Group 1-Winning Sprinter Brando Retires at Age 9
October 17, 2021 (20:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The remarkably durable 9-year-old Brando has been retired after finishing 12th on his sixth and final crack at the Oct. 16 British Champions Sprint Stakes (G1). More...

BC to Require Enhanced Testing of Baffert's Horses
October 17, 2021 (19:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
All horses trained by Bob Baffert that competein any 2021 Breeders' Cup races will have toundergo enhanced out-of-competition, pre- and post-race testing,and other security protocols, at Baffert's own expense, to participate. More...

Brown Barn Relishes Grade 1 Success at Keeneland
October 17, 2021 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Shantisara and Technical Analysis provided the Chad Brown barn with its second consecutive grade 1 exacta sweep at Keeneland with their 1-2 finish in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) Oct. 16. More...

Akaitorino Musume Wins Shuka Sho as Sodashi Runs 10th
October 17, 2021 (16:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Akaitorino Musume stepped up to carry her owner's colors to victory in the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 17 at Hanshin Racecourse as her white compatriot, Sodashi, faltered through the final 200 meters to finish 10th. More...

Kumin's Homebred Fluffy Socks Takes Sands Point
October 16, 2021 (23:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
If your knowledge of Sol Kumin as a Thoroughbred racehorse owner involves only his purchases of shares of experienced runners, then you do not know the whole story. More...

Jack Christopher Leads Breeders' Cup Workers for Brown
October 16, 2021 (23:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Before winning the two graded stakes in North America Oct. 16"the Sands Point (G2T) with Fluffy Socksand the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) with Shantisara"trainer Chad Brown got to work readying his horses for the Breeders' Cup. More...

Jack Christopher Leads Brown's Breeders' Cup Workers
October 16, 2021 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Before winning the two graded stakes in North America Oct. 16"the Sands Point (G2T) with Fluffy Socksand the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) with Shantisara"trainer Chad Brown got to work readying his horses for the Breeders' Cup. More...

Crabs N Beer Becomes First Winner for Blofeld
October 16, 2021 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Charles Blanford's Crabs N Beer broke his maiden Oct. 16 at Delaware Park to deliver freshman sire Blofeld his first winner. More...

Baaeed Edges Palace Pier in Pulsating QEII at Ascot
October 16, 2021 (21:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Much was promised, much more was delivered as Baaeed launched himself into the realms of equine superstardom with victory over Palace Pier in a pulsating Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1)at Ascot Racecourse. More...

Sealiway Scores Champion Stakes Upset
October 16, 2021 (21:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After finishing fifth in the Arc (G1) two weeks before, Sealiway defeated a top-class field in the Oct. 16 Champions Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse. More...

Shantisara Extends Win Streak in QEII Challenge Cup
October 16, 2021 (21:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Shantisara drew off to collect her third straight victory inthe$500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Presented by Dixiana (G1T) Oct. 16at Keeneland. More...

Sealiway Scores Upset in Champion Stakes
October 16, 2021 (20:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After finishing fifth in the Arc (G1) two weeks before, Sealiway defeats a top class field in the Oct. 16 Champions Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse. More...

Nature Strip Third Time Lucky in Everest
October 16, 2021 (20:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip gave a grandstand of spectators fresh out of lockdown something to cheer about Oct. 16 when he finally put his Everestghosts to bed with a thrilling victory in the AU$15 million race at Randwick. More...

Incentivise Obliterates Rivals in Caulfield Cup
October 16, 2021 (20:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The rapid rise of Incentivise hit new heights Oct. 16, as the Peter Moody-trained gelding proved he was the very best middle distance stayer in Australia with a breathtaking display in theCaulfield Cup (G1). More...

Eshaada Takes Fillies & Mares, Snowfall Third
October 16, 2021 (19:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Eshaada bounced back to the form of her narrow defeat at Royal Ascot in the Oct. 16 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1), executing a plan hatched in the height of summer by winning trainer Roger Varian and her owner-breeders at Shadwell. More...

Creative Force Gives Appleby His First Champions Winner
October 16, 2021 (19:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Given the season he has had, the greatest surprise after Creative Force landed the Oct. 16 Qipco British Champions Sprint (G1) for trainer Charlie Appleby was that he had never previously saddled a runner on Champions Day. More...

Casse Hopes for Early Pace to Benefit Trio in Nearctic
October 16, 2021 (18:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said his best chance to win the Oct. 17 CA$250,000 Nearctic Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine will come if there's a hot pace that falls apart late in the six-furlong race on the E. P. Taylor Turf Course. More...

Trueshan Cements Title as King of the Stayers
October 16, 2021 (18:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Trueshan retained his Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (G1) crown Oct. 16 at Ascot Racecourse with old rival Stradivarius taking third. More...

Lopez Injures Shoulder in One-Horse Meadowlands Spill
October 16, 2021 (18:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
New Jersey's perennial leading jockey, Paco Lopez, injured his left shoulder the evening of Oct. 15 at Meadowlands when his mount in the third race, Voter Protection, broke down and fell entering the first turn of the 1 1/16-mile turf race. More...

Starman Retirement Puts Sprint Crown up For Grabs
October 16, 2021 (01:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Early retirement for ante-post favorite Starman coupled with the absence of King's Stand Stakes (G1) star Oxted means the stage is set for a new sprinting champion in the Oct. 16 British Champions Sprint Stakes (G1). More...