Joe Perez

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Joe Perez

A quartet of high-caliber runners highlight the entries for the Oaklawn Handicap (G2) April 19 at Oaklawn Park. Overall, the field of eight horses 4 and up that includes four millionaires will vie for the $1.25 million purse, going 1 1/8 miles over the Hot Springs, Ark., oval. The morning-line favorite (2-1) hasn't been to the winner's circle in almost a year, but if his recent works are any indication, he will be in peak form Saturday. made his 2025 debut in the Feb.

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Joe Perez

Cristina Holmes worked at Godstone Farm from 2016 until 2020 when it was purchased by her family and renamed Bonner Hill Farms. Little did she realize that the name had much deeper meaning. The farm in Southeastern Pennsylvania is very much a work in progress as Holmes charts a course for increasing its offerings, which include two relatively new stallions-Pat On the Back and -standing stud.

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Joe Perez

Besting two rivals at the wire, Storm Changer captures a New York Stallion Stakes at Aqueduct Race Track April 13, a win that gave sire Name Changer his first black-type winner. Bumping another runner at the start, the 3-year-old filly gathered herself a ran off the pace before jockey Jose Gomez swung her outside six wide. Rallying from her outside position near the sixteenth pole, the dark bay or brown filly outlasted Princess Mischief by a half-length and , who was a nose back in third.

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Joe Perez

Nebraska-bred They Call Me Moose broke through to win a maiden special weight at Fonner Park March 28 to give Giant Expectations his first winner as a sire. The 3-year-old gelding utilized a ground-saving trip that culminated with jockey Jayden Ironeyes taking him along the rail for the neck win. They Call Me Moose paid $12.40 for a $2 win ticket in the six-furlong contest. It was his second career start, which was rewarded with $700 in earnings. Grady Thompson bred the colt, whom he also trains.

2 weeks ago | bloodhorse.com | Joe Perez

The magnitude of racing over the past two-plus weeks resulted in a significant shake-up among the rankings of the top sires by progeny earnings. Since April 5, Meydan Race Course, Aqueduct Racetrack, Santa Anita Park, and -the latter delayed because of weather-ran grade 1 stakes that threw The List into disarray. Almost one-third of the sires ranked are either new to the top 25 or moved at least five places up or down. The Dubai World Cup (G1), as usual, delivered the most volatility.