Spinster a Path to Breeders' Cup, Eclipse Honors
West Point Thoroughbreds' Counting Stars is already favored to earn the Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old filly, and now she faces older rivals for the first time in the Oct. 4 Spinster Stakes (...
Two-Time Champion Sprinter Roy H Dies at 14
Two-time champion male sprinter Roy H died Oct. 2 following complications from colic at 14. Roy H had been a resident of the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions barn since November 2023....
Ortiz Jr. Grateful to be Back in Saddle
Irad Ortiz Jr. returned to the saddle Oct. 2 at Keeneland and picked up a win in the Phoenix Stakes (G2) after missing nearly two months with a foot injury....
Blue Bolt Continues Perfect Season With Sun Chariot Win
The daughter of Blue Point looked none the worse for a busy season that had yielded five successive wins, three at this level, in the paddock beforehand and even earned the best turned out prize befo...
Unbeaten Vanta Gets Graded Test in Surfer Girl Stakes
In two starts, both wins, 2-year-old filly Vanta has shown signs of a budding star for trainer Jeff Mullins. In the Oct. 4 Surfer Girl Stakes (G3T), Vanta will look to add a second stakes win and a fi...
Caballo de Mar Upsets Scandinavia to Repeat in Cadran
Caballo de Mar edges away from favored Scandinavia to become the first horse since Westerner in 2004 to secure successive Prix du Cadran (G1) victories Oct. 3 at ParisLongchamp Racecourse....
Piggybunz Gives Happy Saver His First Stakes Winner
Grade 1 winner and first-crop Airdrie Stud stallion Happy Saver was represented by his first black-type winner Oct. 3 when Piggybunz won the $96,000 Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park....