Maryland Jockey Club Reports Record Preakness Weekend
May 19, 2019 (19:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
While the 2019 Preakness Stakes (G1) field lacked any of the first four horses to reach the wire in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), horseplayers had plenty of interest in the Baltimore classic. More...

Lexitonian Rallies to Take Chick Lang By a Head
May 18, 2019 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Calumet Farm's Lexitonian rallied with gusto while splitting horses in the stretch under jockey Jose Ortiz and prevailed in the final strides to take the $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes (G3) by a head over Gladiator King. More...

West's 16m challenge to Kentucky rivals
May 17, 2019 (15:15) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Maximum Security’s owner Gary West has issued a $20m (£16m) challenge to the owners of four horses involved in his runner’s disqualification from the Kentucky Derby. More...

West Issues $20M Challenge to Kentucky Derby Rivals
May 17, 2019 (13:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Gary West is offering a $20 million rewardto the owners of Country House, War of Will, Long Range Toddy, and Bodexpress if any of those horses finish ahead of Maximum Security the next time any of them race against the colt through Dec. 31, 2019. More...

Dixie Stakes a Starting Spot for Versatile Catholic Boy
May 17, 2019 (12:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The wide swath of emerald lawn on Preakness Stakes Day at Pimlico Race Course is not a likely place to find the horse who could electrify the dirt division later this year. Then again, Catholic Boy's career has hardly been run by the book. More...

Current Returns to Turf in James W. Murphy
May 17, 2019 (08:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
It's not unusual for a promising young horse to wind up in a dirt race at some point before the first Saturday in May of their 3-year-old year. Yet for Current, it's the grass that's surely seems greener. More...

Suffolk Downs Begins Curtain Closing Race Meeting
May 17, 2019 (08:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
It will be homecoming weekend May 18-19 at Suffolk Downs as local horsemen who had dispersed to tracks along the East Coast in what is the last season of live racing at the 84-year-old landmark. More...

Bafferts Simple Method Leads to Preakness Success
May 16, 2019 (21:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Dozens of factors can go into winning a major horse race. Yet Bob Baffert said there's one vital principle behind his amazing run of seven victories in the Preakness Stakes (G1) since 1997. Quite simply, he arrives in Baltimore with the best horse. More...

Preakness Favorite Improbable Takes to Track at Pimlico
May 16, 2019 (10:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With all but two of the Preakness Stakes (G1) starters on the grounds at Pimlico May 16, most horses made their way to the main track to stretch their legs. More...

Security team file lawsuit
May 16, 2019 (04:45) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Gary and Mary West, owners of Maximum Security, have filed a lawsuit seeking to have the Kentucky Derby disqualification of their horse overturned in court. More...

Maryland Horsewoman Kim Boniface Dead at 51
May 15, 2019 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Kim Boniface"a member of one of Maryland's most prominent horse racing and breeding families"has died, according to reports from The Baltimore Sun and the Daily Racing Form. She was 51. More...

Arlington Opens State-Bred Races to Louisiana, Arkansas
May 15, 2019 (10:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Facing a virtual collapse of the state breeding industry, Arlington International Racecourse is converting its "state-bred" races to "states-bred" affairs, including not only Illinois-bred horses but also rivals hailing from Louisiana and Arkansas. More...

Meade calls temporary halt
May 14, 2019 (10:15) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Martyn Meade has called a temporary halt to the season for his team as his horses recover from a bug in the yard. More...

Gigginstown House Stud - Five of the best
May 14, 2019 (10:00) [ Indexed from RTÉ Sport ]
We take a look at five of the finest horses to have carried the famous maroon and white silks of Gigginstown House Stud. More...

Gigginstown set to wind down racing operation
May 14, 2019 (10:00) [ Indexed from RTÉ Sport ]
Gigginstown House Stud boss Michael O'Leary has revealed he will not purchase any more young horses with a view to scaling back his racing operations. More...

Chasing a Dream Leads Rubley to the Triple Crown
May 13, 2019 (13:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Maryland-based trainer Kelly Rubley has worked her way from showing horses to learning from Barclay Tagg to having her own May 18 Preakness Stakes contender in Alwaysmining. More...

Brando tops ten in Duke Of York
May 13, 2019 (06:00) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Kevin Ryan's consistent and classy sprinter Brando is among 10 horses declared for the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes on the Knavesmire on Wednesday. More...

Luis Saez Camp Argues Rivals Caused Derby Foul
May 10, 2019 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A representative for Luis Saez at a stewards' video review May 10 gave the stewards a video she believes makes the case that other horses were the cause of any interference in the Kentucky Derby May 4 at Churchill Downs. More...

Horse racing tips: Chester day three
May 10, 2019 (03:00) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Soft ground horses have to be top of your punting list as the rain has been hammering down in Chester for almost the entirety of the meeting. More...

Lombardi Hopes Firenze Fire Redeems Servis in Runhappy
May 09, 2019 (19:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Ron Lombardi, who races under the banner of Mr. Amore Stables, will send out the grade 1-winning homebred Firenze Fire in the six-furlong stakes for older horses May 11 at Belmont Park, and he fully understands the importance of a victory. More...