This week's Porter on Pedigrees looks at how Kentucky Oaks victress Always a Runner's bloodlines go back to the earliest United States-born mare, known as Janus Mare No. 1.
In Beyond the Bidding, BloodHorse sales editor Olivia Newman takes a look at notable trends, accomplishments, and personalities around the North American sales scene.
A Shinzo filly took center stage at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale May 5, making AU$600,000 to the bid of SP Bloodstock principal Stefan Pardi. At the conclusion of Day 1, the sale had grossed AU$10,599,000, at an average of $73,604.
Churchill Downs will host the Season 19 finale of Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race during the first Twilight Thursday of the spring meet May 7.
The New York Racing Association will help fans and connections say farewell to Aqueduct Racetrack with a memorable closing weekend celebration June 27-28.
Ocelli, third in the Kentucky Derby (G1) as a maiden and the biggest longshot in the field of 18 at odds of 70-1, is now under consideration for the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) May 16 at Laurel Park.