A pair of 2-year-old fillies, fresh off their debuts at Keeneland, have been supplemented into Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale that begins at 6:30 p.m. ET April 26, closing day of the spring meet. Source
D’Amato Shaking the Turf Trainer Label With Stronghold
Long known for his skill in training turf horses, Phil D’Amato is making the most of an opportunity with the 3-year-old dirt horse Stronghold, winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and pointed to the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 4 at Churchill Downs. Source
Del Mar Announces $7.8M Stakes Program for 2024
Del Mar is projecting more than $26.6 million in total purses over the course of the eight-week meeting, the seaside track’s 85th summer session. The seaside track will offer $7.875 million in stakes purses, including six grade 1 stakes. Source
Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Friday, April 26
Mail Sport’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Friday’s meetings at Doncaster, Chepstow, Newcastle, Sandown and Perth.Source
Savabeel’s Son Mo’unga Storms Into Newhaven Park
Mo’unga, the first multiple group 1-winning son of New Zealand’s eight-time champion sire Savabeel, has been retired to stud and will join the Newhaven Park stallion ranks for 2024; Benbatl’s fee set at AU$22,000 in first Southern Hemisphere season. Source
Paul Nicholls says female jockey Bryony Frost has had to look for rides in France as 14-time champion trainer claims: ‘The public like her more than some trainers do’
Paul Nicholls is bemused by Bryony Frost’s lack of outside opportunities and questioned why she is more popular with British racegoers than trainers.Source
Kagno, Hill to Serve as Interim Jockey Club Stewards
Juliet Kagno will serve as The Jockey Club steward for the remainder of Aqueduct spring meet and for the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet while Dr. Ted Hill will assume the steward position during the Saratoga summer meet. Source
Balnikhov Faces Full Field in San Fran Mile Repeat Bid
It will be a bittersweet day at Golden Gate Fields April 27 as the $175,000 San Francisco Mile Stakes (G3T) is slated to be the last stakes race ever held at the track that opened in 1941. Source
Honor Marie Catches the Eye in Final Derby Breeze
Ribble Farms, Michael Eiserman, Earl Silver, Kenneth Fishbein, and Dave Fishbein’s Honor Marie drilled an eye-catching five-furlong bullet in :59 1/5 at Churchill Downs April 25, his final work before the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1). Source