The immense regard in which Extreme Choice is held was in evidence on the final day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale May 27 when his successful mating with Miss Hellfire brought AU$2.05 million.
With three of his previous voters not submitting votes during the holiday week, Magnitude lost the No. 1 spot to White Abarrio in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll released May 27.
Hawthorne Race Course has won the right to question Fairmount Park and Illinois officials about alleged attempts to prevent its successful conclusion of bankruptcy proceedings.
Breeders' Cup winners Immersive and Splendora are entered May 30 in the $300,000 Shawnee Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs, although trainer Bob Baffert is unsure whether Splendora will actually start.
This week's Porter on Pedigrees delves into the ancestry of Starspangledbanner, who sired the winners of the Irish Two Thousand and One Thousand Guineas.
Bob Baffert enters two in the Aristides Stakes (G3), while Lagynos looks for four in a row in the Arlington Stakes (G3T), and Pin Up Betty looks for back-to-back Mint Julep Stakes (G3T) May 30 at Churchill Downs.
A recently released study from the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine shows contaminated shavings can influence the outcome of blood and urine metformin test results.
Tony Ives, classic-winning jockey and successful in the Arlington Million Stakes (G1T) on Teleprompter in 1985, died in Thailand over the weekend at the age of 74.
A first date with Devil Night awaits Legarto after the champion mare was purchased by Yulong Stud for AU$2.8 million in an emotion-charged sale for her ownership group on the opening day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.
Rancho San Miguel stallion Collected, California's leading sire, tallies black-type victories on turf and dirt from two of his daughters, including his first win as a sire at the elite grade 1 level.