After Robert LaPenta's Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) reeled off two straight impressive turf wins to start his career and ran a respectable fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, it was presumed he would be a useful 3-year-old grass horse in 2018. After he dominated the GII Remsen S. on dirt, he showed [...]

Few remember because of the brilliant season that ensued, but newly-crowned champion male turf horse World Approval (Northern Afleet) started his 2017 campaign with a visit to the Oldsmar oval of Tampa Bay Downs. Three Grade I wins and an Eclipse statuette later, the gray will kick off his 2018 journey in the same place [...]

John C. Oxley's La Coronel (Colonel John) concluded her sophomore season with a Grade I victory, but she began it with a frustrating loss on the Tampa Bay Downs turf. She'll look to avenge that defeat and start a promising 4-year-old campaign on a winning note in the GIII Lambholm South Endeavour S. Saturday in Oldsmar. Dispatched [...]

Prominent owner Sol Kumin now has a minority interest in multiple graded stakes winning 3-year-old Catholic Boy (More Than Ready), TDN confirmed Monday following an initial report by Daily Racing Form. Kumin, who races under a variety of partnership names, joined majority owner Robert LaPenta with his Madaket Stable. The bay captured the GIII With [...]

Lael Stables' Gretchen Jackson has spent a lot of time in racing, so it takes something way out of the ordinary for her to have a new experience. She got one she probably would've preferred not to have Oct. 27 at Laurel, but it was one that showed her and trainer Arnaud Delacour that they [...]

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.—Peter Fluor remembers walking into the press conference—one he didn't even know was scheduled. He remembers sitting down, looking around at the other people on the dais and seeing a bunch of frowning faces. “Am I the only one who is…happy here?” he asked. It was early evening Saturday, Aug. 19 in Del [...]

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.–Racetracks hosting parties and concerts to correspond with important days on the racing calendar is nothing new. There is an understandable desire to attract young people with disposable income to the racetrack and hope some of their social influence absorbs parts of the usual track experience. Whether or not those events create meaningful, [...]

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.–As the pills were pulled at Gulfstream Park's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational draw Wednesday morning and more and more spots were filled without the name of prohibitive favorite and GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) appearing next to a number, the tension built. Only stalls one, ten and [...]

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.—Growing up in the shadow of Belmont Park as a racegoer and fan, it seemed to be destiny that Jason Blewitt became one of the faces of New York Thoroughbred racing. And while he was perfectly happy living out that dream, it was a sudden jolt out of that comfort zone which has [...]

Every so often, a name unbeknownst to the horse racing community shows up at a marquee sale and jumps right into the deep end, duking it out with the biggest players in the sport for some of the top-priced offerings. Those immediate investments don't always work out, as there tend to be reasons, manifested over [...]

With the start of the prep season for the Kentucky Derby focused on Fair Grounds for the GIII LeComte S. Saturday, we talked to longtime Fair Grounds and Arlington racecaller John Dooley about how he got involved with racing, what influence the city of New Orleans has had on his life and more. Q: Let's [...]

After cruising by a combined 18 lengths in his first two starts, it's obvious that 'TDN Rising Star' Principe Guilherme (Tapit) has a significant amount of talent. By the same token, because he hasn't been challenged yet, it remains to be seen just how good he can be. Racing fans will get a clearer picture [...]