Intraday News Archive

The field for the GI Kentucky Oaks drew Tuesday afternoon with Hronis Racing's Stellar Wind (Curlin) getting the 7-2 morning-line nod...Steve Sherack continues his stellar coverage of the morning gallops trackside from Churchill Downs...Plus, Bill Oppenheim looks at the record-setting OBS April Sale in this week's column. All that and much more in today's TDN.

Bold Conquest (Curlin) was the lone GI Kentucky Derby possible to work at Churchill Monday and Steve Sherack was on hand to recap all the action†from Louisville. ... The RCI officially released its new cobalt policy. ... Andrew Caulfield looks at the recent success of the late High Chaparral (Ire), who was represented by recent Group 3 winners Karaktar (Ire) and Western Hymn (GB). All that and much more in today's TDN!

Likely GI Kentucky Derby favorite American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) lit up Churchill Downs with a bullet drill Sunday morning and Michele MacDonald profiles the early development of the champion ... Steve Sherack reports from Louisville where the action heated up as Derby week began. ... A decision on Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})'s participation in Sunday's G1 1000 Guineas is expected early this week.

Ten GI Kentucky Derby contenders and two GI Kentucky Oaks runners put in their final works Saturday at seven different tracks across the country ahead of those sophomore features next weekend in Louisville...GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Bayern (Offlee Wild) was also on the worktab Saturday and trainer Bob Baffert has finally announced which Churchill race the colt will make his 4-year-old debut in...Also, the U.S. played host to a quartet of graded events, highlighted by Effinex (Mineshaft)'s upset of GISW Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) in the GIII Excelsior S...In...

The OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training proved a rousing success, with the average breaking the record set just last year. Friday's session was topped by a $900,000 son of Bernardini, and TDN Editor in Chief Jessica Martini and Justina Severni have the wrap-up from Central Florida. Just four graded stakes are carded for Saturday as we reach the proverbial calm before the storm that is Derby week. Apropos, with wet weather predicted for Saturday, several trainers put Derby- and Oaks-bound runners through their paces Friday. Find out who...

Led by a pair of $700,000 2-year-olds Thursday, our wall-to-wall coverage from Jessica Martini & J.M. Severni†of the OBSAPR sale continues... We also have†an in-depth report†of the DBS Breeze-Up Sale by Emma Berry, plus more from Kentucky correspondent Lucas Marquardt on†Keeneland's economic impact on the local economy... A trio of†first-crop†sires got off the mark Thursday--including champion Uncle Mo--a globe-trotting Grade I/Group 1 winner has been retired to stud and WinStar's Elliott Walden responds to the Kellyn Gorder suspension... All that and plenty more in Today's TDN!!

Jessica Martini and J.M. Severni provide industry-leading coverage of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, where a $1.9-million Tapit filly shattered the sale's previous record price... Bill Finley reports from Wednesday's meeting of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board... James Willoughby pens his latest 'International Perspective' column, and discusses the differences in Classic preparation between the U.S. and Europe... Plus Liesl King reports from the Bloodstock South Africa National Yearling Sale, which also saw a record price yesterday... All that and much more in today's TDN!

It was†a steady day of trade and officials at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company†pronounced themselves†pleased with the results from the first day of their Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, a session topped by a Hartley/DeRenzo-consigned son of Flatter on a bid of $280,000 from Steve Asmussen†on behalf of Carrol Castille's Whispering Oaks Farm. TDN Editor-In-Chief†Jessica Martini and Justina Severni are on hand for our industry-best coverage.†In addition to a T.D. Thornton piece on the pending decision of a threshold for cobalt and a provocative Letter to the Editor from...

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins its four-day run Tuesday morning in Ocala on the back of a very strong March sale... The 2015 inductees to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame have been announced... WinStar buys into a GI Kentucky Derby contender... T.D. Thornton previews the three-day Conference on Equine Welfare and Anti-Doping Policy... Plus Andrew Caulfield weighs the G1 2,000 Guineas chances of G3 Greenham S. hero Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), and much more. Download today's TDN now!