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A yearling filly from the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Taiba (hip 80) attracted the highest price of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's January Winter Mixed Sale Tuesday when selling for $150,000 to Marc Gunderson. The filly was one of three on the day–and two from Beth Bayer's consignment–to sell for six figures

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A yearling filly from the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Taiba (hip 80) attracted the highest price of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's January Winter Mixed Sale Tuesday when selling for $150,000 to Marc Gunderson. The filly was one of three on the day–and two from Beth Bayer's consignment–to sell for six figures

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The Illinois Racing Board suspended on Monday the license of Suburban Downs, Inc, which manages Hawthorne Race Course's Harness meet, for “failure to provide documentation demonstrating its financial integrity, and proof that they can meet the minimum standards” as outlined in certain state laws, according to a press release by the board. Monday's action to

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Since 2023, Mike Repole has waged a campaign of inflammatory social posts and public statements targeting The Jockey Club and other leading Thoroughbred organizations. His rhetoric relies on selective facts and false narratives–fueling division, eroding trust, and distracting from the real work our industry needs to move forward. His campaign offers no solutions or concrete

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Due to inclement weather and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both equine and human athletes, Oaklawn Park has canceled live racing scheduled for this weekend, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, which includes the GIII Southwest Stakes on Saturday, the Arkansas track said via a Tuesday release. All affected race days and associated

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To better accommodate buyers and sellers in the wake of a nationwide winter storm and persistent freezing temperatures, Inglis Digital USA has pushed back the key dates for its February Sale, the company said in a release on Tuesday. The catalogue for the online auction will now be released on Monday, Feb. 2, and bidding

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The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program's 2026 Championship horse show will be held at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday. The championship show is part of a schedule which includes 8,000 awards and classes at more than 1,600 shows in 42 states and five Canadian

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The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the New York Thoroughbred Breeders are partnering to offer a bus trip from Saratoga Springs to Aqueduct Racetrack for Wood Memorial Stakes Day Apr. 4. This year's edition of the Wood Memorial will be the final time the event is held at Aqueduct before moving

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Keeneland's newly constructed Paddock Building–offering  more than 1,000 new public dining tickets in a variety of venues each race day–will make its debut at the track's 2026 Spring Meet, which opens Apr. 3. “The Paddock Building represents an investment in the Thoroughbred industry and furthers Keeneland's mission to support and grow the sport,” said Keeneland

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Live racing has been cancelled at Turfway Park on Wednesday and Thursday due to severe winter weather in the Florence, Kentucky area. Officials from the National Weather Service are forecasting wind chill values to not rise above the single digits over the next 48 hours and dip as low as minus 11 degrees on Wednesday.

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Graded stakes winner Stormcast (Mitole) is among 19 additional entries to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, which will be held Feb. 9 in Lexington. The latest group of supplements to the auction are catalogued as hip 386-404 and include several stakes winners and a half-sibling to a recent Grade I winner. The 5-year-old mare

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SHARONS BEACH, SA, 1-23, 4th race, 6 1/2 furlongs BEYER SPEED FIGURE-89 (2nd) (g, 3, Omaha Beach–Cosmic Code, by Into Mischief) O-Panic Stable. B-Bryan Hawk (Ky). T-Jonathan Thomas. J-Umberto Rispoli. He has always been auspiciously supported: as a debut 2-1 choice on turf when he lost by 22 3/4 lengths, then at 8-5 on dirt

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Racing at Aqueduct was cancelled Wednesday through Thursday by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) in advance of forecasted arctic temperatures and extremely low wind chill values hitting the New York metro area. NYRA, in consultation with the Jockeys' Guild, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) and New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB), will request

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Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson) started in 1974 in North Carolina where Pam Directed the Graduate Program in Sports Medicine and the Research Lab in Human Performance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jim is a professional electrical engineer and was promoted to Director of Transmission and Protection for General Telephone

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The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company will kick off 2026 with its single-session January Winter Mixed Sale Tuesday. The auction, with 307 catalogued lots, begins at 11 a.m. and features newly turned yearlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects. Bidding on the OBSOnline January Horses of Racing Age and 2-Year-Old Sale began Monday at noon and will conclude

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Greenwich Village (c, 3, Quality Road–Houtzen {Aus}, by I Am Invincible {Aus}) not only got his blinkers off and switched surfaces, but also completely changed tactics Sunday in Santa Anita's Baffle Stakes, eschewing his pace-setting and pace-pressing past while opting instead to drop back to last down the ...

Jarret Prussin is the Chief Strategy Officer at Ben Crump Law, a firm which is dedicated to ensuring justice for marginalized people in American society. He is also Co-Founder of DreamFi, a financial literacy platform to help people create generational wealth. Prussin fell in love with horses through his father, George, a partner with Richard

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He was one of the supremely well-bred colts set to debut in this contest, and Canaletto (Into Mischief) ran them off their feet, sailing home to 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' honors in a dazzling effort. Breaking well as the 7-5 favorite, he went to the front with 8-5 second choice Spartacus (Curlin

More Than Looks (More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday), winner of the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Mile, was represented by his first three foals Saturday, when a colt and a filly arrived in Kentucky and a second colt was born in Florida. Multiple stakes-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed Ed...

Stablemates Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and White Abarrio (Race Day) exited their one-two finish in Saturday's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational in good shape and connections are still contemplating next moves for the 7-year-olds, according to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. “Nothing's signed yet. Just talking it over briefly, something like the GII Oaklawn Handicap comes into play