Keeneland November Sale Day 4 Wrap

Esther Marr recaps Day 4 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, including the day’s top sellers, and comments from Richard Hogan, Bloodstock Agent. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

9 hours ago

Verge Out as CEO at Santa Anita

Mark Verge, hired to oversee Santa Anita Park as chief executive officer in March, has stepped down.

12 hours ago

Keeneland Day 4: Average and Median Increase

The good news during the fourth session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale was that the average and median both increases. The bad news was the rise in the buy-back rate.

12 hours ago

Trainer John Sadler Collects 2,000th Victory

Trainer John Sadler earned his 2,000th victory in North America when Rooster City wired four opponents in the first race Nov. 9 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Mission Impazible to Stand at Sequel New York

Mission Impazible, a multiple grade II winner by Unbridled’s Song that has earned more than $1.2 million in his career, will be retired to Becky Thomas and Dennis Narlinger’s Sequel Stallions in New York for 2013.

13 hours ago

Bob and John Relocating to Highcliff in NY

Bob and John, a grade I-winning son of Seeking the Gold and a leading second-crop sire, will stand the 2013 breeding season at Highcliff Stallions at Mill Creek Farm near Stillwater, N.Y.

15 hours ago

Verxina Poised to Emerge from Shadow

Holding the rare distinction as runner-up in all three jewels of Japan’s Triple Crown for fillies, Verxina will try for a break through in the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Jpn-I) Nov. 11 at Kyoto.

16 hours ago

Shackleford at Darby Dan

Shackleford being shown at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky. on November 9.

16 hours ago

Mechaya Ships to Woodbine for Glorious Song

Six 2-year-old fillies, including favored Southern California invader Mechaya, are set to contest the $150,000 Glorious Song Stakes Nov. 11 at Woodbine.

17 hours ago

Headed by Pool Play, Casse Trio Targets Clark

Bill Farish Jr.’s Pool Play will be pointed toward the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) Nov. 23 at Churchill Downs, but the 7-year-old might not be the only Clark starter for trainer Mark Casse.

17 hours ago

Casse mapping out plans for stable stars

Trainer Mark Casse said Friday that Pool Play will be pointed to the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on November 23, but the seven-year-old son of Silver Deputy might not be the only Clark starter from the Casse barn. Stealcase and Delegation are also under consideration.

17 hours ago

Frankel tops Cartier finalists for Horse of the Year, older horse

Finalists for the 22nd annual Cartier Racing Awards, European horseracing’s equivalent of the Oscars, were revealed Friday. The nine awards will be announced and presented during a ceremony before an invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England, on the evening of November 13.

17 hours ago

2013 Preakness logo revealed

The Maryland Jockey Club today unveiled the 2013 Preakness logo for the 138th running of the $1,000,000 Preakness Stakes, which is set for May 18, 2013 at Pimlico Race Course.

17 hours ago

Boys at Tosconova to Stud at Questroyal North

Questroyal Stud, Gus Schoenborn, and Taylor Made Stallions have announced the acquisition of grade I winner Boys At Tosconova, who will stand the 2013 season at Questroyal North in Stillwater, N. Y.

18 hours ago

Storm Hurt Cup Handle by About $9 Million

A review of wagering on this year’s World Championships indicated the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy cost Breeders’ Cup roughly $9 million in pari-mutuel handle compared with 2011 figures, organization officials said.

18 hours ago

Truluck to Stand at Cross Leiseth in Texas

Graded stakes winner Truluck will stand in 2013 at Mel Leiseth’s Cross Leiseth Farm near Valley View, Texas.

21 hours ago

Logo Unveiled for 138th Preakness Stakes

The Maryland Jockey Club has unveiled the logo for the 2013 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) that will have its 138th renewal May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

21 hours ago

Tapit’s Fee Stays at $125,000

Tapit, whose son Tapizar won the recent Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), will keep the same $125,000 stud fee for 2013 that he stood for in 2012.

22 hours ago

Uncaptured Even Better On Dirt

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Uncaptured was a multiple stakes winner on the Polytrack at Woodbine, but his Iroquois performance suggested he might be even better on dirt.

22 hours ago

Locksmith Smart Plays Handicapping Analysis

Use handicapper Pete Denk’s expert analysis of this weekend’s major races to unlock the pari-mutuel window successfully!

Order Report

22 hours ago

Stronach Leaves Magna International

Frank Stronach, the prominent Thoroughbred horse owner and breeder, has resigned from the board of Magna International Inc., the global auto parts giant he founded in his garage in 1957.

22 hours ago

Horse PAC Reports Success in Election Cycle

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association reported that 41 of the 44 federal candidates it supported through its political action committee in 2011-12 won their seats in the Nov. 6 election.

23 hours ago

Frankel Tops List of Cartier Finalists

Nominations for the Cartier Horse of the Year and seven other divisions were released Nov. 9 for the awards, which will be presented during a Nov. 13 ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

23 hours ago

Shackleford to Make One More Career Start

Shackleford, the 2011 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner, will likely make one more start before retiring to stud at John Phillips’ Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, according to trainer Dale Romans.

