Blood-Horse

Trainer William "Jinks" Fires will be honored as an HBPA Living Legend March 5 at the National HBPA's annual conference March 3-7 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

The first foals by Newsells Park Stud's Superlative Stakes (G2) winner and classic-placed miler Isaac Shelby have arrived.

Like many young athletes, Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Nearly's introduction to sports was playing soccer in his field at Wind Hill Farm, adding to the agility and athleticism that has placed him on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail.

Frankie Dettori notched an emotional winner on his final day as a jockey in Rio de Janeiro Feb. 1—and then made a great day even better by claiming the first leg of Brazil's Triple Crown.

Jockey Junior Alvarado, regular rider for 2025 Horse of the Year Sovereignty, is expected to return to action Feb. 5 at Gulfstream Park after being shaken up late on Saturday's Holy Bull (G3) program.

Multiple graded stakes winner Magnitude will not travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 14 after developing an illness.

Champion Super Corredora and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) fourth-place finisher Meaning were among a sextet of 3-year-old fillies nominated to the Feb. 8 Las Virgenes Stakes who recorded timed workouts Feb. 1 at Santa Anita Park.

Centennial Farms' Nearly was feeling his oats at Palm Beach Downs the morning of Feb. 1 in the aftermath of his eye-catching 5 3/4-length triumph in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 31.

Little Paradise overcame traffic and distance questions Feb. 1 at Sha Tin Racecourse to win the Hong Kong Classic Mile, first leg of the Hong Kong Derby series.

Horse racing isn’t usually synonymous with the state of Wisconsin, but Joe Moore is trying to change all that. A real estate agent and former alderman in Green Bay, Moore is building momentum with his own horses and those owned in partnership.

On Time Girl takes the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) for trainer Brad Cox and owner and breeder Albaugh Family Stables.

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread of NWS.

Sometimes overshadowed by stablemate Baeza, Westwood comes into his own in the San Pasqual Stakes (G2) Jan. 31 at Santa Anita Park, defeating Getaway Car by 2 3/4 lengths.

Days after an announcement that champion 2-year-old male Ted Noffey was off the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with bone bruising, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher showcases Nearly as a Derby contender by winning the $267,500 Holy Bull Stakes (G3).

After being undone by unfavorable pace dynamics in three graded stakes starts to close out 2025, Quatrocento delivers in the Jan. 31 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3) after racing unchallenged on the early lead.

After being undone by unfavorable pace dynamics in three graded stakes starts to close out 2025, Quatrocento delivers in the Jan. 31 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3) after racing unchallenged on the early lead.

The Arqana February Mixed Sale catalog is out. It features 400 lots, including well-bred fillies and black-type broodmares from some of Europe's leading owner/breeder operations.

During last week's Route des Etalons, River Tiber was on the receiving end of a steady stream of visitors at Haras de la Huderie, and those who made the detour to see him will have been impressed as he prepares to embark on second season covering. 

Baeza records his first work since he was sixth in the Breeders Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar.

A strong Godolphin draft, a yearling by first-season sire Anamoe, and a deep mix of racing and breeding prospects headline the 361-lot catalog for the Inglis Digital Australia February (Early) Online Sale.