Conrad Bandoroff, Rowland Hancock, and Craig Brogden have been elected to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders board of directors, the organization announced on social media July 22.
The fourth annual HRWA Conference will feature a welcome reception, keynote address, featured afternoon speaker, three panel discussions, and a special presentation of the Jane Goldstein Award.
Jockey Tyler Gaffalione returned from a four-month injury layoff to win aboard five of his first seven mounts at Ellis Park, including sweeping the July 20 Jeff Hall Memorial Stakes aboard Banishing and the July 21 Twin Bridges Stakes on Asternia.
After winning the July 19 Haskell Stakes (G1) by half-length at Monmouth Park, Journalism has sprung from No. 6 to No. 3 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Matt Darby, founder of aerodynamic jockey silks company Speed Silks, died July 2. He was 54.
Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst
Multiple graded stakes winning jockey Edwin Gonzalez earned his 2,000th career victory July 20 aboard Bobby Bob in the sixth race at Gulfstream Park for trainer Antonio Sano.
BH Interview: R and H Stable's Rick Hiles and Howard Reed
Blackberry Jam became the first black-type stakes winner for Rise Up when the 2-year-old gelding won the King County Express Stakes on the July 20 card at Emerald Downs.
See The Fire will aim for a breakthrough group 1 success when she lines up for the Nassau Stakes (G1) at the Goodwood Festival July 31—a key fixture in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.
After bumping into odds-on favorite Stradale (also by Yaupon), Emphasis reacted with aplomb, recovering quickly to win gate-to-wire.
Juddmonte's group 1 winner Kalpana is raring to go in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) July 26 at Ascot. The field is headed by Grand Prix de Saint Cloud (G1) winner Calandagan.
Total Performance Data (TPD), the London-based global leader in horse racing data announces that Anna Alcock, currently Marketing Manager at Juddmonte will join TPD in September 2025 in a newly created role as their Marketing Manager.
Gary Barber's No Time flew home to take the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks July 20 to give trainer Mark Casse his fifth win in the race. Her two stablemates—Shifty and Winterberry finished second and third, respectively.
In 2003, Cheryl Prudhomme, a former chemist, decided to roll the dice on a lifelong dream of running a horse farm. She moved from Boston to New York, where she purchased Shamrock Hill Farm in Fort Edward, just a short drive from Saratoga Race Course.
Margaret Davenport and Jon Stillman have been breeding horses for decades, but Shakti is the first foal that they decided to keep.
Despite 24-1 odds, the second longest of the field, Halina's Forte overcame the lack of favoritism and a sloppy/good track to win the $200,000 Honorable Miss (G2) July 20 at the Spa.
Michael Lay's Cruden Bay returned July 20 from an 11-month layoff to secure a second consecutive victory in the $175,000 Connaught Cup (G2T) at Woodbine.
Pereira's mount Origami (IRE) clipped heels and fell near the three-eighths pole. Both horse and rider momentarily stayed down on the grass before Origami got up on her feet. Pereira tried to stand up but promptly laid back down on the ground.
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