Jayde Gelner Wins Two Stakes on Louisiana Cup Day
It was another excellent edition of Louisiana Cup Day Aug. 5 at Louisiana Downs. The quality of the Louisiana Thoroughbred breeding industry shone brightly in each of the six stakes on the program.
It was another excellent edition of Louisiana Cup Day Aug. 5 at Louisiana Downs. The quality of the Louisiana Thoroughbred breeding industry shone brightly in each of the six stakes on the program.
Noteworthy pedigrees are in abundance during The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling auction Aug. 7-8 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., but three yearlings in particular on Tuesday have bloodlines that particularly leap off the page.
Bloodstock agent Deuce Greathouse discusses this year's full sibling offering, Hip 219, by Oscar Performance to grade 2 winner Red Carpet Ready, which he purchased from the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale in 2021 from Mill Ridge Sales.
BloodHorse Editorial Director Frank Angst takes a look into the August magazine in this look Beyond the Headlines. Visit shop.bloodhorse.com to purchase this issue and any past one's you might have missed!
Jockeys voiced concerns about the condition of the Goodwood course, sodden after heavy rain for much of the day, and an inspection was called with three races remaining.
The first-crop yearling sire and 2020 Horse of the Year will be represented by 15 to be offered at Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale.
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage returned to work Aug. 5 when he took his first steps towards the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 26 with his first Saratoga work.
D. Wayne Lukas talks about Just Steel's first win coming in a Maiden Special Weight race at Saratoga Race Course.
French-born trainer Leonard Powell, a regular on the Southern California circuit for the last two decades, saddles the potent pair of Maltese Falcon and Zalamo in the Aug. 6 $150,000 La Jolla Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar.
A high-class catalog for the Tattersalls September Yearling Sale is now online, with the select sale featuring 506 yearlings and part two cataloged with 206.