Blood-Horse

The Breeders' Cup World Championships will be held Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland. Tickets will go on sale to public at noon ET April 21.

Penn National has announced effective April 16 it will conduct live racing two nights a week, Thursdays and Fridays, through April 29 due to a lack of horses. To help bolster field size, an owner's bonus will be offered for dirt races.

State lawmakers in West Virginia have approved legislation that will add more funding to the industry in that state.

A long-running court battle between Thoro-Graph, the New York Racing Association, and NYRA Bets reached a partial resolution, mostly in favor of Thoro-Graph.

Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed the bill because of a provision that allows the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and the Kentucky Lottery to adopt new rules without the governor's review or signature.

Original Moneigh paintings, including one by the late Serena's Song, will be auctioned as part of ReRun Thoroughbred Adoption and After the Finish Line's Kentucky Derby Charity Moneigh Auction April 19-26.

Despite having not made their first starts of the year yet, Sovereignty and Journalism have managed to maintain a place on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll based on their success in 2025.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst looks at the strong economic impact brought by Breeders' Cup to the San Diego area in 2025, a concerning first quarter decline in handle, and a unique problem tied to prediction markets.

Fresh off a record-breaking March Sale, Ocala Breeders' Sales is set to continue the momentum with its Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held April 14-17. A total of 1,124 juveniles have been cataloged for the four-day sale.

The bonus program is designed to support Maryland-bred horses racing at Colonial Downs and Delaware Park during Maryland's live racing hiatus. The 2026 program will run from July 3 through Aug. 23, aligning with the Laurel Park summer break.

Steve Roman, who developed the Dosage Profiles, has returned from a 10-year hiatus to manage the system and keep it fresh and useful for American racing. Roman is working to update the system with Ken Kush.

On the April 13 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Churchill Downs' Asia representative Kate Hunter discusses Japan's Derby hopefuls: Wonder Dean and Danon Bourbon. Oaklawn Park track announcer Matt Dinerman on calling Sovereignty vs, Journalism.

The Rowley Mile was bathed in full spring sunshine as the breeze session of the Tattersalls Craven Sale got underway April 13 for an event that will provide an early indication of the big players in the ring this season.

The total industry out economic impact of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar was published in a newly released independent study conducted by Sport Management Research Institute.

WinStar Farm's freshman sire Life Is Good starts strong on Day 1 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale with two well-bred colts (Hips 15 and 199) consigned by De Meric Sales and Scanlon Training and Sales, respectively.

When Light Won Up won the $103,000 Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita Park in February, the $200,000 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate joined an impressive roster of stakes winners bred (and sold) by Bill Betz and partners.

The last time Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo brought a horse that breezed a furlong in :09 3/5 to the OBS Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, it was Shisospicy. The duo aims to replicate past success this year with a speedy colt by Flightline.

John Stewart's Resolute Racing earned its first graded win at Keeneland April 12 when In Our Time, who is co-owned by Miller Racing, won the $393,475 Giant's Causeway Stakes (G2T).

Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse sent out Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up Silent Tactic, and Kentucky Oaks (G1) hopefuls Counting Stars and Search Party for their final works at Oaklawn Park before shipping to Churchill Downs.

Twelve months ago at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale, Grangeclare consigned four horses for a total of 1,450,000gns, with no individual selling for less than 220,000gns.