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...

Pennsylvania Derby in Play for Classic Empire
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes (G1) looming and his presence on the work tab still unaccounted for since arriving at Saratoga Race Course, a start in the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) is a "Plan B" that could become a reality for Classic Empire. More...

2017 Hall of Fame Profiles: Victor Espinoza
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With Kentucky Derby wins aboard War Emblem, California Chrome, and Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh, the induction of jockey Victor Espinoza into the Hall of Fame was just a matter of time. More...

Leonard Lavin of Glen Hill Farm Dies
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Leonard Lavin, a longtime force in Thoroughbred racing who built Glen Hill Farm into a nationally prominent racing and breeding outfit, died Aug. 2 at the age of 97. More...

Neolithic Returns in Saratoga Allowance Test
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Neolithic, the third-place finisher in the world's two richest Thoroughbred races, will make his first start in nearly four months Aug. 5, when he returns against a solid field of nine challengers in an allowance race at Saratoga Race Course. More...

2017 Hall of Fame Profiles: Javier Castellano
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Jockey has won four straight Eclipse Awards. More...

Paid Up Subscriber Recovering from Surgery
August 04, 2017 (06:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After a dazzling performance at Saratoga Race Course in which she ran away to a 32 1/2-length score in the Shuvee Handicap (G3), Paid Up Subscriber had ankle surgery this week and will be sidelined for at least 60 days, her trainer Chad Brown said. More...