Five Star General Retired to Owl Hollow in Virginia
The 8-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Longacres Mile Stakes in 2023-24 and retires with more than $900,000 in earnings.
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Thomas Invigorated After Memorable Del Mar Meet
Jonathan Thomas sent out three graded stakes winners in one week for Augustin Stables to complete a stellar Del Mar Turf Festival.
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Debut Winner Cruz Ramirez Added to F-T Digital Sale
Cruz Ramirez was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and is out of the mare Ragtime Hope. She is a half sister to Secret Circle, winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1).
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Touchuponastar Targets Third LA Champions Day Classic
Set-Hut's Touchuponastar looks to solidify his place as a Louisiana-bred legend Dec. 14 when he targets a third victory in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
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Alumni, Top Trainers to Attend Global Symposium
A large crowd, including more than 100 anticipated alumni, is expected to attend the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 9-11 in Tucson.
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Turfway Park Synthetic Championships Lure Deep Lineups
Thirty years after introducing the Kentucky Cup, which eventually fell out of favor when overshadowed by richer races, Turfway Park is launching another lucrative day of racing on Dec. 14—the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships.
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'Preakness Preview Day' Stakes Get $25K Purse Increase
The new Maryland Jockey Club announced the stakes schedule for the 2025 winter-spring meet at Laurel Park, which will feature 25 stakes worth more than $2.6 million in total purses.
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Shares in Zarak, Castle du Berlais Added to Arqana Sale
Zarak is the sire of 16% stakes winners or placed horses from his whole production to date. Zarak has notably sired Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) winner Metropolitan, as well as group 1 winners Haya Zark and Zagrey.
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Obituary: Dedomenico Reached Heights On, and Off, Track
Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who reached racing's heights on the track as an owner of 2010 champion filly Blind Luck and off the track with the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center near his Redmond, Wash., home, died Dec. 7. He was 87.
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Fatal Flaw Wins Cape Fillies Guineas in South Africa
Bloodstock South Africa alumni dominated feature race action at Kenilworth Dec. 7.
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De Vos, Engelbrecht-Bresges Elected to Lead IHSC
Ingmar De Vos and Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges elected as president and vice president of the International Horse Sports Confederation.
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BH Interview: Ruben Sierra, Breeder of My Denysse
My Denysse, a 35-1 longshot, won the My Dear Girl Division of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Nov. 30 for trainer, owner, and breeder Ruben Sierra. The Venezuelan moved to the United States when he was 17, and now owns a farm near Ocala, Fla.
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Do Deuce Will Aim to Defend Title in Arima Kinen
Report from Japan
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In Preparation for Pegasus, White Abarrio Breezes
The 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner breezed Dec. 8 at Gulfstream Park.
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Light Infantry Man Gets First Group 1 Win in Northerly
The year's final Australian group 1 proved another feather in the cap of trainer Ciaron Maher after Light Infantry Man defied a wide gate to seize an elusive elite-level victory in the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes (G1) going 1,800 meters at Ascot.
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Repole Secures Top Lot Hoshiana on Day 2 of Arqana Sale
Mike Repole made six purchases at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville, France, a haul that generated receipts worth €1,960,000 ($2,070,175) for five racing prospects and one broodmare.
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Arma Veloce Turns Heads in Hanshin Juvenile Fillies
Arma Veloce jumped to the top of Japan's 2-year-old filly division with a victory in the Dec. 8 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1).
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World Pool Head: Over-Regulation Will Spur Black Market
Engelbrecht-Bresges, who is the head of World Pool, believes the threat of illegal operators is not appreciated by governments and affordability checks in Britain have incentivized punters to seek out illicit alternatives.
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Pegasus Could be Next for Cigar Mile Winner Locked
The Pegasus World Cup (G1) may be next for the 4 -year-old son of Gun Runner, with the Saudi Cup (G1) and Dubai World Cup (G1) also on the radar.
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Record International Wagering on Hong Kong Races
Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has lauded the 2024 Hong Kong International Races as "one of the best days of racing" in Hong Kong racing history.
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NYRA's Efforts Aid Progress of Jamaica's Mouttet Mile
SVREL which organized the Dec. 7 Mouttet Mile in Kingston, Jamaica, wants to revitalize the sport in the country.
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Romantic Warrior Leads Near-Sweep for Hong Kong Runners
Romantic Warrior leads Hong Kong forces as they win three of the four group 1 races on International Races day at Sha Tin.
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Funcaandun Comes on Late to Win Mouttet Mile
The race provided trainer Jason DaCosta with a happy ending to his year. In March, he was suspended 15 days after his trainee, Poker Partner, tested positive for gabapentin in a July 2023 postrace test at Presque Isle Downs.
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Tenma Extends Baffert's Starlet Win Streak
Tenma is trainer Bob Baffert's eighth consecutive Starlet winner and 11th for him overall, as well as the fourth one owned by Charlie and Susan Chu's Baoma.
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Locked Makes Up for Lost Time With Cigar Mile Win
It's easy to look back and wonder about "what if?" Yet there are times when a bright future can outweigh all of that. The 3-year-old colt Locked surely fits nicely into that mold.
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Craig Bandoroff to Receive Jockeys and Jeans Award
Craig Bandoroff will receive the award and speak at the 10th annual Jockeys and Jeans fundraising event for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund at Gulfstream Park Jan. 11.
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Lynch's Donut God, Mrs Worldwide Capture Tampa Stakes
Trainer Brian Lynch saddled the winners of the Inaugural and Sandpiper Stakes for owner Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing.
