Aqueduct Cancels Dec. 5 Card Due to High Winds December 05, 2024 The New York Racing Association canceled racing Dec. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to high winds forecast to impact New York City throughout the day.

Starlet Could Sort Out California’s Juvenile Fillies December 05, 2024 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) second Vodka With a Twist brings the most experience and earnings to the graded race of the seven in the field.

1/ST Content Expands its South American Footprint December 05, 2024 New distribution deal sees racing provider 1/ST Content extend its scope of influence into Uruguay with the addition of racetracks at Maronas and Las Piedras.

Renew Italian Breeding Touts Addition of Inns of Court December 05, 2024 Bred by Darley, Inns of Court had stood in Ireland at Tally-Ho Stud.

Get Smokin Seeks to Rebound on Tapeta in Valedictory December 05, 2024 Veteran Get Smokin, a 7-year-old gelding by Get Stormy, looks to return to his winning form Dec. 7 when he faces 10 opponents in the CA$135,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3) going 1 1/2 miles o...

Bidding Opens for Fasig-Tipton December Digital Sale December 05, 2024 The catalog includes more than 400 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 120 horses of racing age, 70 weanlings, and 50 yearlings.

Curtain Closes on Strong Tattersalls Dec. Mares Sale December 05, 2024 The December Sale recorded a clearance rate of 81%, excluding private sales, with an average price of 92,246 guineas, an increase of 29% year-on-year, while the median improved by 28% from 2...

Aqueduct Spring Meet Features 13 Stakes Worth $2.8M December 05, 2024 The New York Racing Association announced Dec. 5 the stakes schedule for the 2025 spring meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 13 stakes worth $2.8 million in total purses.

Catalog Available for Tattersalls Online December Sale December 05, 2024 The sale takes place Dec. 11-12, and includes 62 lots in and out of training, 38 broodmares, six foals, five yearlings, three stores, one point-to-pointer, breeding rights to Ardad, Hava...

HISA, Lopez Agree to Indefinite Suspension December 05, 2024 According to Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority CEO Lisa Lazarus, HISA and representatives of jockey Paco Lopez agreed on an indefinite suspension following his actions aboard Nation...

Churchill, NYRA Sue HISA Alleging Illegal Assessments December 05, 2024 Churchill Downs Inc. and the New York Racing Association allege in a lawsuit that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is threatening to shut them down unless they pay fees that th...

Oaklawn Riding High Into 2024-25 Meet December 05, 2024 Fresh off the heels of outstanding performances by Oaklawn Park grads Mystik Dan and Thorpedo Anna in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks (both G1), the Hot Springs, Ark., oval reignites De...

Super Smink Chases Sentimental Win in Northerly Stakes December 05, 2024 Given that his father Neville bred and raced the late Australian champion Northerly, there was only one group 1 Ben Duncan wanted to win when he decided to follow in his old man's footsteps.

Rajiv Maragh Picks Up First Win Since Resuming Riding December 05, 2024 Breeders' Cup-winning jockey Rajiv Maragh, who ended a nearly three-year absence from riding in October, registered the first win of his comeback Dec. 5 at Gulfstream Park aboard Ian Parsard...

Favorites Look Strong in Remsen, Demoiselle December 05, 2024 J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Remsen and Demoiselle at Aqueduct.

Arizona Breeders’ Futurity: Just Call Me Lucky December 05, 2024 Arizona Breeders' Futurity

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Darley Offers Breeding Right to Blue Point December 05, 2024 Blue Point has sired top-level winners Big Evs and Rosallion from his first crop in 2023. Rosallion landed the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Big Evs...

Hong Kong Runners Ready to Defend G1 Honor December 05, 2024 Hong Kong stars await the foreign raiders targeting the Dec. 8 Longines Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Star Watch – Episode 7: Life is Good’s First Crop December 04, 2024 In this episode of StarWatch, we take a look at the stunning first crop of Life is Good. We hear from many breeders & buyers of his session-topping weanlings, who are excited about what ...

Iowa-Bred Takes On Top Global Sprinters in Hong Kong December 04, 2024 Chancheng Glory carries the flag for Iowa breeding in the Hong Kong Mile (G1).

At a Glance Look at Remsen Stakes Field December 04, 2024 While the New York Racing Association has two grade 1 stakes for 2-year-olds, the Dec. 7 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack has been a much more reliable indicator of Triple Crown succ...

Leparoux’s 3,000th Win Earns Him Jockey of the Week December 04, 2024 Two-time Eclipse Award winner Julien Leparoux earned his 3,000th career victory when he won Churchill Downs' third race aboard Pike Place on Thanksgiving Day Nov. 28.

Tuz a Leading Light on Packed Dubai Carnival Card December 04, 2024 It's been almost nine months since Tuz blasted his rivals into submission in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on Dubai World Cup night, but he's back and ready do it all again.

Hall of Fame Horse Boston Feted With Historical Marker December 04, 2024 Boston, a Hall of Fame Virginia-bred Thoroughbred horse, was feted Dec. 1 at Historic Tuckahoe in Henrico County with a historical highway marker dedication recognizing his prominence in the...

Akindale Carries on Legacy of Hall of Famer Hettinger December 04, 2024 Ensuring racehorses with a proper and lifelong retirement once their racing careers were over was very important to breeder and Hall of Famer John Hettinger. Akindale Thoroughbred Aftercare ...

Weighing Rooms Deemed ‘Inadequate’ for Female Jockeys December 04, 2024 The Professional Jockeys Association said its female members experience "inadequate safeguarding and discriminatory facilities" after only 12 of Britain's racecourses met the original deadli...

HISA Provisionally Suspends Lopez for Postrace Strike December 04, 2024 HISA provisionally suspended Paco Lopez from all racing activities under HISA's jurisdiction, effective immediately, after the jockey was captured on video striking his mount National Law in...

Brown Duo Tops Field of Seven in Remsen December 04, 2024 Although finding a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner among the victors in the Remsen Stakes (G2) may send you back to 1994, lately the 1 1/8-mile stakes has produced more than its fair share of top...

Darley Offers Breeding Right in Blue Point December 04, 2024 Blue Point has sired top-level winners Big Evs and Rosallion from his first crop in 2023. Rosallion landed the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Big Evs...

NYRA Increases Stakes Purses for 49-Day Winter Meet December 04, 2024 The New York Racing Association revealed the stakes schedule for the 49-day winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 20 stakes worth $3.1 million in total purses.

NTRA Lands Multiyear Partnership With Ed Brown Society December 04, 2024 The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the Thoroughbred racing ...

Provocateur Enters Stud at McMahon of Saratoga December 04, 2024 Provocateur is a grade 1-placed, stakes winner by leading sire Into Mischief. He ran third in the 2022 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1).

Strong Trade Continues on Tattersalls Mares Sale Day 3 December 04, 2024 Turnover for the session increased by 27% year-on-year to 4,618,000 guineas, while the average price rose by 29% to 24,960 guineas. The median also went up by 14 points to 16,000 guineas, wi...

Axmaker, Wismer Granted KY Licenses; Rojas Withdraws December 04, 2024 The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation License Review Committee unanimously voted to grant Kentucky racing licenses to Cody Axmaker and Troy Wismer, who have troubled histories in...

Just Steel Back in Training After Preakness Injury December 04, 2024 Just Steel, who sustained a right front leg fracture in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, has rejoined the barn of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas in advance of ...