Blood-Horse

Godolphin colt Beiwacht cemented his stud future at Darley with a front-running victory against older horses in the April 18 All Aged Stakes (G1) over 1,400 meters (about 7 furlongs) at Randwick Racecourse. 

White Abarrio and Sovereignty, the top two finishers in the $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2), are headed in different directions, their respective camps said April 19.

A total of 354 lots, plus supplementaries, have been cataloged for the 2026 edition, which will be held May 24. The sale features progeny by 97 individual sires, including 18 first-season stallions.

Hunter Valley-based Kingstar Farm topped the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale at Riverside Stables April 19, with colts by Artorius selling for AU$160,000 and Home Affairs for AU$115,000.

World champion miler Charyn will stand his first Southern-hemisphere season this year at New Zealand's world-renowned Cambridge Stud.

Undefeated 3-year-old colt Taj Mahal is bound for the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) following a dominant victory April 18 in the Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park.

As the first two runners for Ocala Stud stallion Roadster, Ford Roadster and Strike completed the exacta in the second race at Gulfstream Park April 19.

Lovcen's stamina pedigree kicked in through the late going of the April 19 Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas, G1T) and the colt completed a gate-to-wire victory.

Taj Mahal earned his way into the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1), the second jewel of the Triple Crown, with a dominant performance April 18 in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles at Laurel Park.

Almendares scores a neck over Genius Jimmy in the April 18 American Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Burnham Square scores in the Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) April 18 at Keeneland. The 4-year-old son of Liam's Map, who was last year's winner of the Blue Grass Stakes (G1), is now a graded stakes winner on turf and dirt.

White Abarrio upsets the reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty and 2025 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism in the April 18 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) at Oaklawn Park.

Despite most of the attention on Sovereignty April 18, Bill Mott's barn fires in the $350,000 Ben Ali Stakes (G3) as Stars and Stripes and Batten Down complete the exacta at Keeneland.

Three Chimneys Farm's Ottinho, runner-up to Further Ado in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1), will bypass the Kentucky Derby (G1) in favor of a start in either the Preakness Stakes (G1) or Peter Pan Stakes (G3), trainer Chad Brown said April 18.

Florida Derby (G1) runner-up The Puma and Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Albus were among the Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders who breezed across the country April 18, two weeks out from the May 2 1 1/4-mile classic.

Grand National hero Noble Yeats has died at the age of 11 after suffering from colic, shortly after the fourth anniversary of his Aintree triumph for the Waley-Cohen family and trainer Emmet Mullins.

The Inglis HTBA Australia Yearling Sale this April 19 provides a proven opportunity to buy bargain-priced colts and fillies now that the big players have already done their shopping at the majors.

Alpine Princess scores in the Doubledogdare Stakes (G2) April 17 at Keeneland by a nose over post-time favorite Eunomia.

Three Amigos struck for a speedy filly by first-crop sire Early Voting during the final day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 17. Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Three Amigos, went to $850,000 for Hip 1037.

Journalism lost the first two rounds to Sovereignty, but those matches were in 2025. Round 3 is April 18 at Oaklawn Park where the now-4-year-old heavyweights tangle again in the $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses at 1 1/8 miles.