Mark Hennig

Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland Lee and Lexi Lewis's Rum Twist (f, 2, Mandaloun--Rumandice, by Congrats) was fortunate enough to be given a third opportunity to make an appearance at Saratoga this summer and certainly made the most of it, taking over from dueling pacesetters with a furlong to travel before scampering home to graduate by open lengths Saturday afternoon. A good second when beaten just under five lengths by GI Spinaway Stakes entrant Angel of Kirk (Yaupon) on debut July 11, the bay filly was more or less all...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale buoyed by a bevy of incentives in the state's racing program, opened with a solid opening session Sunday night. "It was an excellent opening session of the 2026 New York-Bred Sale," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. said at the close of business Sunday. "Statistically, it was right on par with the overall sale last year, which was a record-breaking sale." During the session, 63 yearlings sold for a gross of $7,622,000. The session average was $120,984 and the median was...

A pair of horses from the barn of Mark Hennig were the first to train over the newly installed Tapeta inner track at Belmont Park as the surface was opened to training for the first time Monday morning. Private Flight (More Than Ready), with exercise rider Ricardo Fragoso, and his stablemate Mo Kreesa (Mo Town), Cirilo Paredes in the saddle, were the first to take to the Tapeta at 5:35 a.m. ET. "The riders seem pleased with the way they galloped and said it was like they were on a...

There are few hotter commodities in racing right now than offspring by Three Chimneys sire Gun Runner and Justify, who stands at Ashford Stud. Denali Stud intends to ride both of those waves this fall with a pair of graded-stakes winning mares by the two Horses of the Year. Leading the way on Monday, Nov. 3 at the Fasig-Tipton's November Sale is Gun Song (Gun Runner), who is being presented as a racing or broodmare prospect. Offered as Hip 101, the chestnut is a daughter of GSW and GISP Nicole...

Early Saturday morning at Belmont Park, Silent Scheme (Charlatan) became loose on the training track before colliding with More for Sure (ire) (Cracksman {GB}), resulting in both horses passing away due to their injuries, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced via press release. The juvenile gelding by Charlatan was trained by Mark Hennig while the 3-year-old Irish-bred filly hailed from the Anthony Dutrow barn. The former sustained a broken neck and died instantly while More for Sure had a catastrophic injury to her left shoulder. She was humanely euthanized....

Friday's GII Beldame Stakes, scratched down to just four horses with the morning diversion of Majestic Oops (Majestic Harbor) to Sunday's GIII Delaware Handicap, still had plenty of drama as 9-2 shot Gun Song (Gun Runner) sprung the upset on heavily-favored Randomized (Nyquist) to break a winless streak that dated back over a year. Mark Hennig's 4-year-old filly has been plenty game and plenty consistent facing the best of her division the past two years, even running reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) to the wire just...

With less than a week until the Breeders' Cup World Championships, you can pregame with a bevy of graded stakes races across three tracks and two types of surfaces on Saturday. Heading up to the Belmont At The Big A meet, the New York Racing Association has carded a trio of graded contests. Chief among them is the GII Mother Goose Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going nine furlongs on the dirt. At first glance, this appears to be a street fight between the pair that ran second and third to...

BALTIMORE, MD -- On a day where the track was proving kind to front-runners, Gun Song (Gun Runner) benefitted from a text-book ride by Hall of Famer John Velazquez to give Mark Hennig a win for longtime client Lee Lewis in Pimlico's Friday feature, the GII George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan S. The 14-race card concluded with record handle of $28.4 million, up from $28.2 million one year ago. Breaking slightly inward from post 5, the chestnut cruised into contention, positioning herself on the flank of 18-1 shot Jeanne Marie...

Sixteen prominent Thoroughbred trainers have expressed their support for the Horseracing Integrity Act via an open letter "to the Thoroughbred Community" sent out Friday. The trainers who signed on are: Tom Albertrani, Christophe Clement, Ben Colebrook, Gary Contessa, Arnaud Delacour, Janet Elliott, Mark Hennig, Kiaran McLaughlin, Shug McGaughey, Ken McPeek, Tom Morley, Graham Motion, Todd Pletcher, John Sadler, George Weaver and Nick Zito. The letter reads: "Horse racing is at a pivotal moment in its long history in the United States. The past six months presented a string of events...