Bellafina Breeder Hooked on Quality
October 04, 2018 (09:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Lexingtonian Joe Minor purchased several mares in foal to top sire Quality Road in 2014 including Akron Moon, the dam of Bellafina, who figures to be the choice for the Nov. 2 Tito's Handmade Vodka Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). More...

Masochistic Makes Racing Return in Harris Farms Stakes
October 04, 2018 (01:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
When owner Will Shamlian and trainer Kristin Mulhall brought grade 1 winner Masochistic out of retirement and back into training, a lot was up in the air. More...

Happy Like a Fool Returns in TCA Stakes
October 04, 2018 (01:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
In her first start since winning the May 18 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course, Happy Like a Fool will vie for her first grade 2 score in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes Oct. 6 at Keeneland. More...

Ransom the Moon, Roy H Meet Again at Santa Anita
October 03, 2018 (22:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
When Southern California's top sprinters have met in grade 1 races, they've both won a pair, and the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) Oct. 6 will serve as a tiebreaker of sorts. More...

Call Paul Could Raise Glass in Champagne
October 03, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After posting clear victories in his first two career starts, grade 2 winner Call Paul will try grade 1 company for the first time in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes Oct. 6 at Belmont Park. More...

Brown Wields Strong Hand in First Lady Stakes
October 03, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Grade 1 winners A Raving Beauty and Off Limits along with high-dollar stablemate Quidura will attempt to play the Mean Girls on Saturday, headlining a field of ten entered for the First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland. More...

Synchrony Looks to Take Next Step in Shadwell Mile
October 03, 2018 (15:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The site of Synchrony's first career victory has a chance to become the place where he kicks his way out of the shadows. The 5-year-old takes on grade 1 company for the second time in the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 6. More...

Mind Control Heads Full Field in Breeders' Futurity
October 03, 2018 (15:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A full field of 14 2-year-olds, including four exiting the Sept. 3 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, has been signed up for the Oct. 6 Claiborne Breeders Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The $500,000 event is contested at 1 1/16 miles. More...

Champion West Coast to Lane's End for 2019
October 03, 2018 (15:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
West Coast, the champion 3-year-old male of 2017, will join the Lane's End stallion roster for 2019, it was announced Oct. 3. An advertised fee has not yet been announced. More...

Classic-Winning Filly Sea of Class Supplemented to Arc
October 03, 2018 (15:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Brilliant classic winner Sea of Class, the general 7-2 second favorite for the Oct. 7 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) at ParisLongchamp, has been supplemented for the showpiece contest after the most recent entry stage Oct. 3. More...

A Sextet of Star Horses to Watch Arc Weekend
October 03, 2018 (10:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) dominates this weekend's action at Longchamp, but plenty of equine quality will be on display in the French capital across both days. Here are six stars who are set to strut their stuff at the Parisian course More...

Loaded Alcibiades Kicks Off Keeneland Fall Stand
October 02, 2018 (18:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) kicks off Keeneland's stakes-studded fall meet Oct. 5 with a full field of 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles. The likely favorite will Three Chimneys Farm and Fern Circle Stables' stakes-winning Restless Rider. More...

Whitmore, Limousine Liberal Set for Phoenix Rematch
October 02, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
If their race records this year are any indication, Whitmore and Limousine Liberal seem to be playing one long game of tag; a competition set to continue when the two meet Oct. 5 in the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. More...

She's a Julie Proves Solid in Remington Park Oaks
October 02, 2018 (11:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
She's a Julie reinforced her recent form with a solid score in the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks (G3), pulling away to a 1 1/2-length win Sept. 30. More...

St. Lewis Family Celebrates Discreet Lover's Win
October 02, 2018 (11:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) victory went to Discreet Lover, a 45-1 shot purchased for $10,000 by Uriah St. Lewis, a Parx Racing-based, 60-year-old owner/trainer born in Trinidad. More...

Wachtel Sees Channel Maker Peaking at Right Time
October 02, 2018 (06:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
In a division that has been searching for a clear-cut leader since the year started, Adam Wachtel believes he has a candidate in Channel Maker poised to take charge among older turf males. More...

Liam the Charmer Makes the Grade in John Henry Turf
October 02, 2018 (06:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Madaket Stables' Liam the Charmer returned to his favorite track and best distance to earn his first graded stakes win Sept. 30 in the $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship (G2T). More...

Newspaperofrecord Travels Fast to Take Miss Grillo
October 02, 2018 (06:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Set down in the final furlong of the $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (G2T), Klaravich Stables'Newspaperofrecord pulled well away from her competition to win the 1 1/16-mile test at Belmont Park by a commanding 6 1/2 lengths. More...

Japan Gives O'Brien Eighth Straight Beresford Win
September 30, 2018 (14:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Japan narrowly beat better-fancied stablemate Mount Everest at Naas Sept. 30to enhance Aidan O'Brien's remarkable record in the Beresford Stakes (G2), providing the trainer with his eighth victory in a row and 18th in total. More...

Accelerate Causes Own Trouble, Still Wins Awesome Again
September 30, 2018 (08:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Hronis Racing's Accelerate didn't make it easy on himself in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park, but his prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) still resulted in a victory. More...