
Tropea Becomes Newest TRF Board Member
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is pleased to announce Daryl Tropea, Ph.D. as a new member of its Board of Directors.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is pleased to announce Daryl Tropea, Ph.D. as a new member of its Board of Directors.
Longstanding Keeneland bid spotter Pete McCormick died Jan. 26 at the age of 75.
Breeder Christina Deronda of Moonstar Farm is riding high with multiple graded stakes-winning New York-bred City Man, who strives for his first grade 1 score in the Jan. 28 $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1T) at Gulfstream Park.
Before a trio of Pegasus World Cup Invitational-named races grab attention Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park, four other graded stakes precede them during the afternoon at the South Florida racetrack.
As the official charity partner, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance was commemorated throughout the 52nd annual Eclipse Awards celebration Jan. 26.
Australia is New Zealand’s biggest export market and once again buyers from across the Tasman will play a key role in the success of the six-day Book 1 and Book 2 sale.
A state of emergency was declared in Auckland yesterday evening due to surging floods following heavy rainfall, just 36 hours out from the start of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' Red Route One is in the biggest race Jan. 28 at Oaklawn Park, racing in the $750,000 Southwest Stakes, but Gunite is the biggest-name horse carrying Winchell's maroon and white silks earlier in the eighth race on the card.
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council unanimously advanced the reclassification of levamisole as a Class B substance. Their recommendation still needs approval from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
On Racing
Fixed odds betting options on horse racing could come to New York residents if a new bill introduced by Senator Joseph Addabbo, Chairman of the state Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, is passed.
Hong Kong's top three horses face off for the first time in the Stewards' Cup (G1) Jan. 29 at Sha Tin Racecourse.
There is no telling how high is high for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. He just keeps climbing.
The Jan. 29 San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park looms a showdown of horses trained by Bob Baffert, with the Hall of Fame having four of the five entrants for the $200,000 seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds, including all of the favorites.
Idle since June 11, Hopper bids to fire fresh and win his consecutive graded stakes race in the 1 1/8-mile San Pasqual Stakes (G2) Jan. 28 at Santa Anita Park against eight other foes.
The Federal Trade Commission has published the resubmitted Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Anti-Doping and Medication Control rules to the Federal Register, initiating a 14-day public comment period.
Bob Ehalt handicaps and and sizes up the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1T).
Emotions run the gamut as Flightline is announced by acclamation the 2022 Horse of the Year.
Ortiz Jr. captures his fourth champion jockey while Gomez is named leading apprentice
Elite Power named champion male sprinter, Goodnight Olive champion female sprinter.
Exhibiting brilliance from a mile to 1 1/4 miles, and punctuated by an 8 1/4-length victory in the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland, Flightline soared to Eclipse Award heights as North America's 2022 Horse of the Year.
Rattling off five consecutive victories from spring through fall, capped by the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland, Juddmonte's Elite Power surged to Eclipse Award honors as champion male sprinter of 2022.
With a nearly spotless record and two victories in grade 1 company, First Row Partners and Team Hanley's Goodnight Olive became a shoo-in for an Eclipse Award as the champion female sprinter of 2022.
Modern Games was named champion turf male, Regal Glory champion turf female.
Godolphin homebred captured the BC Mile (G1T) and Woodbine Mile (G1T).
Epicenter won four graded stakes, including the Travers Stakes (G1), and was second in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1).
Regal Glory collected three grade 1 victories and $1,374,250 during a stellar year for owner Peter Brant, improving with age and adding the title of champion turf female to her resume.
Nest, the robust sophomore daughter of Curlin who was a dominate force throughout 2022, earned the coveted prize as the top 3-year-old filly of 2022.
As Todd Pletcher basks in the recognition of a record eighth Eclipse Award as the outstanding trainer, it is a glow he happily shares with a score of individuals and a deep, talented stable of equine athletes.
Ortiz's earnings of $37,075,772 shattered his record set in 2019 ($34,109,019) for single-season earnings.
Jose Antonio Gomez made his debut in June 2021 at Monmouth Park. And while he didn't pick up his first win until more than four months later, Gomez's career has been on the rise. Now he's the Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey.
Sheikh Mohammed's operation also snagged consecutively both Outstanding Breeder and Outstanding Owner titles, with the 2021 and 2022 racing seasons enriched by elite homebreds.
For the second consecutive year, Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin racing operation topped the North American owner standings by earnings and paved the way for its second consecutive title as Eclipse Outstanding Owner.
Wonder Wheel closed out 2022 with grade 1 victories in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) to land an Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old filly.
Todd Pletcher is no stranger to outstanding 2-year-olds. Before 2022, he trained two juvenile champions and owned two Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) wins, along with six in the Champagne Stakes (G1) and three in the Hopeful Stakes (G1).
Malathaat capped her season—and her career—with a brilliant surge to victory in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland, but it was her consistent performance throughout the year that carried her to the title of champion older dirt female.
Flightline was honored with his first Eclipse Award Jan. 26 at The Breakers Palm Beach in South Florida, a landslide winner in voting for North America's champion older dirt horse.
Forte named champion 2-year-old male, Wonder Wheel champion 2-year-old filly.
Honoring Thoroughbred racing’s champions of 2022, horse and human awards in 17 categories were presented during the program, culminating with the announcement of the 2022 Horse of the Year.
Five U.S. Senators and five Representatives sent a letter Jan. 25 to the Federal Trade Commission asking for the agency to disapprove recently resubmitted anti-doping and medication rules from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
When 2023 racing begins at Remington Park, it will start with new guidance in the racing department. Kelly Cathey has accepted the director of racing position and will oversee the operation for all breeds competing at the Oklahoma City facility.
The stallion's first colt arrived Jan. 21 at Castleton Lyons and his first filly Jan. 25 at Taylor Made Farm.
Pride of the Nile will look to turn the tables on Faiza Jan. 28 in the Las Virgenes (G3), which is a points-paying prep for the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1). Also entered is the highly regarded Justique for trainer John Shirreffs.
Homebred Chalk Stream provided King Charles with his first winner as an owner in Australia on Jan. 26 when landing the listed Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm.
Racing Post photographer Edward Whitaker caught up with former champion jockey Oisin Murphy earlier this week as he closes in on his comeback to race-riding following a lengthy ban.
Led by the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1), Monmouth Park is set to offer $7,735,000 in stakes races when the track kicks off its 78th season Saturday, May 13.
Virtual Thoroughbred Owner Conference to be interactive virtual panels over the course of 10 months.
Bob Ehalt evaluates and handicaps the Southwest Stakes (G3) field.
After an especially wet winter forced Turf Paradise to cancel numerous races, the Phoenix racetrack took the bold step of renovating its racing surface.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Winter Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale finished Jan. 25 with encouraging results, setting the tone for the rest of the sales year.