The achievements of the 2025 Alberta Thoroughbred industry were celebrated May 1 at the annual Night of Champions. More than 150 owners, breeders, trainers, and fans gathered to hear the season's award winners announced.
A filly by I Am Invincible and a colt by Shinzo share the top billing on the May 6 final day of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, each bringing AU$400,000.
Taj Mahal earned a spot in the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) by winning the Federico Tesio Stakes by 8 1/4 lengths. He is son of Nyquist, who won the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) and ran third in the Preakness.
Correspondent Bob Ehalt of BloodHorse and photographer Charles Toler of Eclipse Sportswire will be recognized for their coverage of the 2025 Preakness Stakes (G1) during the Alibi Breakfast May 14, ahead of this year's Preakness at Laurel Park.
A filly by I Am Invincible and a colt by Shinzo share the top billing on the May 6 final day of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, each bringing AU$400,000.
Trainer Wesley Ward opts to run Ten Broeck Farm's Skara Brae in the $125,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes May 9 against males rather than against females in the co-featured $125,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable's Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Golden Tempo will not run in the May 16 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park and will instead await the June 6 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, according to trainer Cherie DeVaux.
Tampa Bay Down's 100th anniversary season was an overall success with gains in handle and on-track attendance, as well as purses paid to the horsemen and horsewomen who supported the stakes and overnight programs throughout the 90-day meet.
In the third episode of Homegrown Heroes, Kevin Lay, stallion manager at Claiborne Farm shares with us some stories about growing up and working at Claiborne Farm.