23 hours ago

Maiden Watch: A Salute to George Vancouver

A celebration of George Vancouver’s win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

Yesterday

Keeneland November Sale Day 3 Wrap

Esther Marr recaps Day 3 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, including the day’s top sellers, and comments from Walt Robertson, Keeneland Vice President of Sales. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Yesterday

Frankel Returns to Birthplace

Frankel, the world’s highest-rated racehorse, left training Nov. 8 to return to his birthplace, Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud, near Newmarket, England, where he will start a new career as a stallion.

Yesterday

Keeneland Day 3: Picky Buyers Shop Carefully

While the young and beautiful have generated most of the financial fireworks at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale so far, the third session turned out to be the time for an older horse to sparkle.

Yesterday

Shackleford expected to make one more start

Mike Lauffer, Bill Cubbedge and Phillips Racing Partnership’s Shackleford, winner of the 2011 Preakness, is scheduled to be available for inspection at Darby Dan Farm on Friday through Sunday, but Thursday will not be the last day at the track for the chestnut colt. Shackleford is scheduled to return to Churchill Downs at the beginning of next week and could make his final career start in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap on November 23.

Yesterday

Tapizar to Stand at Gainesway

Multiple graded stakes winner Tapizar, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Nov. 3, will enter stud in 2013 at the Beck family’s Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

Yesterday

Sadler happy for Switch, excited about upcoming prospects

Trainer John Sadler, who guided multiple Grade 1 victress Switch through a career that saw her earn $1.4 million, was proud as a peacock when the Quiet American five-year-old mare was sold Monday at the Fasig-Tipson select mixed sale for $4.3 million.

Yesterday

Opportunities Await in South Africa

South African sale executive Robin Bruss introduces his growing market to the world.

Yesterday

Teuflesberg to McMahon of Saratoga in NY

Teuflesberg, sire of Xpressbet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner Trinniberg, will stand in 2013 at Joe McMahon’s McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Yesterday

Tapizar retired, headed to Gainesway

Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile hero Tapizar will enter stud in 2013 at the Beck family’s Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, it was announced Thursday. Bred and raced by Winchell Thoroughbreds and trained by Steve Asmussen, Tapizar will become the first Grade 1 winner by top sire Tapit to stand at Gainesway, where he will stand alongside his sire.

Yesterday

Perfect Soul Returns to Darby Dan

Charles Fipke’s Perfect Soul, sire of 2011 Breeders’ Cup winner Perfect Shirl, will stand in 2013 at John Phillips’ Darby Dan Farm near Lexington for a fee of $7,500 stands and nurses.

Yesterday

Sadler Happy for Switch After Bringing $4.3M

John Sadler, who guided Switch through a career in which she earned more than $1.4 million, was proud as a peacock when the Quiet American mare was sold Nov. 5 at the Fasig-Tipson select mixed sale for $4.3 million.

Yesterday

Colonial Downs to Hold 25-Day Meet in 2013

Colonial Downs will host a 25-day spring/summer Thoroughbred meet in 2013 from June 8 through July 13 after approval from the Virginia Racing Commission Nov. 7.

Yesterday

New Entrants in Boston Casino License Chase

There are new starters in the race with odds-on favorite Suffolk Downs to win the sole destination resort casino license designated for the Boston area, according to a published report Nov. 8.

Yesterday

Juveniles Vie in NY Stallion Series Divisions

Undefeated Matchmadeinheaven goes for her fourth straight stakes victory Nov. 11 when she takes on six other 2-year-old fillies in the $125,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Yesterday

Tell It, Half to Pulpit, Brings $540,000

Tell It, a winning stakes-placed daughter of Storm Cat, brought the highest price thus far during the third session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale when she fetched $540,000 from Blandford Bloodstock.

Yesterday

Hit It Rich, Mystical Star top Long Island

Hit It Rich ended her 2011 campaign with her first graded stakes win in the Grade 3 Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct. The gray mare will try and end 2012 on a similar note when the $150,000 fixture over 1 3/8 miles on turf is renewed Saturday.

Yesterday

Juveniles take center stage in New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct

Undefeated Matchmadeinheaven goes for her fourth straight stakes victory Sunday when she takes on six other two-year-old fillies in the $125,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct.

Yesterday

Trainers looking forward to ‘Parade of Breeders’ Cup Champions’

Churchill Downs will host the “Parade of Breeders’ Cup Champions” on Sunday and while it is sure to be a unique and one-of-a-kind event for fans, the trainers of the top horses also are looking forward to the special ceremony.

Yesterday

Florida Million Returns to Calder Saturday

Florida Million Day returns to Calder Casino & Race Course for the 11th time Nov. 10, with title defenses in the Bonnie Heath Turf Cup by Bad Debt and the Elmer Heubeck Distaff by My Pal Chrisy highlighting the program.

Yesterday

Handicapping Insights

Yesterday

F-T Midlantic Mixed Sale Has 242 Lots

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 242 lots for its Midlantic mixed sale. The auction is scheduled for Dec. 3 in Timonium, Md., and will start at 11 a.m. EST.

Yesterday

Sam-Son Farm seeks sixth Coronation Futurity win

Sam-Son Farm will be represented by two sons of Stormy Atlantic — Up With the Birds and His Race to Win — in Saturday’s C$250,000 Coronation Futurity, at Woodbine.

Yesterday

Juveniles Bid for Group I Win at Saint-Cloud

The Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Fr-I) for 2-year-olds shaped up as an intriguing event when two promising colts were supplemented to Europe’s final top-level race of the season, to be run Nov. 10.

Yesterday