A trio of Southern Hemisphere-covered mares head the initial entries for the Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital Sale. The Southern Hemisphere Session, which is scheduled to take place on Tattersalls Online on December 11 and 13, offers mares covered on Southern Hemisphere time. The mares are confirmed in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB), sire [...]

2nd-Meydan, AED165,000, Mdn., 11-8, NH 2yo & SH 3yo, 1400m, 1:24.72, ft. AWAB (c, 2, Street Sense–Impossible Tale, by Tale Of Ekati), making his first start, was a touch green out in the centre of the track, but soon settled in a tracking third. Still punching the breeze on the bend, the colt was set [...]

Grade 1-winning mares Marie's Rock (Ire) (Milan {GB}) and Brandy Love (Ire) (Jet Away {GB}) will be offered under the hammer at the Goffs December National Hunt Sale. Goffs will publish the December National Hunt catalogue next Wednesday, featuring a stellar collection of foals and breeding stock.  The sale will take place from Monday 9 [...]

Prix Marcel Boussac winner Vertical Blue (Ire) has been added to the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale.  Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard for owners Gemini Stud and Argella Racing, the Mehmas (Ire) filly is the highest-rated juvenile in France.  Graffard commented, “I've loved Vertical Blue since she arrived and I was delighted that [...]

Weatherbys has published its Bloodstock Sales Review Part 1 for 2024 which shows that dual champion sire Frankel (GB) has achieved the highest average price of any stallion at the yearling sales in Europe so far this year. With 31 yearlings sold, his average price was 711,398gns (€859,013) from a 2022 covering fee of £200,000. [...]

Four-Time Group 1 winner Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), whose finest hour came when landing the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown in 2022, has been retired and will join Coolmore's National Hunt roster at Castlehyde Stud. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, Luxembourg won seven times and amassed career earnings in excess of £2.7 million. He retires having [...]

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, KY – Solid trade continued right through the conclusion of the second and final Book 2 section of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Thursday, with the 3-year-old broodmare Finesse (Street Sense) bringing the section's top price of $900,000 when selling to Dixiana Farms. “It was really solid [...]

Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg, and Brook T. Smith's Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), a $2.3-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale topper turned 'TDN Rising Star' turned $7-million GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner, will return to the races for a 4-year-old campaign, according to a post on X by Coolmore America Thursday [...]

Admiral Dennis (c, 2, Constitution–Gulf Coast, by Union Rags), a luckless third as the favorite sprinting on debut at Churchill Downs Sept. 19, ran to the money as the 3-5 choice with a 'TDN Rising Star' performance for trainer Brad Cox in the Churchill Downs nightcap Thursday. Drawn widest of all in post nine, the [...]

Group 1 winner King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}) will stand for €20,000 at Tally-Ho Stud in 2025, Amo Racing announced via Instagram late on Thursday evening. The grey, a winner of the G1 Champion Stakes in 2023, was second in the Derby earlier that year. He also soared at Royal Ascot with a victory [...]

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA), which ministers to the needs of those in the racing industry, honored WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden and outrider Bo Butler with the 22nd annual White Horse and Community Service Awards during the RTCA's “Night of Faith, Hope & Love” held during Breeders' Cup week. The awards are meant [...]

The submission deadline for HISA's furosemide request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to Nov. 22 from the original date of Oct. 15. The proposals should address furosemide's effects on horse health and racing performance. Click here for more information, including contact information, and here for the application. [...]