#UK RACING: Trainer Willie Mullins Secures 100th Cheltenham Win

Top Irish trainer Willie Mullins secured a milestone 100th Cheltenham Festival win on Wednesday when Jasmin de Vaux raced to victory in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper. Mullins is the most successful trainer in the history of the prestigious jumps meeting and reached his landmark figure with three wins on the day after earlier victories for […]

#US RACING: Breeders' Cup Boosts Classic, Turf Purses By $1m Each

The Breeders' Cup Classic and the Breeders' Cup Turf purses will witness an increase when the horses line-up for the two-day Breeders’ Cup this year at the Delmar racetrack in California. The 1 1/4-mile Breeders' Cup Classic will surge from $6 million to an impressive $7 million. Similarly, the 1 1/2-mile Longines Breeders' Cup Turf […]

#UK RACING: Trainer Willie Mullins Wins 3 On Cheltenham Opening Day

The Cheltenham Festival opened today (Tuesday, March 12)  with top Irish trainer Willie Mullins claiming three victories on Day 1 — including State Man in the marquee Champion Hurdle — to close in on the extraordinary milestone of 100 winners at the prestigious jumps meeting. Mullins is now on 97 career wins at Cheltenham, 34 […]

#UK RACING: Irish master Mullins in sight of Cheltenham Festival century

Cheltenham, the sedate Georgian town nestled in the Cotswolds, turns green this week with the annual migration of tens of thousands of racegoers from across the Irish Sea. Their destination, Prestbury Park racecourse and the four-day Cheltenham Festival starting  today, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Jump racing's Olympics pits the equine might of Ireland against the […]

#US RACING: Trainer Steve Asmussen Fined US$486,000 In Damages

A federal district court in Kentucky found trainer Steve Asmussen liable for $486,520.26 in damages for wage and hour law violations. BloodHorse reported that the judgment was entered Monday and is related to a decision that Asmussen's KDE Equine failed to pay employees overtime wages of $211,541.76 over two years. Such violations have a two-year […]