Coach Pope, a son of Tapit, last out won by an easy 12 1/2 lengths at Churchill Downs. He faces four other challengers that won their last starts, two of them by 6 lengths or more.
Looking to extend her 2-for-2 record, the Brendan Walsh-trained Emphatic continues the success story for her connections, as consignor Four Star Sales reflects on the journey with breeder Jon Marshall.
Fasig-Tipton will offer a $500,000 bonus tied to this year's Fasig-Tipton Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale held Oct. 27. The bonus will be awarded if a graduate of the 2026 Eastern Fall Yearlings sale wins the 2028 Preakness Stakes (G1).
The updated policies establish new requirements for the age of broodmares offered at Keeneland, increase the upset (minimum) price for all Keeneland sales, and add an additional eligibility requirement for pregnant mares.
A colt by Spendthrift Farm's first-crop yearling sire Arabian Lion topped the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale Sept. 30 for a sale-record price of $525,000. Michael McCarthy signed the ticket for Hip 202 on behalf of MWG Enterprises.
While an individual horse's vaccine schedule may seem like a fairly set piece of care, it is important to remember that both changes to the horse's situation and changes within vaccine protocols themselves need to be kept in mind.
It’s rare for a breeder to have two graded stakes competitors on one card. Robert Slack of Stoneriggs Farm is an exception. On Aug. 29 at Saratoga, Stoneriggs-bred runners competed in the Travers Stakes (G1) and H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1).
In this week's Eye on the World, with BloodHorse correspondent and world traveler Bob Kieckhefer, Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's death adds to a roster of change in big international operations.