Following his fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Cigar Mile (G1), Mendelssohn is retiring to stud at Coolmore America. Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner and reigning UAE Derby (G2) record-setter was already advertised to […]
Four-time champion, three-time Breeders’ Cup winner and $6 million earner Beholder has had her first foal, Spendthrift Farm announced on Wednesday. The farm reported the mare gave birth to a “beautiful strong bay colt by […]
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has confirmed last year’s $3 million Keeneland September Sale topper, Mendelssohn, for Saturday’s Champagne (G2) on the St Leger (G1) undercard at Doncaster. A half-brother to four-time champion Beholder and Grade 1-winning […]
Blind Luck, Rachel Alexandra and Untapable all lost more races than they won at age 4. Their form didn’t completely collapse, but inconsistent performances became more of a staple as they failed to reach expected […]
It certainly didn’t require waiting for Saturday night’s Eclipse Award announcements to make plain what many of us already knew: 2016 was a vintage year for Thoroughbreds on the American turf. But now that the […]
Beholder added yet another award to her trophy case when honored as the 2016 champion older dirt female of 2016 Saturday evening during the Eclipse Awards ceremony. The Kentucky-bred mare successfully defended her older female […]
Finalists for the 2016 Eclipse Awards were announced on Thursday, and Songbird joined California Chrome and Arrogate as a finalist for Horse of the Year. The sophomore lass closed out her 2016 campaign in an […]
This is my 15th year voting for the Eclipse Awards (obligatory mention that I have a vote out of the way already), and I can’t remember a year with so little drama and so many […]
Eclipse Award ballots are due by January 3 and Horse of the Year wasn’t an easy choice for me. It’s a two-horse race between the top finishers from the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Arrogate and […]
With the knowledge that waiting for Mind Your Biscuits and Constellation (or others for that matter) to become nominal Grade 1 winners later in the day would make absolutely no difference — zero, zilch, nada […]
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