Basilinna Puts Staying Credentials to Test in Oaks
Advice from retiring champion jockey Damien Oliver has expatriate Kiwi David Browne confident that his homebred filly Basilinna is primed for the Nov. 9 VRC Oaks (G1).
Advice from retiring champion jockey Damien Oliver has expatriate Kiwi David Browne confident that his homebred filly Basilinna is primed for the Nov. 9 VRC Oaks (G1).
A visual presentation of Jay Hovdey's November column for BloodHorse Magazine.
War Horse Place has secured the opportunity to stand 2021 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Rombauer, graded stakes winner Sacred Life, and grade 1-winning millionaire Smooth Like Strait.
In a social media post Nov. 8, Claiborne Farm announced that longtime stallion manager Joe Peel (1962-2023) had died.
The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association has announced the slate of candidates for its 2023 election for president and board of directors.
Skims, a grade 2-winning daughter of Frankel, was acquired by Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Equine for $1.8 million Nov. 8 during the opening session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
The Association of Racing Commissioners International concluded its inaugural Caribbean Racing & Regulatory Conference, hosted by Camarero Race Track and the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission, Nov. 2 and 3 at the racetrack in Canovanas, Puerto Rico.
Millionaire Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1). He will enter stud at Lane's End along with three-time grade 1 winner Up to the Mark, who will stand for $25,000.
The 10-year-old daughter of top international sire Galileo was bought by BBA Ireland. She is the dam of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) winner Pizza Bianca and in foal to four-time leading sire Into Mischief.
Winter racing is approaching in the Bluegrass State and some of the country's top owners, trainers, and jockeys will compete for substantial purse money at the Turfway Park Holiday Meet, which spans from Nov. 29-Dec. 30.