Category: Industry News

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled live racing on Friday and Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack due to high winds and frigid temperatures forecast to impact the New York metropolitan area. The National Weather Service (NWS), which aligns with forecasts provided by NYRA’s independent weather services, is calling for…
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OZONE PARK, N.Y. (NYRA press release) – Breeder Christina Deronda of Moonstar Farm is riding high with multiple graded stakes-winning New York-bred City Man, who strives for his first Grade 1 score in Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstream Park. Located in Pawling, New York, Moonstar Farm is operated by Deronda…
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Winner of 11 Stakes – Three of Them Grade 1 – And a GSW Each Year He Raced Displayed Class, Speed and Soundness En Route to Banking $2,185,834 Ocala, FL / December 21, 2022 – Red Oak Stable (Stephen P. Brunetti) and Madaket Stable’s (Sol Kumin) Mind Control, winner of the Grade 1 $750,000 Cigar…
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** DECEMBER 31st ** Nomination Deadline Lady Finger Stakes $70,000 added Estimated gross $100,000 Aspirant Stakes $70,000 added Estimated gross $100,000 New York Breeders’ Futurity $100,000 added Estimated gross $200,000   Are your 2021 NY-breds nominated?   CLICK HERE TO SEARCH BY DAM    On the list? Great news! Horses on this list are fully…
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McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and Irish Hill & Dutchess Stallions will host their annual stallion open houses on Saturday, December 10. Please see below for full details on the locations, hours and stallion rosters for each open house. McMahon to Welcome SNAPPER SINCLAIR At Stallion Open House, Saturday, December 10  McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC…
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By Sarah Mace The final auction of the 2022 US sales calendar is now in the books, after an eclectic group of horses passed under the auctioneer’s hammer at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale, which took place on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium….
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Tourist (Tiznow – Unbridled Melody by Unbridled’s Song), a MG1SW of $2,170,340 and record holder for the fastest time in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, is relocating to Rockridge Stud in Hudson, NY for the 2023 season. He previously stood at WinStar Farm in KY. “He was getting overlooked in Kentucky, and some of the partners…
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Tracking the fortunes of New York-bred weanlings at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale over a period of years gives helpful context for interpreting the results of the recently concluded 2022 renewal of the November Sale, which was held Nov. 7-16. There has been considerable variation in participation and outcomes for New York weanlings at this…
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The Jockey Club announced today that applications are open for its five academic scholarships. The scholarships will apply to the 2023-2024 academic year and are as follows: The Jockey Club Scholarship ($15,000; $7,500 per semester) is for students in academic pursuit of majors for future employment in the equine industry. Open to any equine breed…
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By Sarah Mace It wasn’t until midway through the fourth and final session of this week’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale (Monday-Thursday, October 24-27) that Hip 1337, a chestnut colt by Omaha Beach bred by Deann Baer and Greg Baer DVM, had his date with the auctioneer. Before exiting the ring, he was hammered down…
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