Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry
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Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Racing will be run May 19 and May 21 next week.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
A Maryland native, jockey Nik Juarez will ride his first Preakness Stakes (G1) aboard American Promise at Pimlico Race Course May 17.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
If trainer Jamie Osborne and Heart of Honor seem out of place at Pimlico Race Course, it's probably because there hasn't been a starter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) bred outside of North America since the Ireland-bred Celtic Ash in 1960.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Ace miler Rosallion will face eight runners as he aims to make a winning return in what looks like a high-quality renewal of the Lockinge Stakes (G1) May 17 at Newbury Racecourse.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
For all of the wet weather and gloomy skies at Pimlico Race Course this week, the winds of change have been swirling in Maryland for much longer than a week or even a year.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The latest highlight entries to the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale include the five-time group winner See You In Heaven, a winner of more than AU$830,000 for her connections.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, Rep. Don Davis, and Sen. Tom Cotton have introduced the Racehorse Health and Safety Act to Congress, which would establish an interstate compact to develop nationwide rules for horse racing.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The Lion In Winter has been usurped as favorite for the Epsom Derby (G1) by Delacroix and Ruling Court after a tame comeback effort behind the impressive Pride of Arras in the May 15 Dante Stakes (G2).
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
America's Best Racing provides a quick look and thoughts on Preakness (G1) field.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
For trainer Brad Cox, there's one of two distinctly different ways to win the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Letters to the editor for the May 15 issue of BloodHorse Daily.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
This is the story of an obscure big-league baseball journeyman from a half-century ago and the Preakness Stakes (G1) horse that bears his name. Gosger the horse is a gray/roan colt named for the largely forgotten player, Jim Gosger.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
The first under-tack show of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded May 14 with seven juveniles tying for the fastest furlong at :10 1/5. A colt by Complexity breezed the fastest quarter-mile in :21 4/5.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
In an era when trainers are loathe to run their horses on a short amount of rest, Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas are the gold standard when it comes to running in and winning the Preakness Stakes (G1) on two weeks' rest.
Thu, 2025-05-15 17:29
Group 1-winning mare Benedetta (AUS) will head to the Queensland Winter Carnival with the 5-year-old's trainer Jason Warren looking forward to starting the 2024 Goodwood (G1) winner off in the May 17 Doomben Ten Thousand (G1).
Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
The second session of the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will now begin at 9 a.m. ET May 15, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 a.m.
Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association praises the House Ways and Means Committee for passing a tax bill through their committee that includes 100% bonus depreciation. This is one of the first hurdles the bill needed to cross to become law.
Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said he's not worried about the two-week turnaround for Preakness Stakes (G1) contender Sandman, but the uncertainty of track condition could be a concern.
Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
With much of the weekend's racing action taking place at Pimlico Race Course, a field of six 3-year-old fillies clash on the lawn on the opposite coast in Santa Anita Park's $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes (G3T) May 18.
Wed, 2025-05-14 17:26
Following an allowance win over a sloppy track at Keeneland, trainer Brendan Walsh is confident that Godolphin's Paris Lily is reaching her best form ahead of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course May 16.
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