Last year's champion 2-year-old filly looks to regain her winning form in the March 8 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3), after finishing a lackluster fourth in her seasonal debut in the Las Virgenes Stakes.
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association announces the winners of its 2025 championship awards, highlighted by Touchuponastar, who was voted the state's Horse of the Year by the LTBA board of directors from among the divisional champions.
After Disco Time suffered his first career defeat in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park, his connections are hoping for a fresh start to his 4-year-old season March 7 in the Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
Under the agreement, Brown Advisory becomes the name-in-title partner of the $1 million Brown Advisory Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), which will be held Oct. 30 at this year's World Championships.
Consignor Jesse Hoppel sent out Hip 284, a filly by Drain the Clock, who equaled the OBS track record for a quarter-mile, breezing in :20 1/5. Another horse from his consignment, Hip 299, a colt by Mo Town, breezed a quarter-mile in :20 2/5.
At the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association conference, experts see a future where prediction markets could work for racing, but first the sport needs to protect its turf.
Frankie Dettori's bankruptcy has been extended by 12 months with the former rider said March 5 to have not complied with orders requiring him to give full disclosure of his assets.