Blood-Horse

Aga Khan Studs' Rayif appears bound for Royal Ascot after victory in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, G1) at Longchamp May 10.

Chip Honcho completed his major training for the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) May 16 with a half-mile work in :50.20 at Churchill Downs May 10.

Trainer Chad Brown said the Belmont Stakes (G1) or the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park are both logical choices for Growth Equity's next start.

Rodeo Drive, sticking to the formula of 1-mile races, got up in the final strides to win the May 10 NHK Mile Cup (G1T) at Tokyo Racecourse while some prominent distance experimenters faltered.

Marjoram is now a grade 3 winner sprinting on grass, just like her older brother Spiced Up, after catching favored Light Won Up in the Senorita Stakes (G3T) May 9 at Santa Anita Park.

As much as the $194,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) is New York's steppingstone race to the Belmont Stakes (G1), the victorious Growth Equity may not be taking that big step.

Horse Racing Women’s Association expands its "Day at the Races" series to Canada at Century Mile.

Late-running Zabeel Champion uses almost every yard of the 3-mile Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes (NSA-1) to catch Swore in the closing strides.

Fillies outperform their male counterparts by running 1-2 in the May 9 Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Celtic Dispute wore down favored Skara Brae for a neck victory.

Ercel Ellis Jr., a trainer, writer, clocker, and longtime horse racing radio broadcaster, died May 7 in Lexington at the age of 94.

A filly by the same sire, bred on the same cross, and consigned by the same vendor as classic hopeful Zanthos reached the seven-figure mark midway through the Arqana Breeze Up Sale May 9 in Deauville, France. 

Media notes ahead of the May 16 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park.

After winning the 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1) with Dornoch, trainer Danny Gargan seeks a second win in the Triple Crown with Talkin in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 16 at Laurel Park.

In Great White's first breeze since flipping behind the gate at the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1), trainer John Ennis himself got aboard to make sure everything felt right ahead of a potential start in the May 16 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park.

Ocelli has banked $609,800 through seven starts, buoyed by show finishes in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack and the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. Yet he remains a maiden.

Francis-Henri Graffard and the Aga Khan Studs are set to go into first two French classics May 10 with a strong hand after Rayif and Narissa came out of their final gallops earlier in the week in excellent shape.

A draft of 43 Godolphin broodmares and 13 Godolphin racehorses—as well as a group 1 winner in foal to Not This Time—headlines a fascinating catalog for the Inglis Digital Australia May (Early) Online Sale, which opened for bidding May 8.

Breeders' Cup winner Starlust has returned to training with Ralph Beckett following the decision to abort his stallion career in Australia after covering a single book of mares.

Corona de Oro breezes May 8 in preparation for the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 16 at Laurel Park.

Flightline fever has taken a fresh grip over the global bloodstock sector after one of his sons fetched a record-shattering $10.5 million during last month's Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.