Intraday News Archive

Michele MacDonald talks to Spendthrift Farm's B. Wayne Hughes on how he and his Spendthrift team are poised to set up a stallion shuttle base and, eventually, a broodmare band in Australia. Steve Sherack catches up with trainer and Illinois Horsemen's Association President Mike Campbell about the GIII Southwest S. bound Private Prospect (Discreet Cat). Plus, Meydan will host another action-packed card headlined by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa silkbearers Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Ajwad (Arg) (Not For Sale {Arg}) in the G3 UAE 2000 Guineas. All that and much...

After a month of discussing APEX sires, Bill Oppenheim & Kelsey Riley turn their attention to the legion of unproven sires that do not have runners yet... Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro) is being aimed at a start on Dubai World Cup Night, Al Shaqab USA Racing Advisor Bradley Weisbord tells TDN's Alan Carasso... OBS enhances its under-tack policies, beginning with the upcoming March Sale, plus, find out who has been selected as the new voice of Monmouth Park... All that and plenty more!

A bevy of stakes horses from the Chad Brown barn, including GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Lady Eli (Divine Park), were on the work tab at Palm Meadows Monday and the trainer outlines upcoming plans for his stars. Andrew Caulfield discusses the pedigree of Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro), who capped a big weekend for his sire with a win in the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. Plus, Qatar Racing has a leading contender for the G1 Golden Slipper and WinStar Farm came out on top for sale-topping Rose to...

A day like Saturday's is the kind that those of us who follow racing live for. No fewer than 10 graded stakes were contested across the country and across all disciplines. In the day's 'biggest' race, TDN Rising Star Constitution (Tapit) confirmed his affinity for Gulfstream Park with a front-running tally in the GI Donn H., but the day's most important race took place in California, where Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) proved comfortably best in the GII San Antonio Invitational S. The afternoon's Triple Crown preps were not lacking...

Both GII San Antonio S. winner Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) and runner-up California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) have exited that affair in fine form, and are looking towards the next races in their respective campaigns. Find out where they'll go next. Trainer Todd Pletcher worked a number of his young stable hopefulls over the weekend and dishes on where he will point them. Plus, the Fasig-Tipton sales calendar kicked off yesterday in Lextington with the Kentucky Winter Mixed sale. All that and more in today's TDN.

While Lea (First Samurai) will shoot for his second straight score in†Saturday's GI Donn H. at Gulfstream, Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will square off against fellow superstar Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the GII San Antonio Invitational S. at Santa Anita... Get caught up with all of the day's big previews... Sherack & DiDonato are back at it in another Showdown contest--sponsored by BetAmerica--Mike Kane takes a closer look at the guidelines of the Multiple Medication Violation Penalty System, plus find out which Grade I...

There are new developments in the disputed election results†for the presidency of the NY Thoroughbred Horsemens' Association. Learn what the twists and turns are from T.D. Thornton and Mike Kane. As we creep to within about six weeks of the Dubai World Cup program, the contenders are beginning to separate themselves from the pretenders and Thursday's Carnival meeting featured the Al Maktoum Challenge R2 and the return of reigning World Cup hero African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Coolmore announced that their successful sire Encosta de Lago (Aus) (Fairy King) would...

Zabeel Racing International's Surfer (Distorted Humor) headlines the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R2 at Meydan, but will face a competitve field which includes African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Frankyfourfingers (Fr) (Sunday Break {Jpn}) and Emirates Flyer (GB) (Acclamation {GB}), just to name a few. Stateside, fields drew for a big Saturday of racing, including the GI Donn H. at Gulfstream (5:30-7:30 EST on Fox Sports 1), the GIII Withers S. at Aqueduct and the much-anticipated GII San Antonio Invitational S. at Santa Anita, on the same Fox Sports broadcast. The...

Trainers Art Sherman and Jerry Hollendorfer discuss the match-up of their respective charges California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) and Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) in Saturday's GII San Antonio S. Amanda Duckworth reports from the CBA Symposium. Bill Oppenheim discusses under-the-radar second-crop sires and the China Horse Club launches the China Equine Cultural Festival in Singapore. Download today's TDN now!

American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returned to the work tab Monday and Ben Massam chats with Bob Baffert to discuss plans for the juvenile champion, as well as the trainer's other sophomore standouts. Andrew Caulfield discusses the pedigree of Saturday's GII Palos Verdes winner Conquest Two Step (Two Step Salsa) and Emma Berry checks in from La Route des Etalons. The Australian Racing Board reviews the use of altrenogest after a yearling sold at Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale tests positive for the substance found in frequently used Regu-Mate. All that...