Empire has been shipped to Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala to prepare for the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1). More...

Arrogate Set to Right the Ship in Pacific Classic
August 16, 2017 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
If Arrogate can put himself back on form in the Aug. 19 TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar less than a month after the worst race of his life, hindsight could view his stunning setback as a blip that exposed him as mortal, but not lesser. More...

Always Dreaming Owners Support Horseracing Integrity
August 16, 2017 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Standing with the Kentucky Derby trophy at the Equestricon convention Aug. 15 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Team Always Dreaming announced its support for the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017. More...

Owner, Analyst Olczyk Diagnosed With Colon Cancer
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Hockey great Eddie Olczyk, who also owns Thoroughbreds and serves as an analyst on NBC Sports horse racing broadcasts, released a statement Aug. 8 that he has been diagnosed with a form of colon cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. More...

WV Derby Runner-Up Game Over Likely for Travers
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Owner Ron Paolucci could take another run at a big event or two at Saratoga Race Course before the meet is out. More...

Lady Aurelia Breezes Five Furlongs at Keeneland
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
European champion Lady Aurelia, based at Keeneland with trainer Wesley Ward, covered fivefurlongs Aug. 8 on a firm turf course in 1:02 in her final United States work before her next scheduled start in the Aug. 25 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (G1). More...

Arrogate Continues Work Toward Pacific Classic
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Working on his own with jockey Martin Garcia in the irons, superstar Arrogate clipped off a solid seven-furlong drill in 1:25 1/5Aug. 8 at Del Mar as trainer Bob Baffert and regular rider Mike Smith looked on from the track's grandstand. More...

NTRA Poll Voters Stick With Arrogate
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Gun Runner's victory inthe Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 5 didn't sway the minds of the NTRA voters with keeping the 2016 Longines World's Best Race Horse Arrogate on top in Week 28 of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. More...

Now Who Do You Like in the Travers?
August 09, 2017 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Steve Haskin takes a look at the pros and cons of 11 prospective Travers horses as they head into the all-important race that could nail down an Eclipse Award. More...

Weekend Stakes Rundown: Whitney Day at Saratoga
August 05, 2017 (11:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Each week BloodHorse.com looks forward to the weekend's biggest races. Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week a loaded card at Saratoga Race Course, featuring two grade 1 races, highlights the schedule. More...

Bricks and Mortar Stays Perfect With Hall of Fame Win
August 05, 2017 (11:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The powerful turn of foot that carried Bricks and Mortar to victory in his first three starts kept him unbeaten in his toughest challenge to date as he ran by favorite Yoshida (JPN) in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T). More...

Purse Dispute Cuts 3YOs From Florida Sire Stakes
August 05, 2017 (11:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The three-tiered racing series fornominated progeny of stallions registered with the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association will offer only six races for 2-year-olds this year. More...