Blood-Horse

The day prior, Blacksmith, who was second in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) broke his maiden for trainer Bob Baffert and owner Wathnan Racing.

Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

Becoming the first jockey to exceed $3 million in mount earnings at Delta Downs since the track opened in 1973, Vicente Del Cid ran away with the leading rider title.

While the 3-year-olds competing in the Davona Dale Stakes (G2) for fillies and the open Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) figure to draw the most eyes to the Feb. 28 Gulfstream Park card, the day's other seven stakes also bring plenty of star power.

South Australian nursery Kambula Stud will present its entire 2026 yearling crop at the upcoming Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, held March 1-3, marking a significant strategic shift for the family-run operation.

With four wins in five starts, Albaugh Family Stables homebred On Time Girl aims to keep rolling as she will stretch out to a mile in the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park.

A relatively quiet weekend of racing, in terms of stakes action, led to little change in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's polls released Feb. 24, but that is likely to change this weekend.

The $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) and the $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G3) highlight the premier racing schedule.

As part of its traceability initiative, The Jockey Club is distributing 100 microchip scanners this week free of charge to identified aftercare organizations to facilitate the identification of Thoroughbreds.

The first reported foal is a colt bred by Daniel Bates out of Ruby Soho.

The first reported foal is a colt bred by Daniel Bates out of Ruby Soho.

Coady Media has announced the launch of the 2026 Equine Pro / Am Photography Competition, created to discover, showcase, and support emerging talent in equine photography.

Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET is the last opportunity to nominate foals born in 2025 to the Breeders' Cup program for a one-time late nomination fee of $1,500.

Popular entertainment comes from ideas in all shapes and sizes, both large, and, in this case, small. Former jockey and exercise rider Robert Montano has achieved rave reviews for something much different and quite personal.

Sandman and Magnitude are the only millionaire stakes winners in the expected field of seven for the $500,000 Razorback Handicap being run Feb. 28 at Oaklawn Park.

This year's Pennsylvania-Bred Stakes Schedule will offer $1.7 million in purses across 20 stakes races. All three of Pennsylvania's racetracks will host stakes.

On Feb. 23 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Trainer and co-owner John Ennis talks about Great White's victory in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, Byron King gives insight to his Derby Dozen rankings, Tod Wojciechowski on new safety measures at OBS.

Constitution Hill's owner says he has Melbourne on his mind—and Melbourne says it would love to have him.

On the evening of Feb. 23, the average sat at AU$36,090—up a huge 53.5% on last year's results. The gross stood at AU$2,815,000—a 44% increase from 12 months ago, despite five fewer lots being sold (78). The median was up 18% at AU$21,000.

Awaiting Napoleon Solo in the the $425,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park will be three colts trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. in Bravaro, Bull by the Horns, and Solitude Dude; as well as some first-time graded stakes runners.