The National Thoroughbred League is getting involved in the resurgence of trading cards as it recently unveiled its first set made by Leaf, which will be released this fall.
Sovereignty rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll released June 10, following his dominating win in the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1).
Sovereignty rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll released June 10, following his dominating win in the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1).
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas plans to keep his string in Kentucky this summer instead of stabling at Saratoga Race Course as he has done for more than four decades.
On the June 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Frank Angst recap the Belmont Stakes (G1) and hear from trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado after Sovereignty's victory.
Epsom's new general manager has said that "everything is on the table" in his mission to improve the Derby festival after a notable drop in crowd numbers at the track's flagship meeting.
Coolmore announced June 9 that Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Lake Victoria will not run at Royal Ascot next week, and will be rested in preparation for a late summer/autumn campaign.
As winning trainer Miguel Clement politely answered questions about Deterministic's front-end victory in the Manhattan Stakes (G1T) as dusk approached at Saratoga, he kept two eyes on the video board replaying his first grade 1 victory.
Longtime Minnesota owner and breeder Pete Mattson had a big night at Canterbury Park June 7, sweeping both stakes races with Thealligatorhunter and Retired Kathy.
A known commodity on the turf, Saturday Flirt proved to be a Sunday darling when debuting on dirt to win her first stakes race in the $175,000 Soaring Softly Stakes June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
In a field of four Kentucky Derby (G1) runners making their returns, East Avenue would not be denied his return to the winner's circle in the $387,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs June 8.
A year ago, it was a Belmont Stakes (G1) week like no other for NYRA president and CEO Dave O'Rourke and his team. This year, it was also a rather unique Belmont Stakes experience for NYRA at the Spa, though for a different reason.
Five-time group 1-winning trainer Robbie Laing has died at the age of 66, passing in his sleep overnight June 7. Laing was at Flemington saddling up what was to be his final runner El Soleado just hours earlier.
Jantar Mantar rebounded from a bitter disappointment in Hong Kong and a long layoff to win the Yasuda Kinen (G1) June 8, earning a "Win and You're In" berth in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T).