Bloodstock agent and consignor Mike Recio passed away Sept. 16, at the age of 46 after battling sepsis. The son of respected Ocala horseman Bill Recio, he had been involved in the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry for the majority of his life. After graduating from the University of Louisville Horse Racing Industry Program in [...]

Dac (Distorted Humor) gave owners Jose and Amanda Sarinana their first stakes winner Saturday when the 4-year-old gelding took Turfway Park's Prairie Bayou S. The stakes win was a career highlight for both Dac and the Sarinanas. Jose Sarinana, who has worked as the farm manager for the Wertheimers for five years, believed Dac just [...]

GI Los Alamitos Futurity winner Mor Spirit (Eskendereya) and stablemate and runner-up Toews On Ice (Archarcharch) have both exited Saturday's affair in good order, according to conditioner Bob Baffert. “They both came out of it really well,” Baffert explained Sunday. “We have no immediate plans yet, but I will keep them separated from here on.” [...]

Undefeated multiple Grade I winner Lady Eli (Divine Park) was back on the track Tuesday morning for the first time since contracting laminitis in her front feet following her win in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S. July 4. The Sheep Pond Partners star made significant progress throughout the fall at Dell Ridge Farm in [...]

Scat Daddy (Johannesburg–Love Style by Mr. Prospector), who was in the midst of a breakout year on the racetrack and in the sale's ring, passed away of an apparent cardiac arrest Monday at Ashford Stud in Versailles, KY. He was 11. “Scat Daddy was in the best of health, but totally unexpectedly, he dropped dead [...]

Stays in Vegas (City Zip) will contest Saturday's GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos Race Course, which could prove a source of healing for the partnership of Jungle Racing LLC and KMN Racing LLC, who lost champion Shared Belief last week suddenly to colic. “It's been a rough week and everybody has been trying to handle [...]

'TDN Rising Star' and Classic winner Tonalist (Tapit–Settling Mist, by Pleasant Colony) has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 season at Lane's End Farm for $40,000. “Tapit is the most important stallion in America and Tonalist is his best son” said Lane's End's Will Farish. “Tonalist is his only Grade I winning [...]

Phipps Stable homebred Browse (Medaglia d'Oro) has exited her 'TDN Rising Star' debut at Aqueduct Sunday in good order, according to trainer Shug McGaughey. “She came back great,” McGaughey said Monday afternoon. “She came out of it good and is on her way to Payson Park as we speak.” Browse, who took her unveiling by [...]

Zayat Stable's El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) breezed five furlongs in 1:01.55 over the Belmont training track Monday in preparation for a start in the GI Malibu S. at Santa Anita Dec. 26. “Everything went great,” said trainer John Terranova. “He worked fantastic and went really well throughout. We were all pleased, and it looks like [...]

'TDN Rising Star' Dortmund (Big Brown) has exited his GIII Native Diver S. victory Saturday in good form, according to trainer Bob Baffert. “He came out well,” Baffert said. “We're just going to see how he responds.” The Kaleem Shah colorbearer will be aimed for a possible start in either the seven-furlong GI Malibu S. [...]

Frosty Margarita's victory in Sunday's Key Cent S. at Aqueduct was a rewarding win for owner/breeder Chip Acierno of Gabrielle Farm. With just two broodmares in its band and five horses in training, a stakes win from a second-generation Gabrielle Farm homebred is noteworthy. “I loved it,” Acierno said of the win. “Any time you [...]

Brittlyn Stables is gearing up for a big weekend at Delta Downs with Above Fashion (Paddy O'Prado) in the GIII Delta Downs Princess S. and Forevamo (Uncle Mo) in the GIII Delta Downs Jackpot S. Evelyn Benoit and her husband Maurice, who are the owners of Brittlyn Stable, have about 25 horses in training, a [...]