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Get Smokin Shines Brightly in Snowy Valedictory Stakes
Age 7 and still at the top of his game, Get Smokin can still win races under various conditions.
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Prat Sets Stakes Win Record With Victory in Remsen
For jockey Flavien Prat, it was an unforgettable trifecta. In one fell swoop, he managed to break the record for stakes wins in a year, tie the mark for most graded stakes victories, and come up an intriguing Triple Crown prospect.
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Muhimma Deepens Cox's KY Oaks Hand With Demoiselle Win
Trainer Brad Cox appears well positioned to potentially win a third Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the spring. He trains Immersive, Good Cheer, and Muhimma—winner of the Dec. 7 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Sparkling Plenty Sets Record at Arqana December Sale
Prix de Diane (G1) heroine Sparkling Plenty will depart her native France for the United States after being knocked down to M.V. Magnier for a record-breaking €5 million during the Dec. 7 headline session of the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.
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Connie K Retires as Richest AR-Bred Female in History
Connie K bowed out a winner Dec. 6 at Oaklawn Park and retired as the winningest Arkansas-bred female of all time with earnings of $620,612.
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Tizzy in the Sky Takes Go for Wand for First Graded Win
KimDon Racing's Tizzy in the Sky continued her proficiency over the racing surface at Aqueduct Racetrack by capturing the $200,000 Go for Wand Stakes (G3) Dec. 7 under hot-riding Flavien Prat.
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Jockey Club of Turkey Sends Daredevil Back Home
The 12-year-old son of More Than Ready, who was sold to the Jockey Club of Turkey in 2019, had been standing at Lane's End for four breeding seasons following the success of his grade 1 daughters Shedaresthedevil and Swiss Skydiver.
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Lopez Situation Begs the Question: How Much is Enough?
In the wake of the Parx incident, and the predictable social media firestorm that followed, Paco Lopez emerged from his hearing with officials of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority with an indefinite suspension.
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Jamaica Looking to Grow its Presence With Mouttet Mile
Jamaica has a long history in the sport and has been making a strong push to improve its place in the global Thoroughbred landscape. The next step comes Dec. 7 with the $250,000 Mouttet Mile.
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Donut God Heads Inaugural; Half to Flightline Debuts
Juveniles will be in the spotlight Dec. 7 at Tampa Bay Downs with nine races comprised entirely of 2-year-olds, including the Inaugural Stakes and Sandpiper Stakes, a pair of six-furlong contests worth $125,000 apiece.
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Sparkling Plenty Among Top Offerings at Arqana
A storm is brewing in Deauville, literally and figuratively. The seaside town is set to be battered by strong winds and Biblical rain Dec. 7, just as Arqana brings the curtain up on the final breeding stock sale of the European calendar.
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Kentucky Stewards Again Sanction Jockey Machado
For the second time this autumn, the Kentucky stewards have sanctioned jockey Luan Machado for failing to compete to the wire.
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Midwest Thoroughbreds' Richard Papiese Dies at 65
Richard Papiese, who, along with his wife Karen, owned horses as Midwest Thoroughbreds, the leading owner in North America annually by victories from 2010-15, died Dec. 4. He was 65.
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Dubai Golden Shaheen Winner Tuz Wins Meydan Return
He dominated the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on Dubai World Cup day and Tuz put up a strikingly similar performance when winning the Al Garhoud Sprint Dec. 6 at Meydan—the feature race of Dubai Racing Carnival meeting three.
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Master Horseman Jenkins Dies at 80
Longtime Maryland horseman Rodney Jenkins, who successfully transitioned from a Hall of Fame show career to a Thoroughbred trainer of such horses as millionaire Cordmaker, died the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80.
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Rare Byerley Turk-Line Stallion Sold to Japan
Pearl Secret, the last Byerley Turk line stallion at stud in Britain, will relocate to Japan to stand at Ookaribe Farm in a deal brokered by Eoin Sullivan.
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Lambert Honored With Galbreath Award
Dr. David Lambert was honored Dec. 5 as the recipient of the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program's John W. Galbreath Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine Industry.
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Speed King Gets Route Test in 12-Horse Springboard Mile
Remington Park will conclude its 2024 season with an exclamation mark Dec. 13 when it stages the $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile as the closing 12th race on the Friday evening program, the meet's final race.
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McDonald Honored as World's Best Jockey at Dec. 6 Gala
James McDonald was honored Dec. 6 for winning the Longines World's Best Jockey Award for the second time.
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May Day Ready Set for Grade 1 Test in Japan
American-trained May Day Ready looms over a less-experienced field of locals in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) Dec. 8 at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Rajiv Maragh Picks Up First Win Since Resuming Riding
Breeders' Cup-winning jockey Rajiv Maragh, who ended a nearly three-year absence from riding in October, registered the first win of his comeback Dec. 5 at Gulfstream Park aboard Ian Parsard's 4-year-old gelding Dundie.
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Super Smink Chases Sentimental Win in Northerly Stakes
Given that his father Neville bred and raced the late Australian champion Northerly, there was only one group 1 Ben Duncan wanted to win when he decided to follow in his old man's footsteps.
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Oaklawn Riding High Into 2024-25 Meet
Fresh off the heels of outstanding performances by Oaklawn Park grads Mystik Dan and Thorpedo Anna in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks (both G1), the Hot Springs, Ark., oval reignites Dec. 6 in anticipation of their 2024-25 spring-winter meet.
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