Racing's success stories, drug enforcement by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, sports marketing strategies, and Thoroughbred aftercare were spotlighted during morning sessions Dec. 11 at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz.
The grade 1-winning son of Giant's Causeway won graded stakes on dirt and turf. He retired with more than $1.5 million in earnings.
Last Samurai was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, and is out of the graded stakes-placed mare Lady Samuri, making him a half brother to the stakes-winning Candy Raid. He will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000.
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby took a sideways turn as a filly won the second leg of the series Dec. 11 at Kawasaki Racecourse, vaulting into the top spot on the leaderboard.
Trainer Kelsey Danner will be aiming to build on an already career-best year during Turfway Park's Synthetic Championships Dec. 14 where her stable will be represented in two of the evening's featured stakes.
Madefromlucky joins the roster at R Star Stallions in Indiana that includes Discreet Lover, Prayer for Relief, Sahara Sky, and What Now. He has career progeny earnings in excess of $3.5 million.
Hall of Fame trainers and University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program graduates Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert returned to the Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 10 to discuss career developments.
Millie Girl, last year's Sovereign Award-winning champion older female, sold for $450,000 to Resolute Bloodstock to top the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Digital December Sale.
Maiden Watch: Week of Dec. 2-Dec. 8
Since sports wagering was made legal in the Commonwealth in September 2023 and through October of this year, $2.9 billion worth of bets have been placed in Kentucky.
Repole Stable's Fierceness has undergone hind ankle surgery, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher told the audience during a multiple-topic discussion at the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 10.
On Louisiana Champions Day, fans at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will have the opportunity to honor this year's winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Mystik Dan, who will be paraded in the Fair Grounds paddock during Race 3.
Technological advances in artificial intelligence and AI applications to the equine industry were in focus during a morning session of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 10.
The trainer of a runner at Musselburgh who escaped from the track Dec. 9 and then roamed the streets of the Scottish town said his horse was none the worse for the experience.
The average was up 22% year-on-year at €85,770, while the median highlighted the depth to the market by increasing 30% to €26,000, having also been a record last year at €20,000. A record clearance rate of 82% represented the 643 of 782 head sold.
Nominations for the eight stakes on Road to the Derby Kickoff Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots have been released. The headline races of the Dec. 21 program include the 4th running of the $100,000 Gun Runner and the $100,000 Untapable Stakes.
The Jockey Club has announced a freeze on prize money for 2025 while warning that trading performance at its 15 tracks could lead to a review.
The catalog features broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions, and stallion prospects. Graded stakes-placed fillies on offer include Ain't Broke, Amidst Waves, and Movie Moxy.
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
The publisher has shared an excerpt of the new book by Jay Hovdey, "Well Armed: A Thoroughbred of Destiny," with readers of BloodHorse Daily.
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