Aye Eye Impresses In Last-To-First Win at Saratoga
In the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 8, 2-year-old first-time starter Aye Eye bumped the gate at the break, broke slowly, lagged 19 1/2 lengths behind, and ran one of the most impressive rac...
NYRA Steward Apologizes for Spa's Starting Gate Mishap
Human error was at the root cause of a snafu in which the starting gate was positioned at the wrong distance for the 12th race at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 9, according to a New York Racing Associatio...
Kentucky Lab Receives Probationary Accreditation
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announced Aug. 11 that Equine Integrity and Anti-Doping Sciences Labs has been granted probationary Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Equine Analytica...
Well-Connected Yearlings Highlight Tattersalls Book 2
A half brother to last month's July Cup (G1) hero, No Half Measures, and a half sister to Shes Perfect, who finished first-past-the-post in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1), are among the highligh...
Casse on Sandman's Turf Work: 'I Think He Likes It'
Mark Casse shares his thoughts on Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Sandman's first breeze on turf Aug. 10. The son of Tapit went :49.70 with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard in preparation for the $3.5 million Nash...
BH Monday: Rankin on Big Truzz's Big Ellis Park Victory
On the Aug. 11 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing president Hunter Rankin highlights Big Truzz's victory in the Ellis Park Derby, and Frank Angst recaps The Saratoga Sal...
Owen Almighty Nearing Return Later This Month
Off since finishing fifth in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), Owen Almighty is nearing a return to the races in either the Aug. 22 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes at Charles Town Races or the H. Allen Jer...