The first half of Saturday's card at Gulfstream Park featured a number of talented 2-year-olds on display, including Diamond Oops (Lookin At Lucky), who notched his third victory from four starts in the six-furlong Buffalo Man S. While trainer Patrick Biancone said the win itself was gratifying, it was made more special by the fact [...]

As Southern California horsemen continue to recover in the aftermath of the Lilac Fire, which devastated San Luis Rey Downs training center and claimed the lives of 46 Thoroughbreds last Thursday, numerous Thoroughbreds previously stabled at the Bonsall, California facility have been relocated to Del Mar some 45 minutes to the south. In an effort [...]

A fast-spreading wildfire descended rapidly on the San Luis Rey Downs training facility in Bonsall, California Thursday afternoon, leaving horsemen with no choice but to turn horses loose on the property to avoid the flames. Images from local San Diego County news stations and Twitter posts from horsemen showed videos of horses running freely on [...]

Joseph Appelbaum, running unopposed, was elected to his first term as president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA), the organization announced Tuesday. Appelbaum succeeds Rick Violette, Jr., who is retiring this year after more than 25 years on the NYTHA board. Appelbaum operates Off The Hook, a breeding, racing and sales company with [...]

Sunday's GII Bessarabian S. at Woodbine saw the lightly raced 4-year-old filly Moonlit Promise (Malibu Moon) claim her third stakes victory in as many starts this year–a significant accomplishment considering she did not begin her 2017 campaign until mid-September. The Josie Carroll trainee's win streak also represents both a payoff for a shrewd private purchase [...]

The November sales often mark the emergence of a handful of first-crop sires as successes on the commercial market, and 2017 has proven to be no exception. While the aura of a Triple Crown winner or the presence of an heir apparent to A.P. Indy come with high expectations, a number of lower-profile sires have [...]

Four years ago at the 2013 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Blackstone Farm's Douglas Black, Christian Hansen and Mark Weissman had high hopes for a More Than Ready weanling colt, only to see him return home to Pennsylvania unsold. The trio of partners gave the handsome colt time and brought him to Fasig-Tipton's 2014 Saratoga [...]

When American Pharoah romped home in front in the 2015 GI Belmont S., becoming racing's first Triple Crown winner in 37 years, the son of Pioneerof the Nile not only cemented an immortal legacy, but ensured that his every ensuing move would be watched with unprecedented anticipation. Nearly five months later, all eyes were on [...]

Defrere (Deputy Minister–Sister Dot, by Secretariat), New Jersey's leading sire for seven consecutive years from 2008 to 2014 and a full-brother to 1993 champion juvenile colt Dehere, was euthanized Tuesday at the age of 25 following a paddock accident at Snow Hill Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Defrere was responsible for graded stakes winners Lilah and [...]

Linette Stables, a New York-based ownership group operated by Graig Couton and his family, is donating a portion of its horses' earnings to help aid victims of Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas. For Couton, a former Las Vegas resident and a 2012 graduate of UNLV, the attack hit uncomfortably close to home. “UNLV [...]

It is natural to have reservations when a television show or movie is adapted to print. Historically, novelizations fall short of their audiovisual brethren, both creatively and substantively. There are examples, of course, where the inverse has proven successful: Seabiscuit was a well-received book that made a widely-acclaimed transition to the big screen–but we can [...]

Gary and Mary West's California-based West Coast (Flatter) delivered arguably the best performance by any 3-year-old of 2017 in capturing the Aug. 26 GI Travers S. at Saratoga, and Saturday, the Bob Baffert trainee will have an opportunity to continue his ascent in the newly minted Grade I Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. In a [...]