Horse Racing News Blog

Keeneland sale receipts down 45 percent
The sale ended Monday, and officials say 3,019 horses sold for $185,552,300, down 45.6 percent from last year's record $340,877,200 for 3,381 horses. The average of $61,462 was a decline of 39 percent…

Majority owner seeks all of Curlin
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Jess Jackson, the majority owner of reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, is offering $4 million for the remaining 20 percent of the 4-year-old colt, but a judge's decision whether to a…

Getting Einstein into Clark is tricky
Helen Pitts has told Churchill racing officials she is considering a run for Einstein in the annual fall-meet highlight, the Grade 2 Clark Handicap on Nov. 28, but if Einstein is to make the race, his…