For many, the impending return of structured racing to Virginia at Colonial Downs in New Kent evokes stirring memories of a horse culture firmly embedded in the Commonwealth's history. On a personal level, I cannot help but harken back to my days as a track and field athlete at the College of William and Mary [...]

Fresh on the heels of being crowned champion female sprinter of 2018 at the Eclipse Awards at Gulfstream Park Thursday night, Conrad Farms' Shamrock Rose (First Dude) will have the opportunity to extend her four-race win streak into 2019 when she goes postward in a competitive renewal of the GIII Fasig-Tipton Hurricane Bertie S. at [...]

The inaugural running of the $7-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational adds to the luster of a stakes-laden card at Gulfstream Park Saturday, having attracted a contentious field of 10, headlined by dual Grade I-winner and 5-2 morning line favorite Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}). The Bill Mott-trained 'TDN Rising Star' will meet a diverse [...]

Soon-to-be barnmates on the Lane's End Farm stallion roster, newly crowned champion Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) and versatile GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner City of Light (Quality Road) have one final score to settle on the racetrack as the clear headliners in the third renewal of the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream [...]

Members of the TDN staff reveal what TDN Rising Star they're most excited to see race in 2019. Hawkish (Artie Schiller) showed a brilliant turn of foot to win his debut at Gulfstream shortly after the turn of the new year in January–a performance that stamped him as a no-brainer 'TDN Rising Star' and a [...]

Before the Hammer is a series presented by Keeneland that spotlights consignors, their stories of success and their featured offerings at the upcoming Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. (Nov. 5-16) If presenting a diverse, well-rounded consignment is the name of the game at the upcoming Keeneland November Sale, the folks at Hunter Valley Farm will [...]

TIMONIUM, MD. – Fasig Tipton's Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale wrapped up its two-day run Tuesday with a total of 338 yearlings selling for a total of $7,318,700 over two sessions. An Into Mischief filly (Hip 399) from the Candyland consignment topped the session and the sale, hammering for $210,000 to Three Diamonds Farm. “It was [...]

TIMONIUM, MD. – Fasig-Tipton's 2018 Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale began its two-day run in Timonium Monday evening, with 103 horses selling for a total of $2,384,700. A Maryland-bred Uncle Mo colt (Hip 12) topped the action, hammering for $200,000 to bloodstock agent Jimmy Crupi, anchoring a session which saw an average of $23,152 and a [...]

TIMONIUM, MD. – After a rainy start to the autumn in Maryland, blue skies and warm temperatures greeted visitors to the Fasig-Tipton sales grounds over the weekend ahead of Monday's first session of the Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale in Timonium. Fueled by a number of significant accomplishments by graduates in the past year–most notably undefeated [...]

“Inside the Winner's Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale that have gone on to achieve success on racing's biggest stages. Labor Day may have been closing day of the 2018 Del Mar summer meet, but for owners Gary and Mary West, it would be difficult to view [...]

Camilla Whishaw, a 2014 graduate of the Godolphin Flying Start program, always knew she wanted to pursue a career in the field of equine naturopathy, but she didn't necessarily expect that career to achieve such a global reach. Whishaw, who recently wrapped up a week-long Stateside visit in Lexington, is the owner of the Australia-based [...]

“Inside the Winner's Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale who have gone on to achieve success on racing's biggest stages. The weather. The atmosphere. The neck margin separating the first two finishers. The partners. The children parading to the winner's circle with smiles on their faces… It [...]