A 2% share in the Aga Khan Studs' leading sire Siyouni topped the Tattersalls Online December Sale when selling to TCT Bloodstock for 175,000 guineas Dec. 11.
A 17-horse field has been entered for the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional (G1) at Hipodromo de San Isidro Dec. 13 in Argentina, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.
A review of the 2025 Thoroughbred yearling sales market and an analysis of how the current market compares with heady times during the mid- to late-1980s.
Grandmoral Lodge Racing's Fraser Auret has made a special journey to Hong Kong this week in order to see Ka Ying Rising for the first time since he left his former home in rural New Zealand.
Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of equine herpesvirus type 1, also known as EHV-1. The track canceled live racing Dec. 21 and Dec. 28.
Keeneland has supplemented 42 horses—including King’s Plate Stakes winner Mansetti, along with In a Jif, dam of grade 1 winner Cogburn, and her 2025 colt by Into Mischief—to the 2026 January Horses of All Ages Sale, Jan. 12-13.
Local horses, led by Romantic Warrior and Ka Ying Rising, look like solid bets in at least three of the four races comprising the Longines Hong Kong International Races Dec. 14 at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Fasig-Tipton's December Digital Sale closed Dec. 10 with gross sales of $10,607,900 for 421 horses sold. The sale gross is believed to establish a record for an online Thoroughbred auction held worldwide.
With the North American Thoroughbred foal crop continuing to contract, numerous panelists speaking Dec. 10 at the Global Symposium on Racing pointed to regional, multi-state cooperation to help stabilize breeding in states with faltering numbers.
Louisiana superstar Touchuponastar will look for his fourth consecutive win in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes Dec. 13 at Fair Grounds Racecourse & Slots.
Seeking to ease its financial burden on the Thoroughbred industry, HISA aims to shift half of its income collection away from assessments and toward outside revenue streams by 2030. By 2035, HISA plans to be budget-neutral.
The FTBOA announced Dec. 10 that it will waive most registration fees for Florida-bred and Florida-sired foals of 2026. This offer is available exclusively to FTBOA regular members whose names appear as the official breeder of record.
Equibase Company announced Dec. 10 the launch of a pilot program, Pocket PPs, to provide complimentary digital past performances in a simplified, 4” x 9” format.
Ryan Moore returned from rehabbing a broken leg to compete in the Longines Hong Kong International Jockeys' Championship and won it in the final race of the series.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit alleges that Tamara tested positive for the controlled medication methocarbamol after her victory in the Oct. 4 Chilingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park, a finding that jeopardizes that stakes win.
Reigning Eclipse Award-winning jockey Flavien Prat notched three graded stakes wins over the weekend at Aqueduct Racetrack, including the Remsen Stakes (G2), the Cigar Mile (G2), and Comely (G3) Stakes. He was voted Jockey of the Week Dec. 1-7.