Blood-Horse

Arkansas Derby (G1) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Renegade may have some company in the starting gate for the June 6 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course in stablemate and frequent workout partner Powershift.

The New York Racing Association announces significant purse increases to overnight races during the fall meet at Belmont Park, which will open for live racing Sept. 18 following a multiyear redevelopment project.

With the buying temperature in breeze-up season having cooled considerably this year, there will be no overconfidence from Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins and his team but an understandable pride in the cast assembled for the May 22 sale.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors: Dr. Megan Knoell and Donald Little III.

Gstaad (GB) will face nine rivals in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) as he attempts to go one better than his Newmarket second at the Curragh May 23. 

Keeneland has appointed retired trainer Ignacio Correas IV and Ezequiel Valle, who manages the breeding and racing operations of Haras Firmamento in Argentina.

Winner of the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), British Isles will try to win a second major California race for older dirt runners, the Hollywood Gold Cup (G2), for trainer Richard Baltas and owners Slam Dunk Racing, Deborah Baltas, and Cynthia McClanahan.

Trainer Phil D'Amato, who previously has won the Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) five times, has entered 2025 Shoemaker winner King of Gosford and Almendares in the May 25 race at Santa Anita Park.

Letters to the editor for the May 21 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a submission from Light Up Racing.

In this month's At the Track with Sean Collins, we look back on a unique edition of the Preakness Stakes (G1) held May 16 at Laurel Park.

This summer, across town from Saratoga Race Course at White Hollow Farm, the spotlight will be on retired racehorses competing in the TAKE2 Thoroughbred Hunter and Jumper divisions at the Saratoga Horse Shows.

With inclement weather expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic region beginning May 20, and with the potential for rain throughout the weekend, Monmouth Park has moved the Cliff Hanger Stakes and Miss Liberty Stakes, originally set for May 23-24, to May 30.

Jamie Ness becomes the ninth North American trainer with 5,000 victories.

Nearly a year ago, Publisher was among the field for the Kentucky Derby (G1). Since then, the American Pharoah colt has been searching for his first graded victory. Could that come in the Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (G3)?

A rundown of TV, radio, and streaming horse racing coverage for Memorial Day weekend, as compiled by America's Best Racing.

Steve Asmussen started horses in eight different stakes over the May 15-16 weekend at Laurel Park, including Chip Honcho, who finished third in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1). He earned a total of 39 points, just two more than Graham Motion.

A race expected to draw the top older dirt horses in North America will have a purse to match. Churchill Downs announces that the purse for the June 27 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) has been doubled from $1 million to $2 million.

One week after male long-distance turf runners competed in the Louisville Stakes (G3T), their female counterparts vie on the Churchill Downs grass course May 23 in the 1 1/2-mile, $250,000 Keertana Stakes.

Al Riffa heads the official ratings for the May 21 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (G1), although he has ground to make up on Fairy Glen and Caballo de Mar, the 1-2 finishers from the Dubai Gold Cup (G2) at Meydan Racecourse on World Cup night. 

In the May 21 Prix Aga Khan IV (G1)—formerly the Prix d'Ispahan—there are three genuine middle-distance stars on show, all running over the about 1 3/16-mile trip, which will place a real accent on speed.