Reliance Ranches, LLC of Guthrie, Oklahoma announces the purchase of American Anthem, by Arkansas Derby winner and Classic-placed sire Bodemeister. American Anthem, a multiple Graded stakes winner, began his career by winning his first start at 2 and following up with a successful 3-year-old season posting back-to-back Graded victories in the Lazaro Barrera Stakes-G3 at […]
The great thing about the Breeders’ Cup isn’t that a different racetrack in America hosts the World Championships every year, nor is it just that top turf and dirt horses from across the globe compete. That also goes the jockeys doing the steering. They aren’t just the leading riders stateside, but horsemen and women from […]
Bidding opens Monday, Oct. 26 and closes Monday, Nov. 2 for the November Mixed Internet Auction of Thoroughbreds by ThoroughbredAuctions.com. The auction has nearly 70 entries and include large consignments from Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and Arizona as well as Kentucky. The auction is offering broodmares by sires such as Medaglia d’Oro, War Front, City […]
Faversham, a multiple winner and the only full brother to two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, has been retired from racing to stand at Daehling Ranch in Northern California. His 2021 fee is $2,000, live foal guarantee. Lifetime breeding rights are available for $4,500. A 5-year-old son of the late Lucky Pulpit, California’s leading […]
(from press release) Quality Road’s graded stakes-winning son Cowboy Culture enters stud in 2021 at Whitney Farms in Monrovia, Indiana. Undefeated in his first three starts for Repole Stable, Cowboy Culture won the historic Arlington Classic-G3 by a widening 5 3/4 lengths. A winner of six races from ages two to four, he retired sound […]
Ghaiyyath, who was birthed from Dubawi, has officially retired from racing and will be standing at Kildangan Stud next year. The Dubawi horse was able to retire from the game with four Group 1 victories; he won three out of them this year; the Eclipse, the Juddmonte International, and the Coronation Cup, with best new online […]
Dan Skelton is back in the game and he is looking to bring out two of his best bumper horses from the last campaign at Uttoxeter on the 23rd of October, as Third Time Lucki will be making his debut over hurdles in division one of the 2m novice hurdle while the popular Wilde About […]
Racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott took to the media to claim that he is happy to have Delta Work clash with his new stable Presenting Percy in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase to be held at Down Royal. 7-year-old Delta Work ended the Ireland Grade One National Hunt season last campaign with a fourth position, which could […]
Days before the opening of horse racing, Cheltenham Racecourse loses its backing as its longest-running sponsor put an end to their sponsorship. This could be said to come as a blow to the organization as the Horse racing is set to resume to the Cheltenham Racecourse on 23rd of October, which has been set to […]
The Breeders’ Cup is now fast approaching and will be taking place between Friday 6th of November and Saturday 7th of November. This will be held at Keeneland, in what will be the second edition of the event at this venue. Keeneland is at the heart of the thoroughbred industry, so this set’s up for […]
The Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale on October 30-31 in Oklahoma City will include dozens of quality Thoroughbred yearlings and broodmares. Yearlings will go through the ring on October 30, and there will be mixed sessions on both October 30 and 31. Online bidding will also be available. Get more info by clicking here.
One of the fastest stakes winners to enter stud duty in Iowa will arrive this month at Iowa State University. Blueblood, a lightning fast son of leading U.S. sire City Zip, raced five furlongs in :56 2/5 and six furlongs in 1:08 3/5. An undefeated 2-year-old stakes winner, Blueblood was also highly weighted on the […]
Sam Houston Race Park will not only offer an expanded live racing season, but additional stakes throughout its 2021 Thoroughbred meet, which begins on Friday, January 8. The 2021 Thoroughbred Stakes schedule will offer $2.4 million in purses, up from $1.8 million in 2020. The Houston Racing Festival will take place on Sunday, January 31 headlined by the Houston Ladies Classic (G3) and the John […]
When trainer Teri Luneack was a little girl she would lie in bed and stare at her Barbies on horseback and the horses on the curtains that covered her bedroom windows. When Luneack fell asleep, however, she never in her wildest dreams saw herself training a racehorse to a million dollars in earnings. She has done that, […]
Oklahoma stallion Den’s Legacy was represented by his first winner on Saturday at Remington Park when Oklahoma-bred Bear Den won a $25,000 maiden claiming event by two lengths. Lori Biehler rode the 2-year-old gelding for her husband, Michael Biehler, who bred, owns and trains the first-time starter. Bear Den earned $11,596 for the victory in […]
Unbridled Express has honed the power of three in his breeding career, siring three stakes winners in the state of Indiana and hitting the top of the Indiana sire list after three years of being in the top 10 last year. The 16 year old gray son of Unbridled’s Song earned $117,696.80 in Indiana stallion […]
The Indiana Thoroughbred Owner’s and Breeder’s Association is pleased to announce that the catalog for the ITOBA Fall Mixed Sale is now online with a total of 79 head, including 64 yearlings, one weanling, nine horses of racing age and five broodmares, all in foal. Normally held at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino, this auction […]
Before Diane Crump started riding horses professionally, other women did. Kathy Kusner was one of these pioneers. It was Kusner’s action that paved the way for Crump to come on board. In 1968, she dared to sue the Maryland Racing commission under the provisions of the US Civil Rights Act. She was given the license […]
American Racehorse is pleased to announce that it will resume printing with the 2021 Stallion Register issue, which will be distributed in December 2020. Plans are still being made to hopefully resume regular issues of the magazine in 2021. For more information about advertising in the Stallion Register, click here. The advertising deadline for the […]
What began in 1992 as a show of strength and final act of defiance, the Minnesota Festival of Champions, with its 27th running Wednesday evening, remains a staple on the Canterbury Park schedule and a continuing reminder that horse racing in the state, regardless of circumstances, is thriving. In 1992 the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack was […]
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