It has been many months since the fatal breakdowns at Santa Anita Park in California. All of this time has passed and there has not been one word about what might have caused these tragedies other than some theories that the race track was not in the best shape because of the rains.
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Giant’s Causeway’s Bricks and Mortar Reigns Supreme in BC Turf
With Mitole (Eskendereya)’s victory in the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint a couple hours earlier and with Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) tasting defeat for the first time in 2019 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Named Halo but far from a saint: the shark-eyed stallion who shaped the breed
Michele MacDonald looks at a fierce but formidable sire 50 years after his birth Halo: the North American champion sire nearly stood in Britain Courtesy of the Tony Leonard Collection
Opinions on the Cap: Arthur Hancock
Editor’s Note: The Jockey Club has asked for public comment on their proposal to cap at 140 the number of mares a stallion can breed annually. In this ongoing series, we will publish the perspectives of breeders, stallion farms and others on the proposal.
Thirty Years Later, Sunday Silence’s Brilliance Still Shines
It’s been 30 years since Charlie Whittingham’s brilliant Sunday Silence parlayed victories in Santa Anita’s San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby to victories over eastern-based rival Easy Goer in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Breeders’ Cup Classic, but even though three decades have passed, his achievements continue to rank as some of the most compelling in the annals of American racing.
Quality Road Filly Becomes Latest Baffert Rising Star at Del Mar
Quality Response (f, 2, Quality Road-Argue, by Storm Cat) chased a fast pace while wide and drew clear powerfully in the lane to become the latest ‘TDN Rising Star’ for Bob Baffert at Del Mar Sunday afternoon.
‘I Could Hear Sunday Silence Breathing’: Reliving An All-Time Workout At Del Mar
Gold when they prove to be an indicator of readiness for a racing victory. Fool’s gold when a series of “bullets” in the morning inexplicably leads to a dud of a performance in the afternoon. It’s no wonder that some handicappers swear by the little line of statistics at the bottom of the past performance sheets and others swear at them.
Hancock, no stranger to quality horseflesh, has high hopes for Saratoga sale-topper
Barbara D. LivingstonStone Farm consigned the co-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected sale, a yearling colt by Curlin out of America.
Flay and Hancock Win Big With $1.5 Million Curlin Colt
Only minutes before Terry Finley of West Point Thoroughbreds struck the winning bid on a Curlin colt at the Aug. 6 session of The Saratoga Sale,
Quality Road Colt Runs to the Buzz at Del Mar; Named TDN Rising Star TDN
Roadster (Quality Road), touted as the next potential superstar colt for a Bob Baffert barn that’s produced the likes Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Justify (Scat Daddy) and the brilliant Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) in recent years