'Kentucky Roses,' a new Hallmark movie that premiered on their channel May 2 and began streaming through Hallmark+ May 3, is nothing short of a triumph for the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Set on the grounds of iconic Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby week, here's a film that has something for everyone. It's good, clean [...]

With jockey Flavien Prat urging his mount on down the lane, Yellow Card (Lost Treasure (Ire)–Paris Girl, by Pulpit) was up in time to take the GII Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes on Saturday's Derby undercard, which was the first higher-level win of the horse's career. Yellow Card captured his first black-type when he won [...]

Dream Quest (Drain the Clock–Dream Collector, by Collected) made her initial start a winning one at Santa Anita Park on Thursday and her freshman sire collected his first win. The 2-year-old Cal-bred, in the inaugural juvenile race of the season at the track, sped to the lead after a competitive break and held sway through [...]

4th-CD, $120K, Msw, 3yo/up, f&m, 7f, 2:00 p.m. ET. Juddmonte homebred COUPLET (Gun Runner) heads to the post with some strong drills under her belt in Louisville for trainer Michael McCarthy. The farm acquired the first-time starter's dam, Canadian champion 2-year-old & GISW Spring in the Air (Spring At Last), for $1.65-million during the 2015 [...]

2nd-Keeneland, $69,210, Msw, 4-24, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.38, fm, 6 1/2 lengths. MORE CHAMPAGNE (f, 2, Golden Pal–Wildcat Gaze, by Wildcat Heir) debuted as a 6-1 shot here after a pair of scratches reduced the field to five. Running into fractions of :21.26 for the first quarter and :45.06 for the first half, the [...]

Sandtrap (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}–Zindaya {GSW, $567,240}, by More Than Ready) began her career as a juvenile in the care of trainer Ralph Beckett and the dark bay broke her maiden at first asking to earn a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', at Salisbury that September. The filly was the runner-up to eventual [...]

Maybe a touch earlier than expected, the rematch that the horse racing world pined for has arrived as reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) will once again square off against the 2025 GI Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (Curlin) in the GII Oaklawn Handicap on Saturday. Both colts will be making their much-anticipated 4-year-old [...]

In Friday's GII Baird Doubledogdare Stakes for females 4-years-old and up at Keeneland, GSW Alpine Princess (Classic Empire) will take on seven others, including GISW Gin Gin (Hightail). Currently a 5-year-old mare, Alpine Princess capped a strong 2025 campaign by winning the GIII Falls City Stakes at Churchill Downs in late November. Trainer Brad Cox [...]

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 143 offerings for its April Digital Sale, which includes a pair of broodmares closely related to Derby and Oaks contenders. Bidding is now open through Tuesday, Apr. 21, when the online event begins to close at 2 p.m. ET., the auction company said in a press release on Thursday. “With more than [...]

In the GI Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on Friday, Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (r, 4, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Zindziswa, by Smart Strike) went gate to wire to hand trainer Chad Brown the 3,000th win of his career. The speedy turf star won on debut for trainer Andre Fabre at Saint-Cloud as a juvenile that June. A [...]

When the ground settled in the GIII FanDuel Limestone Stakes at Keeneland on Friday it was Slay the Day (f, 3, Into Mischief–Mind Out, by Tapit) who took home the win and set a new stakes record going 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass. The Keeneland sales graduate broke her maiden over the dirt at [...]

3rd-KEE, $120K, ALW/N1X, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 2:04 p.m. ET. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', and Triple Crown nominee TOUCH OF FIRE (Constitution) comes to Keeneland to contest an allowance race over the Haggin Turf Course. The Juddmonte homebred cleared by seven lengths on debut at Fair Grounds in early January, which earned the colt [...]