Blood-Horse

The graded stakes winner by Charlatan was pulled up in the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) after apparently hitting herself during the break. Trainer Bob Baffert said she will undergo more diagnostics but otherwise appears to be fine.

Hope Road, a grade 1-winning homebred for Cicero Farms, will be retired from racing.

Multiple grade 1-winning jockey Tyler Baze scored a personal milestone at Santa Anita Park April 5, guiding Bob Grayson Jr.'s Gypsy Tears to the wire for the rider's 3,000th career victory.

On the April 6 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Spendthrift Farm's Ned Toffey discusses Further Ado's victory in the Blue Grass. Louie Rabaut and Joe Perez give reactions from Keeneland, Sean Collins and Bob Ehalt talk the final Aqueduct Wood Memorial.

A sensational start to 2026 around the world for Ghaiyyath extended to Europe as the promising Gethin gained a first listed victory in the April 6 Magnolia Stakes at Kempton.

Chad Brown's luck could take a dramatic swing for the better when he will send out Iron Honor in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds in the last edition of New York's definitive Kentucky Derby (G1) prep at Aqueduct Racetrack.

A Kentucky-bred filly (Hip 59) from the second crop of grade 1 winner Yaupon sold for $350,000 April 1 to set an all-time record price for the Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

A colt by Gun Runner sold post-sale for $90,000 to Prancing Horse Farm, topping the OBSOnline March Second Chance Sale, a digital auction held March 27-31 featuring horses who breezed during the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott takes on the Madison Stakes (G1) April 4 at Keeneland with Ragtime and Grand Job.

Bringing additional oomph to the April 4 card at Aqueduct Racetrack is the eagerly anticipated return of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno, in the Carter Stakes (G2).

Tony Allevato says NYRA is weighing options to offset the impending loss of television coverage of racing on FanDuel TV, including adding tracks to its "America's Day At The Races" show and the possible creation of a separate digital channel.

A top-drawer lineup of the finest breeding stock—as well as a share in Newgate stalwart Extreme Choice— headline the catalog for the 10th edition of the Inglis Chairman's Sale, which is now available online.

In a case brought by Churchill Downs, a federal court in Kentucky ruled the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority acted outside the law when it assessed fees for racetracks based partially on purse sizes.

Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) alumnus Trojan Nation has found his forever home on a sprawling 2,500-acre ranch outside Cheyenne, Wyo., at the Center for Racehorse Retraining.

John Battaglia Memorial Stakes winner Great White, who has made his three starts at Turfway Park on Tapeta, tries dirt for the first time when he races April 4 at Keeneland in the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes (G1).

Racing's governing bodies across Australia have stepped in to help the sport by offering relief packages to participants, as fuel prices soar due to the war in the Middle East.

Cliff Love has been around a lot of good horses in his 71 years, but none is as dear to his him as his sixth-generation homebred Damon's Mound.

Group 1-placed mare Tutta La Vita will be a headline act when she is offered at the upcoming Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale. The 5-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun is currently based in Kentucky for owners Resolute Racing.

Sneaky Good, the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the $400,000 Beaumont Stakes (G2), has been knocking on the door with two thirds in grade 3 stakes.

Laurel Park proudly hosts the Preakness Preview Day Handicapping Challenge, a one-day contest available both on-site and online. The event takes place April 18 at Laurel Park or through Xpressbet, TwinSpires, and TVG/4NJBETS.