The TDN

New Indoor Arena and Therapy Space for Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga

Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga (THS), a 501c3 nonprofit which utilizes retired racehorses in therapeutic programs promoting the mental health and well-being of New York residents, will be unveiling a new state-of-the-art indoor arena and group therapy space Sept. 4 at its Saratoga Springs facility. Local officials and members of Congress will attend the ribbon cutting. [...]

[ Read More ]
Salute the Stars RNAs in Inaugural BidXSell Sale

Pegasus Stakes winner Salute the Stars (Candy Ride {Arg}) was an RNA in the inaugural auction from BidXSell, a company that aims to change the way people buy and sell horses online by charging a $500 fixed fee as a commission. The four-year-old colt is owned by Gary and Mary West. “This was a successful [...]

[ Read More ]
Ask Gelding Tops ThoroughBid August Sale

  Wildcard Top Man Tom (Ire) (Ask {GB}) (lot 46) claimed the top podium at the ThoroughBid August Sale on Thursday. Consigned by Ben Pauling Racing, the 5-year-old gelding was knocked down for £13,500 to Dave Armstrong. The bay is out of Miss Your Top (Ire) (Luso {GB}), a half-sister to Grade 3 chase winner [...]

[ Read More ]
HISA Pens Letter in Support of NYRA Synthetic Decision for Belmont Winter Racing

As renovations continue at Belmont Park, The New York Racing Association (NYRA) divulged a plan July 1 to conduct approximately three months of winter racing annually at Belmont exclusively on an all-weather surface. A one-mile Tapeta track is currently under construction at Belmont, while the facility is scheduled to reopen in 2026. Lisa Lazarus, the [...]

[ Read More ]
Passenger Recovering From Surgery, Carries Positive Prognosis Into 2025

Flaxman Stables homebred and multiple group winner Passenger (Ulysses {Ire}) is recovering well from surgery and has started his rehabilitation, according to Niarchos family racing manager Alan Cooper. A winner of three of his six starts, the G2 Huxley Stakes and G3 Winter Hill Stakes hero, who placed in the G2 Dante Stakes last year, [...]

[ Read More ]
Lyons And Juddmonte Aim To Keep Babouche And Red Letter Separate, As They Make Group 1 Plans

As expected, undefeated Group 1 winner Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) is targeting the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes, with Ger Lyons stablemate Red Letter (GB) (Frankel {GB}) set to resurface on Irish Champions Weekend, according to Juddmonte's European racing manager Barry Mahon. Three-for-three in her young career, the daughter of Pavlosk (Arch) won her Cork debut, [...]

[ Read More ]
Dubawi's Acapulco Bay Returns To The Curragh

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features a son of Dubawi (Ire). 13.45 Curragh, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo, c/g, [...]

[ Read More ]
Industrial Solar Development Scheduled For Lexington Public Hearing Sept. 26

A hearing at City Hall in Lexington, Kentucky is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. in order to solicit comments from the public concerning the expansion of industrial-scale solar development in the county, the Fayette Alliance said in their monthly newsletter on Friday. After the public event, a future vote by the [...]

[ Read More ]
Pair Of Wildcards Join Tattersalls September Sale

Mujtaba (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 150A) and Mina Rashid (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}) (lot 150B) have both been added to the Tattersalls September Sale as wildcards, the sales company announced on Friday. The sale, which takes place on Tuesday, Sept. 10, features 242 lots comprised of horses and fillies in/out of training and broodmares. Rated 109 [...]

[ Read More ]
Adare Manor Out Of The Pacific Classic, Not 100% Says Baffert

According to trainer Bob Baffert, MGISW Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) has been scratched from the GI FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes, where she was slated to face the boys on Saturday at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The story was first reported by the Daily Racing Form. When reached for comment, Baffert told the TDN, [...]

[ Read More ]
Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital Announce Sale of Southern Hemisphere Mares

Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital have announced plans to collaborate on an online sale of mares covered on Southern Hemisphere time. The sale will be held on the Tattersalls Online platform and will feature as the headline session of the Tattersalls Online December Sale on December 11-12. The joint venture presents an opportunity to purchase [...]

[ Read More ]
Zulu Kingdom Wins Spa's With Anticipation, Gives Prat Record-Tying Stakes Win

Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (c, 2, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Zindziswa, by Smart Strike), a new Euro import for Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, William Strauss, and Michael J. Caruso, captured Thursday's GIII With Anticipation Stakes to stay undefeated in two career starts and give his rider a record-tying 15 stakes wins in a single season at the Spa. [...]

[ Read More ]
X

Never miss another story from the TDN

Click Here to sign up for a free subscription.