Blood-Horse

Second Stride will host its 14th annual Derby week fundraiser April 28. Champions Night Fore the Horses will take place at Valhalla Golf Club from 6:30-9:30pm.

After originally being pulled from Kentucky Derby (G1) contention following a sixth-place finish in the April 8 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, Flying Dutchmen's Owen Almighty was declared back into the 20-horse field April 16.

A bidding war broke out for Hip 416, a full brother to the late Taraz, during the second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 16. Mahmud Mouni secured the Into Mischief colt for a final bid of $1.4 million.

Having last been seen in the starting gate nine months ago, Amerman Racing's Endlessly finally returns to racing April 20 in the $100,000 American Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Despite proving his stamina with a 2 1/16-mile stakes win last year, Limited Liability aims to win his first 1 1/2-mile race in the $400,000 Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland April 19.

Porter on Pedigrees

Robbie Harris of Harris Training Center was rewarded early into the second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 16 when Kerri Radcliffe, agent for Memo Racing went to $1.05 million for Hip 378, a colt by Nyquist.

Mayberry Farm is offering Shuggy to prospective buyers at the OBS Spring Sale. The colt is a grandson of the incomparable Zenyatta, who was trained at Mayberry Farm prior to launching her historical racing career.

Churchill Downs announced today that Grammy-nominated recording artist Grace Potter will perform the national anthem at the 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3 and record-breaking gymnast Simone Biles will announce "Riders Up" ahead of the race.

Named for the first winner of Pimlico Race Course's original race, the Preakness Stakes (G1) occupies a special place in the heart of the American turf.

It's not often a jockey wins two Grade I races in a span of four days at two different tracks, but Brian Hernandez, Jr. did. The dual Grade I feat led the panel of racing experts to vote Hernandez Jockey of the Week for April 7-April 13.

In a surprise move, the Florida Senate committee that met April 15 postponed hearing the bill that proposes decoupling of racing and slot machines, but the House Commerce Committee approved a second bill that includes decoupling.

Day 1 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale saw a decline in the gross, average and median. A total of 157 horses changed hands for $19,962,000, including private sales. The average was $127,146, with a median of $60,000.

Maiden Watch: April 7-April 13

Around an hour into the opening session of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale, an Acclamation colt, a €70,000 pinhook, sold to Godolphin for a Craven Sale record of 1.4 million guineas. 

Journalism and Thorpedo Anna continue to lead the latest Thoroughbred polls announced April 15 by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. The polls cover racing performances through April 13.

The morning-line favorite First Mission hasn't been to the winner's circle in almost a year, but if his recent works are any indication, he will be in peak form Saturday.

Unchanged service fees for champion sire Snitzel and returning hero The Autumn Sun and a AU$22,000 introductory fee for Northern Hemisphere newcomer Vandeek headline the 2025 stallion roster announcement made by Arrowfield Stud April 15.   

Towards the end of a lackluster first day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 15, Donato Lanni signed the ticket for Hip 190, a well-bred Curlin filly on behalf of Baoma, the owners of Tenma.

A schedule of this week's racing programming on radio and television compiled by America's Best Racing.