BloodHorse news editor Byron King reviews the Feb. 28 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) from Gulfstream Park and the March 1 Rebel Stakes (G2) from Oaklawn Park in racing action on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The New York Racing Association and Woodbine Entertainment announced March 3 the Empire Trillium Series, a 14-race program of stakes races restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada worth $3.2 million in total purses.
Following an exciting trio of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps Feb. 28-March 1, five runners from the weekend are now in the top 10 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top 3-Year-Old Poll.
The Tampa Bay Derby will be showcased on NYRA's "America's Day at the Races" telecast March 7 along with other races from Tampa, Oaklawn Park, and Aqueduct Racetrack.
Lord Charles Allen's short tenure as British Horseracing Authority chair has come to an end after just six months in the role, prompting a crisis in British racing's governance.
It is well known that horses are grazing animals. Scientifically speaking, they are non-ruminant herbivores, which means they are plant eaters with a single-chambered stomach.
Shadwell announced the death of Mujahid, winner of the 1998 Dewhurst Stakes (G1), who later became a group 1-producing sire at Allevamento di Besnate in Italy.