return to saddle

With breeding sheds opening last week across North America, farms have been quietly preparing stallions for the demanding months ahead of them. All jokes about them having the best jobs aside, stallions have to be ready for a marathon during breeding season. It's not simply a matter of bringing stallions up from fields and expecting them to be ready to cover a full book of mares over the ensuing months. Perhaps that may work for small operations where a stallion covers a handful of mares all season, but for the...

Javier Castellano and Frankie Dettori have both set tentative dates for their returns after sustaining injuries over the past month, according to Daily Racing Form. Castellano, who sustained a fracture to his hand during a fall in the GIII Saranac Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 30, was cleared to ride Tuesday and will mark his return at Aqueduct Oct. 3, according to his agent P.J. Campo. Undergoing surgery Sept. 4 to insert three pins to secure his hand, Castellano had the pins removed Tuesday. Dettori, who suffered a shoulder dislocation at...