Blood-Horse

The Maryland Stadium Authority board of directors April 20 gave near-unanimous approval to spending $48.5 million to purchase Laurel Park for use as a training center.

Darling View Thoroughbreds has set the bar high in signing group 1-winning sprinter Royal Patronage to stand on its roster for 2026, entering at an introductory fee of AU$16,500.

Beginning in 2027, Churchill Downs Inc. will control the first two legs of the Triple Crown as the company on April 21 purchased the intellectual property rights to the Preakness Stakes (G1).

This week's The List takes a look at four stallions expected to have their first-ever Kentucky Derby (G1) runners May 2 at Churchill Downs.

This week's The List takes a look at four stallions expected to have their first-ever Kentucky Derby (G1) runners May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Bentornato is the 2025 Florida-bred Horse of the Year in a vote by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors and announced at the FTBOA Awards Gala held April 20 at the Circle Square Cultural Center in Ocala.

Wearing blinkers for his April 20 breeze, which he recorded in 1:00 for 5 furlongs, Chief Wallabee is ready to take a step forward in the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1).

On the April 20 edition of BloodHorse Monday: Jockey Junior Alvarado talks about seeking a repeat Derby victory with Chief Wallabee and analyzes Sovereignty's Oaklawn Handicap (G2), Alan Porter dives into this year's Derby pedigrees.

Due to the overwhelming response and positive feedback of a new wager early in the meet, all Daily Double wagers will now line up with a reduced takeout of 15% beginning April 21 at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Three stakes—including a grade 2—worth a total of $400,000 highlight the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos Race Course. The nine-day season will begin June 19 and continue through July 5.

The book is produced annually and provides a listing of stakes races from each country that will be accorded group/graded or listed status in sales catalogs using standards approved by the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers.

A federal bankruptcy judge approved interim financing and budget for Hawthorne Race Course at an April 20 hearing, less than 24 hours after the track's delayed Opening Day.

Top-class Australian sprinter Tentyris will not run at Royal Ascot in June after Darley announced that he and Ghaiyyath's dual group 1-winning son Observer have been retired and will take up stud duties in Australia later this year.

Ocala Breeders' Sales will host a "Second Chance" digital auction on its OBSOnline platform featuring horses that were either unsold or breezed and scratched from the record-setting Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

By reviewing decades of Kentucky Derby (G1) results for commonalities uniting past winners (or losers), handicappers can build a profile of a typical Kentucky Derby winner.

Thanks to The Puma and In Our Time, two horses bred by Brian Kahn are giving the Californian two months to remember.

Utilizing her early speed, Simply Joking didn't mess around in the $100,000 Santa Maria Stakes (G3) as she strolled to a 6 3/4-length win at Santa Anita Park April 19.

CJ Stables' Reb Five surged past Throckmorton 20 yards from the finish en route to a neck victory in the $300,000 Palisades for 3-year-olds April 19 at Keeneland.

Jockey Jose Angel Medina accomplished a career milestone April 18 when he rode his 1,000th Thoroughbred winner in North America aboard Flaming Glory in the second race at Fonner Park.

Ranked 22nd on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard and needing two defections to get in the field, grade 1 winner Intrepido will ship to Churchill Downs following a fast work April 19 at Santa Anita Park.