Blood Horse Headlines
- Chicago-area horse racing faces a potential life-or-death deadline in February amid financial woes at Hawthorne Race Course.
- Brickyard Ride is the leading lifetime earner for the stallion Clubhouse Ride, finishing his career with earnings of $925,477.
- Florida-bred Mythical takes on seven rivals in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park.
- The grade 2-winning son of Yonaguska was third in the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1).
- Artificial intelligence on the track and the emerging threats of prediction markets and wagering are among the salient topics to be discussed at the National HBPA Conference March 3-7 in Hot Springs, Ark., at Oaklawn Park.
- Getaway Car is one of two sons of Curlin set for the San Pasqual Stakes (G2) Jan. 31 at Santa Anita Park, with veteran Midnight Mammoth a major contender.
- Fairmount Park saw a plethora of upgrades in 2025 under new ownership, Accel Entertainment, and they aren't slowing down anytime soon in 2026.
- Oaklawn announced Jan. 27 the cancellation of its Jan. 30-Feb. 1 racing. The Southwest Stakes (G3) and its full supporting card, as originally drawn, will be contested Feb. 6. Aqueduct, Turfway, and Charles Town among the tracks to cancel racing.
- Hallmark Media and Churchill Downs racetrack announce Kentucky Roses, an all-new original movie shot on location at the iconic Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby (G1), will premiere for viewers in early May.
- BloodHorse MarketWatch's annual preview of top freshman sires to watch.
- Coolmore announced Jan. 27 the death of their European champion 2-year-old filly, Maybe. The dam of Coolmore stallion and Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Saxon Warrior died at age 17 following a sudden illness.
- Junior Alvarado's wins included graded stakes wins in the Fred W. Hooper (G3), the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational (G2) and the Inside Information (G2).
- Porter on Pedigrees
- At the end of the sale, OBS saw gains across all metrics: 186 horses changed hands for a total of $3,507,850, including private sales, up from last year's gross of $3,093,700, from 212 head. The average price was $18,859, with a median of $12,000.
- The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the license of Suburban Downs, operator of harness racing at Hawthorne Racecourse, casting into doubt the fate of the Thoroughbred meeting set to start in March.
- Dual Grade 1-winning Maryland-bred Mindframe has been named the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred in a year that saw four Midlantic-breds win Grade 1 races.
- Industry Voices: Stewards from The Jockey Club respond to social media posts and public statements issued by horse owner Mike Repole targeting The Jockey Club and other leading Thoroughbred organizations.
- New benchmarks were set Jan. 27, where a condensed session saw 188 yearlings sell for total receipts of NZ$12,247,000, a 25% rise on last year's results. The average jumped 80% to NZ$65,145, while the median finished at NZ$60,000, up 124%.
- To better accommodate buyers and sellers in the wake of a nationwide winter storm and persistent freezing temperatures, Inglis Digital USA has pushed back the key dates for its February Sale.
- The board of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation announced the two recipients of its 2026 Irish National Stud scholarships for Irish citizens—Bobby Ring and Niamh Carr.