The grade 1-winning son of Macho Uno has sired two grade 1 winners. He will stand for CA$4,500 at Adena Springs North. Source
Month: January 2024
Delta’s Louisiana Premier Night to Feature Scholarships
Delta Downs will host the richest program of the year, Louisiana Premier Night, Feb. 3, featuring the best Louisiana breds competing in 10 stakes worth $895,000. In addition, the LTBA will award two scholarships, to college students. Source
Witwatersrand Shifts to Dirt in Forward Gal
A graded stakes winner last year on synthetic, Witwatersrand tests another surface Feb. 3 when she races seven furlongs on dirt in the $125,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Source
Texas A&M Gets Grant to Study Abnormalities
Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have received a $640,000 grant from the USDA to study abnormalities in sex development that affect the reproductive capabilities of some horses. Source
NYRA Announces Spring/Summer Meet Stakes at Aqueduct
The New York Racing Association today announced the stakes schedule for the 2024 Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet, which will open May 2 and include 32 stakes worth more than $6.6 million in total purses. Source
Highfield Princess to Run Under New Training Duo
Top-class sprinter Highfield Princess will officially be running under a new training partnership this season as Sean Quinn has joined his father, John, on the license. Source
Happy Saver Sires First Foal at His Birthplace
The bay filly was born at Hagyard Farm between Lexington and Paris, Ky. The farm’s assistant manager Jose Sarinana bred the filly out of the Giant’s Causeway daughter Planeta. Source
Fort Erie Announces 2024 Dates; Prince of Wales Sep. 10
Niagara’s most prestigious sporting event, the Prince of Wales Stakes, will hit the border oval at Fort Erie Race Track Sept. 10 for its 89th running. Source
National Treasure, Fierceness Atop Initial NTRA Polls
A victory in the Jan. 27 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) propelled National Treasure into first place in the initial National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. Source
Special Kentucky Derby 150 Gold Trophy Unveiled
The priceless gold trophy to be presented to the winning owner of the landmark 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby May 4 was unveiled for the first time Tuesday during a media event held in Churchill Downs’ First Turn Club. Source