#US RACING: TAPIT COLTS SELLS FOR US1.7m AT OCALA BREEDERS’ SALE

NOTE: All monetary figures are listed in United States dollars Lane's End Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds partnered to purchase a Tapit   colt for $1.7 million during the third day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training to top the third day of selling. "We are looking for stallions and in this partnership, […]

#US RACING: OCALA SALE FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS PICKS UP MOMENTUM

NOTE: All monetary figures are listed in United States dollars The pace picked up April 20 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, with the sale maintaining momentum throughout the day as two horses soared pass the seven-figure mark and the cumulative numbers continued to climb. At the halfway point of […]

#US RACING: MIDNIGHT BOURBON DIES IN HIS STALL AT FOUR YEARS

Midnight Bourbon, a four-time runner-up in Grade 1 races of the highest profile, died at his Churchill Downs barn stall Sunday, according to a report Wednesday. Trainer Steve Asmussen told Daily Racing Form the 4-year-old colt experienced “an acute gastrointestinal situation” that proved fatal. “It’s beyond sad,” Asmussen told DRF’s Marty McGee. Midnight Bourbon’s death came 22 days […]

MIGHTY HEART AGAIN VOTED AS THE CANADIAN HORSE OF THE YEAR

Fan-favourite Mighty Heart  was named Canadian Horse of the Year April 14 during the 47th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony, the second consecutive year he has been awarded the prize. Larry Cordes' popular one-eyed horse brought home the hardware for champion main track male as well Thursday evening. "I've been in this business 45 years. It took 40 years of […]

#UK RACING: 2000 GUINEAS FAVOURITE NATIVE TRAIL MAKES IT 5 FROM 5 IN CRAVEN STAKES

Ante-post 2000 Guineas favourite Native Trail maintained his unbeaten record with a cosy victory in the bet365 Craven Stakes at Newmarket. The 2000 Guineas will be run on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Winner of each of his four starts last term, culminating in Group One verdicts in the National Stakes and Dewhurst, Native Trail was […]