Blood-Horse

No Manitoba-bred racehorse has ever won the King's Plate. That could change Aug. 15 at Woodbine in the 167th running of the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is launching the next phase of its comprehensive review of Veterinarians' List and Stewards' List categories across U.S. Thoroughbred racing: an industrywide survey open to all stakeholders.

Four-time grade 1-winning turf horse Deterministic will enter stud at Lane's End in Kentucky following the conclusion of his racing career.

Four yearlings and four unraced Arkansas-bred 2-year-olds are supplements to the Texas Summer Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale that takes place Aug. 25.

Hot riding at Saratoga Race Course resulting in 12 victories earns Manny Franco the honor of Jockey of the Week.

In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Explora is victorious in back-to-back races for the first time after winning the Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. She is best as a sprinter, an aptitude that defies what appears to be a stamina-laden pedigree.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore weighs in on the Triple Crown, Tom Ryan discusses a new idea for the Belmont Stakes (G1), and Hugo Palmer talks about plans for Glacius, his first North American winner.

At the end of trade Aug. 11, 152 yearlings had changed hands for $118,215,000, including private sales. The boutique auction followed up its first $100 million auction with a 17% gross increase from $100,845,000 in 2025.

A prolific presence at yearling sales as buyers for years, LNJ Foxwoods made some headlines this year for a different reason: It was represented by its first offering at The Saratoga Sale, and the result was a home run for the family stable. 

Franklin Smith Sr. founded the Elloree Training Center in 1976, developing a nationally renowned site for breaking and training young Thoroughbreds. He also ran a small breeding operation at the center.

Heartwood Farm kept the Into Mischief express rolling after it sold Hip 136, a full brother to multiple graded stakes winner Barnes, for $4.2 million early in the second session of Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale.

Multiple leading sire Into Mischief had two yearlings roar into seven-figure territory eight hips into Day 2 of Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale. A colt (Hip 121) sells for $2.6 million, while a filly (Hip 124) sells for $1.5 million.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced Aug. 11 the recipients of the 2025 State and Canadian Breeder of the Year Awards, recognizing outstanding breeders whose achievements distinguished them during the 2025 racing season.

Participating on a panel that outlined many challenges for today's Thoroughbred owner, Jack Knowlton, managing partner of Sackatoga Stable, used something of an apologetic tone in acknowledging that his group is the rare owner to be in the black.

Midnight Skull becomes the first winner for freshman sire Warrior's Charge in taking a maiden special weight contest on debut Aug. 9 at Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico.

Superstar Bow Echo has been retired from racing through injury. The 3-year-old leaves the track with a perfect record from six starts, having won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1), St James's Palace Stakes (G1), and Sussex Stakes (G1).

Meeting Aug. 11, the New York State Gaming Commission advanced changes to its Thoroughbred coupling and wagering rules and ownership licensing, while also updating its review of fire safety at the state's racetracks.

Burnham Square is scheduled to have some international competition when racing in the Sept. 5 Kentucky Downs Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T). Irish-based 2025 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) upsetter Ethical Diamond is another intended starter.

Crisis was averted at Delaware Park in the late evening hours of Aug. 10 as a small barn fire was extinguished by a sprinkler system. No injuries to horses or humans were reported.

At the Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga, HISA independent ombudsman Alan Foreman notes important areas where the independent enforcement agency that launched fully in May 2023 has moved racing forward.