In this week's On Racing: More than any other major race, blind luck plays a disproportionate role in the outcome of the Kentucky Derby. Rarely does a rider on a horse with a solid chance going in emerge from a heartbreaking loss claiming no excuse.
Slay the Day takes the April 10 Limestone Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland, setting a new stakes record for trainer Brian Lynch and owner Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing.
A dozen juveniles breezed a furlong in :09 4/5 during the April 10 fifth session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, among them a Jack Christopher colt consigned as Hip 822.
A total of 551 lots have been finalized for the sale, including 207 racehorses (89 race fillies), 186 broodmares, 76 racehorse shares, 49 yearlings, 21 weanlings, five 2-year-olds, four unbroken stock, two stallion shares, and one stallion.
Paul Townend will partner the Willie Mullins-trained favorite I Am Maximus, who has been declared in cheekpieces for the April 11 Grand National Steeplechase Handicap (NH-3).
Yarraman Park Stud has announced its service fees for 2026 and, once again, its multiple champion sire I Am Invincible takes pride of place on the roster, standing at an unchanged fee of AU$220,000.
BloodHorse MarketWatch's annual review of North American purses by track and the leading sires and broodmares for 2025 stakes results in the United States and Canada.