Bloodstock

Hip No. 431, a daughter of OBS graduate Kantharos consigned by Cruzin’ Thoroughbreds breezed an eighth in :9 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age. The bay […]

The Maryland Horse Breeders Association is proud to announce Ned Allard as the judge of its 89th Yearling Show. Open to all yearlings eligible for Maryland-bred registration, the show will be held Sunday, July 23 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds’ Horse Show Ring in Timonium. A native of Tenafly, N.J, Allard got his start in […]

Fasig-Tipton has released the catalog for its Midlantic June Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, to be held on Wednesday, June 28, at 3 p.m. at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. The under tack show will be conducted the day before on Tuesday, June 27, beginning at 8 a.m. The under tack show had previously […]

Hip No. 347, Esperon, a son of OBS graduate Chitu consigned by Silvestre Chavez Thoroughbreds, Agent, sped a quarter in a track record-equaling :20 1/5, posting the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses […]

The month of May brought with it a pair of weekends featuring a bunch of graded stakes races, surrounding the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and the sires that gave us the winners of those races look the same as the ones from the first four months of the year. In the following charts, we’ll […]

Two youngsters breezed quarters in :20 3/5, sharing honors for the fastest works at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 June Sale of Two Year Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age. – Hip No. 39, Noble Madame, a chestnut filly by Noble […]

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 370 selected yearlings for The July Sale, to be held on Tuesday, July 11, at the company’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. “Sellers have shown increased interest in July this year, resulting in a catalog that is 23 percent larger than last year’s,” said Fasig-Tipton […]

The results are in from a survey of 350 Kentucky Thoroughbred farms who were asked about their struggles with recruiting and keeping employees. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the University of Louisville Equine Program teamed up to organize the survey through the Chamber’s Talent Pipeline Management program. The Pipeline Management program is aimed […]

A new study by experts from the University of Exeter has found that genetic improvement is underlying the increasing speed of Britain’s Thoroughbreds. This contrasts with earlier studies that suggested racehorses were showing no genetic improvement in response to selection by breeders. However, the new study has also revealed that rates of genetic progress are […]