Attempting to capitalize on the international success of American-bred turf horses, as well as fill a niche in the marketplace, Fasig-Tipton announced Tuesday that it will conduct The Turf Showcase, a sale consisting of yearlings suited for grass, Sept. 10 at the company's Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky. Two-time champion Tepin (Bernstein), a $140,000 Fasig-Tipton [...]

A diverse group of 12 sophomores, coming from all different directions, will hook up in the GIII JACK Cincinnati Casino Spiral S., with Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Cat (Kitten's Joy) made a lukewarm morning-line favorite to give the couple a second straight Spiral crown. Making his synthetic-track debut after seven grass outings, the homebred [...]

One was bought for $510,000, the other for $17,000, but they appear to be evenly matched and equally promising, as Wesley Ward trainee Delphinia (The Factor) is set to knock heads with Jerry Hollendorfer pupil Darkwingsoverdubai (Raven's Pass), along with 10 other 3-year-old fillies, in Saturday's GIII Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park. Bought by Stonestreet [...]

Due to its large purse and the increasing popularity of the Arkansas 3-year-old prep schedule, the Grade II, $900,000 Rebel S. was bound to be a race with significant impact for the GI Kentucky Derby. A rash of recent injuries and poor performances by highly regarded colts, however, has left a much murkier hierarchy in [...]

Vale Dori (Arg) (Asiatic Boy {Arg}), a victress of three consecutive Grade II events, will go for her first top-level score in the Grade I Santa Margarita S. at Santa Anita. Standing in her way is Finest City (City Zip), champion female sprinter of 2016, who stretches out to nine furlongs on dirt for the [...]

For all he's accomplished in racing, Christophe Clement will have a chance at a career first later this year in Saratoga, and it won't be on the racetrack. Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat), announced Wednesday as a finalist for the 2017 class of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, would be [...]

In May of 2005, Mike Smith piloted a gray colt by one of his beloved former mounts to a 50-1 upset in the GI Kentucky Derby. Giacomo (Holy Bull) represented the jockey's first career win in the Run for the Roses, and it should have been the springboard to new heights of success for the [...]

Top Triple Crown contender Mo Town (Uncle Mo) will take his first major step of 2017 toward the May 6 GI Kentucky Derby as he makes his sophomore debut in the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds. His much-anticipated return has not scared off the competition, however. Quite the contrary, as 13 other horses [...]

Attempting to quantify the odds of owning a Thoroughbred with star potential is an impossible task, but suffice it to say they're long. They get even longer when you only race homebreds. Definitely much longer than one in three. Yet here is Keith Abrahams, a California businessman by way of South Africa, who owns a [...]

4th-GP, $48k, Alw/Opt. Clm, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:30 p.m. EDT Ultra-impressive 'TDN Rising Star' MALAGACY (Shackleford) will get his first test against winners in this spot, with an eye on a potential stakes try to follow. Let go at a juicy 59-10 in his career bow here Jan. 4, the $190,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic grad buried [...]

5th-TAM, $22k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 2:12 p.m. EDT Bridlewood Farm's GABRIELLESTOBLAME (Blame), a half-sister to champion and 2016 GI Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist (Uncle Mo), debuts in this Oldsmar turf route. The bay, picked up for $330,000 as a Keeneland September yearling, has worked steadily on the grass at her owners' private training [...]

SA-1st, $58k, Alw/Opt. Clm, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT Grade I winner NICKNAME (Scat Daddy) makes her first start since last May and tries turf for the initial time in this down-the-hill Friday opener. Bought for $350,000 by L N J Foxwoods as a KEESEP yearling, the dark bay captured the GI Frizette S. in 2015 [...]