The Blood-Horse

The Blood-Horse is a weekly magazine that covers news related to horse racing, published by Blood-Horse Publications. It started in 1916 as a monthly bulletin from the Thoroughbred Horse Association. In 1935, the American Thoroughbred Breeders Association acquired the publication. From 1961 until 2015, it was owned by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, a non-profit dedicated to supporting Thoroughbred racing and breeding. In 2015, The Jockey Club became the majority owner of The Blood-Horse.

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Trainers Praise Lukas for Indelible Impact on the Sport

5 days ago | bloodhorse.com | Sean Collins

The world of Thoroughbred racing was taken by surprise June 22 with the announcement that legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas would be stepping away from training after being hospitalized in Louisville, Ky.READ: Medical Issues Force Lukas to Exit Training Career As his peers and competitors learned the news, they were quick to their express their thoughts and prayers to Lukas and his family, as well as their gratitude for all he has done for the industry.
Mystik Dan, Sierra Leone Matchup Set in Stephen Foster

6 days ago | bloodhorse.com | Byron King

Equine star power will be on display June 28 at Churchill Downs, and not just in the $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1), where and meet beneath the twin spires for the first time since they were noses apart when 1-2 in the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1). While the Stephen Foster is certainly the afternoon's highlight-six of the seven entries are millionaires-five other stakes on the program also lured numerous graded stakes winners.
Grade 1 Winner, Former Stallion Forbidden Apple Dies

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Isaiah Pinto

Grade 1 winner and former stallion Forbidden Apple has died at age 30, according to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Over the last 12 years, Forbidden Apple spent his retirement alongside other former racehorses under the care of TRF Second Chances at Lowell in Ocala. "He was a farm favorite, spoiled and adored," the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation posted on X. "He passed just after turning 30.
Sterile Flies to Be Used to Combat New World Screwworm

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Byron King

A $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm fly dispersal facility in South Texas, along with a comprehensive protection plan, will be used to combat the risk of NWS spreading into the United States, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced June 18. The facility at Moore Air Base is scheduled for completion in 2025. NWS is a pest that causes serious and often deadly damage to livestock, wildlife, pets, and in rare cases, humans.
CHRB Again Denies Dates for Northern California Racing

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Byron King

Mirroring contentious votes from two prior California Horse Racing Board meetings, the CHRB again chose during its monthly meeting June 19 not to award race dates this year in Northern California. Bids from the Fresno County Fair to conduct racing at Fresno and from the Humboldt County Fair to run at Ferndale both failed with four commissioners opposed to awarding dates and three in favor. Fresno had requested seven dates: Sept. 19-21, 26-28, and Oct. 1.
Trawlerman Sets Course Record in Ascot Gold Cup

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Jonathan Harding

The staying king, , is no longer around, long live the king. Trawlerman gave everything during his losing Gold Cup (G1) battle with Kyprios last year at Ascot Racecourse and, with the dual winner now retired, Godolphin's ironclad warhorse broke his rivals on the wheel of a sustained gallop June 20 which swept away the track record, as well as any semblance of mercy.
Pure Eloquence is First Winner for Known Agenda

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Sean Collins

It's only fitting that 2021 Florida Derby (G1) winner and Spendthrift Farm stallion Known Agenda 's first winner would come at the site of his most important victory, and that is what unfolded June 19 as Pure Eloquence impressively conquered seven rivals in a Gulfstream Park maiden race.
Falakeyah Steps Up Against Zarigana in Coronation

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Jonathan Harding

There are no hiding places at Royal Ascot and is set to have her star quality tested when she steps up to the highest level against Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, G1) winner in the June 20 Coronation Stakes (G1). Owned by Shadwell, Falakeyah won a maiden on her sole start at 2 last year before stretching comfortably clear of Life Is Beautiful when stepped up to a mile and a quarter in the Pretty Polly Stakes.
Shisospicy Lends a Latin Flair to the Commonwealth Cup

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Tom Peacock

Shisospicy is proving quite the talent for a man used to making signings of a very different kind. Rich Mendez, who founded the Miami-based Rich Records with his son Josh, is a relative newcomer to ownership but has quickly made waves. Mendez Sr. will not be able to attend Royal Ascot this week but is acutely aware of the significance of having a runner who rates as a fascinating outsider in the June 20 Commonwealth Cup (G1).
Navarro Released; Servis, Fishman Remain in Prison

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | Dick Downey

Jorge Navarro, who bragged he was the "Juice Man" in the world of Thoroughbred racing, was released from a Miami prison June 18. In 2020 Navarro was indicted on federal doping charges in New York. After being handed a five-year sentence upon a plea of guilty, he reported to the Federal Bureau of Prisons March 18, 2022, and served three years and three months of the sentence. Navarro benefited from the First Step Act, implemented in 2018 to reduce the federal prison population.