Bloodstock

Much like the Thoroughbred auction marketplace, the Standardbred industry is enjoying record returns in the sales ring despite waves of economic and political uncertainty on a global scale. Ahead of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, set to begin Monday, Harness Racing Update spoke with six experts in the Standardbred bloodstock field about how events like […]

Tony Bradshaw is a lifelong fan of horse racing. He has been attending races since he was a kid accompanying his grandfather to Miles Park in Louisville, Ky. This fall, Bradshaw will step into a new realm of the business as he prepares to purchase his first racehorse at the 2022 ITOBA Fall Mixed Sale […]

Kettle Corn, a Grade 2 winner and veteran sire in Ohio, was moved to Orange Valley Estates in Trelawny, Jamaica over the summer, the farm announced on social media. The 15-year-old son of Candy Ride previously stood at Fair Winds Farm in Waynesville, Ohio, where he’d resided since retiring to stud for the 2014 breeding […]

Old mysteries linger over green pastures and black fences that enclose Ramsey Farm, intertwined with the deep roots of the famed Jessamine County property nestled along the most historic road in Kentucky roughly 11 miles from Lexington. Almost forgotten amidst the farm’s rich annals encompassing both outstanding Thoroughbred and Standardbred runners is a real whodunit, […]

Spendthrift Farm has erected its new Malibu Moon memorial statue that will serve as the centerpiece at the front of the B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center, which is set to officially open on Nov. 1 during Breeders’ Cup week. “The B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center has really come together, and the addition of the Malibu Moon […]

Keeneland has announced that Grade 1 winner Juju’s Map, a 3-year-old daughter of Liam’s Map, has been cataloged to the 79th November Breeding Stock Sale and will be offered Monday, Nov. 7 during the prestigious Book 1. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, Juju’s Map is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Juju’s […]

Conventional wisdom in Thoroughbred racing and breeding states that a horse born earlier in the foaling season is going to be more physically mature than one born near the end of it when they meet on the racetrack and are considered to be the same age in the eyes of The Jockey Club. A study […]

The supplemental catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com and available in printed form on the OBS sales grounds. The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 11 and 12. Twenty-two selected yearlings have been supplemented and will sell as […]

Blue Star Racing is excited to announce the arrival of Breaking Lucky to their breeding facilities in Scott, La. After beginning his stallion career at Blue Star Racing, he moved to Florida for the 2021 and 2022 breeding seasons. “After many breeders’ requests, we’re excited to bring Breaking Lucky back to the Bayou State,” said […]