Horse Racing News Blog

Curlin schedule to test new Santa Anita surface Curlin headed to Southern California on Sunday to begin training on Santa Anita’s new synthetic surface in anticipation of a possible start in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic next month. The reigning Horse of the Year arrived without incident from New York in late afternoon […]

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Finley: Skip Away, not Curlin, should hold earnings record Shouldn’t the top earner in North American racing history be the horse who has earned the most in North American racing?

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Tam Lin Notches Kelso Victory Already a graded stakes winner overseas, Godolphin Stable’s Tam Lin became a grade II winner on American soil when he wore down Forefathers in upper stretch and sped away to a convincing 4 1/4-length victory Sept. 28 in the $250,000 Kelso Handicap on the […]

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Taqa sells power stakes to Japanese firm The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, known as Taqa, has sold a 20 percent stake in Shuweihat CMS International Power Company (Scipco) and a 50 percent in Shuweihat O&M Limited Partnership for $1…

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Straight Wins Turfway Exhibition Race Four graduates and five second-year students from the North American Racing Academy lined up for an exhibition race at Turfway Park in Kentucky Sept. 27, with Matthew Straight, a member of the academy…

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Well Armed holds off Tiago in Goodwood Trainer Eoin Harty and the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt are going into the Breeders’ Cup Classic Well Armed.

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Weather May Help Stalingrad in Kelso The soft turf course at Belmont Park could give Barry Schwartz’s gelding an edge in the one-mile event Sept. 28.

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High quality card on offer at Ascot I’M looking forward to what is one of the best race meetings of the year at Ascot this afternoon.

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Santa Anita opens racing on new surface Santa Anita opened racing at its Oak Tree meeting Wednesday on a new synthetic surface that is being closely scrutinized leading up to next month’s Breeders’ Cup. “Forget sigh,” track president Ron Charles said at day’s end. “This was a big ‘whew.”‘ Having a successful month […]

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Grade II Winners Clash in Clement Hirsch Multiple grade II winners Out of Control, Red Giant, and Spring House head a field of seven entered for the $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship (gr. IT) at Oak Tree’s Santa Anita meet Sept. 27. […]

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