International Jockey Conference Focuses on Safety
The 2025 International Conference for the Health, Safety, and Welfare of Jockeys Dec. 11-12 in Hong Kong saw science-based research on rider safety and performance medicine translated to ideas that j...
Grade 1 Winner Echo Town to Stand at Leadem Farm
Echo Town, winner of the 2020 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1), has been purchased by Tyree Wolesensky and has relocated to her Leadem Farm near Leola, Ark., for the 2026 breeding season....
Epsom Derby Purse to be Increased to £2 million in 2026
Next year's Epsom Derby (G1) will be worth £2 million ($2.675 million) as part of a £6m investment by the Jockey Club (UK) to reinvigorate Epsom and Britain's premier classic, with the aim of attrac...
OwnerView Panel Examines Industry Support Programs
The final installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Dec. 9 and covered industrywide efforts to support individuals in need. The PDJF, Stable Recovery, the RTCA, and the Jockey Club Saf...
Japan's Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Looks Wide Open
The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) Dec. 14 is the first of three big races for Japanese 2-year-olds with connections hoping to find contenders for next year's classics....
EHV-1 Positive Has Two Barns Quarantined at Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of equine herpesvirus type 1, also known as EHV-1. The track canceled live racing ...
Share in Siyouni Tops Tattersalls Online December Sale
A 2% share in the Aga Khan Studs' leading sire Siyouni topped the Tattersalls Online December Sale when selling to TCT Bloodstock for 175,000 guineas Dec. 11....
Ka Ying Rising's Breeder Makes Journey of a Lifetime
Grandmoral Lodge Racing's Fraser Auret has made a special journey to Hong Kong this week in order to see Ka Ying Rising for the first time since he left his former home in rural New Zealand....