Eric Mitchell

Lexington

Bloodstock Editor at The Blood-Horse

Bloodstock Editor at BloodHorse, looking for ways to re-energize horse racing.

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Articles

Stud Farms Catch Up After Slow Breeding Season Start

3 weeks ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

The North American Thoroughbred breeding season got off to a slower than usual start this year, with commercial breeders delaying their mating decisions for months with the hope of gathering more information to bolster their stallion selections or negotiating a lower stud fee. BloodHorse MarketWatch reported last summer that the Thoroughbred foal crop is predominantly a commercial product, with 51-52% of foals in the United States and Canada, respectively, being offered at auction.
Derma Moon is Mind Your Biscuits' First Winner

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Derma Moon (JPN) became the first winner for Shadai Stallion Station's Mind Your Biscuits , who was a multiple grade 1 winner in the United States and Dubai, after capturing a May 25 maiden special weight at Tokyo Racecourse. Funny Hill Farm bred the bay 3-year-old colt out of the winning Screen Hero mare Derma Ararechan, who has produced two other winners so far.
Color Comin' In is First Winner for Rock Your World

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Spendthrift Farm's freshman sire and grade 1 winner Rock Your World sired his first winner when his daughter Color Comin' In won a $115,272 maiden special weight May 15 at Churchill Downs. Raced by CKDS Racing Stable and trainer Norm Casse, Color Comin' In overcame a slow start and advanced into a stalking position along the rail at the half-mile pole and then took the lead with a quarter-mile to go. She drew off to win by three lengths with Luis Saez in the saddle. The final time was :58.14.
Morzan Fined, Suspended For Joint Injection Violations

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Mid-Atlantic trainer Javier Morzan has been suspended for 30 days and fined $2,500 for multiple violations of giving horses in his care intra-articular joint injections within a 14-day stand-down period prior to racing and violating a seven-day stand-down period prior to working as required by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit.
Piedra Preciosa Debuts as Maxfield's First Winner

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

First-out winner Piedra Preciosa added some glitter to her victory by becoming the first winner for Darley America's freshman sire and multiple grade 1 winner . The 2-year-old bay filly, raced by Alex Doyle with owner/trainer Rey Hernandez, prevailed by a nose over favorite Wanna Go Home , who was a nose in front of . The final time for the five-furlong race on Horseshoe Indianapolis' main track was 1:01.12.
Bellezza Scores First Graded Win in Sheepshead Bay

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Moyglare Stud Farm's homebred turned a patient trip around Aqueduct Racetrack's turf course May 2 into her first graded stakes win in the $169,750 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G3T). Making her first start in the United States with trainer Christophe Clement, the 4-year-old bay filly stalked the pace throughout the 1 3/8-mile test for older fillies and mares.
Medaglia d'Oro Legacy is Strong in Kentucky Derby, Oaks

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Darley America's is a warrior, proving at 26 in the twilight of his stallion career that he is still capable of siring some of the best runners in North America. On the May 2-3 cards featuring the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1), Medaglia d'Oro will be represented by five runners in grade 1 stakes: in the Derby, and in the Oaks, in the Turf Classic Stakes (G1T), and in the American Turf Stakes (G1T).
Nobals Primed for a Return in Twin Spires Turf Sprint

1 month ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Grade 1 sprinter has fully recovered from a star-crossed trip to Hong Kong and is ready to contest the $600,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) May 3 at Churchill Downs, hoping to recapture the race he won in 2023. The 6-year-old gelded son of was sent to Hong Kong in December with the hope of becoming the first American-trained horse to compete in the Hong Kong International Races since 2017. He had been entered in the Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
Another Trainer Penalized From Penn National Scandal

2 months ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Jose Salinas, one of 13 trainers at Penn National Race Course cited for giving intra-articular injections within the stand-down periods prior to a race or workout, has been suspended for 60 days and fined $5,000. Salinas was cited for having a knee and both hocks of the 5-year-old gelding Zoomster injected with a corticosteroid three days before a five-furlong claiming race on the turf June 9, 2023, at Penn National.
Successful Farmer-Casse Team Takes Aim at Kentucky Oaks

2 months ago | bloodhorse.com | Eric Mitchell

Kentucky owner/breeder Tracy Farmer's decision eight years ago to consolidate his racing operation with Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse has paid dividends far beyond the expectations of both men. Farmer has campaigned 22 black-type stakes winners alone and in partnerships since 1997 and of these, 12 have been photographed in a winner's circle alongside Casse since 2019.