Blood-Horse

American Promise may have secured a Kentucky Derby (G1) spot in winning the $500,000 Virginia Derby March 15 at Colonial Downs, but his Derby preparations are not over.

Japan's top sprinters mix it up in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) March 30 at Chukyo Racecourse, a race marked in recent years by big upsets.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has called upon Mike Smith to fill in for Tyler Gaffalione, who sustained a broken ankle in a starting gate mishap, to ride Madaket Road in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Volume 16 of IFHA Quarterly, a newsletter produced in partnership with the Japan Racing Association, has been released. 

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Henri Matisse is entered for his 3-year-old debut March 30 in the Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes (G3) at Leopardstown.

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announces the release of its 2024 Annual Report. Among the highlights are statistics on testing, results management, the adjudication of cases, investigations, and educational efforts.

Keeneland opens its spring meet on Friday, April 4, to launch 15 days of exceptional Thoroughbred racing, featuring 19 stakes worth a spring meet record $9.4 million. 

So much has happened in the real world since American Pharoah swept the 2015 Triple Crown and capped his 3-year-old season with a historic "Grand Slam" win in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

The UC Davis veterinary hospital recently added two experienced equine surgeons as clinical professors. 

Queen Azteca takes on males in the UAE Derby (G2) April 5 at Meydan Racecourse. She will be the lone Scandinavian on the card, and a first ride on the big night for Carlos Lopez.

A partnership between Kentucky Humane Society and Race for Aftercare will be commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Oldham County Chamber of Commerce on April 7 from 2 - 4 p.m. ET at Hermitage Farm.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm

With Straight No Chaser in Dubai preparing for a start in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen April 5 at Meydan Racecourse, five other California sprinters will look to capitalize in the March 29 San Carlos Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.

Luxor Cafe, an American Pharoah colt, looks poised to earn a guaranteed bid to the Kentucky Derby (G1) as the favorite in the Fukuryu Stakes, final leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Trainers John Sargent and Gary Portelli are hopeful, rather than confident, that they can spring an upset when the outstanding Treasurethe Moment makes her Sydney debut in the Vinery Stud Stakes (G1) March 29 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will bid for a fourth Florida Derby (G1) with a ride on Madaket Road, a mount he picks up after scheduled jockey Tyler Gaffalione injured an ankle March 26.

Yulong Investments general manager Vin Cox has tendered his resignation after a little more than a year with the breeding and racing giant. 

St. Elias Stable's Captain Cook breezed a half-mile in :49 March 26 over the Belmont Park dirt training track as he prepares for the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2), a 1 1/8-mile test for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack April 5.

Choisya had only one black-type success to her name before joining Gainsborough Stables' satellite operation at Meydan prior to Christmas. Her improvement since has prompted connections to target a grade 1 at Keeneland: the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T).

Trainer Gary Contessa's claim that he did not know about a change in New York State's claiming rules when he violated a new provision governing claimed horses running out of state "strains credibility,'' according to a hearing officer's comments.