Fox Hill Farm’s Rick Porter announced on Saturday that 6-year-old Winslow Homer has been retired following another suspensory injury. “He was one of my favorites but the time had come to retire him,” said Porter via the farm’s Facebook page. … Continue reading →

Black Caviar is enjoying the early days of her retirement, nibbling fresh grass in the company of gelding and retired racehorse Definitive. Definitive commanded $1.3 million as a yearling but despite his blueblood, was incredibly slow. Black Caviar, by contrast, … Continue reading →

Graded stakes winner Pyramid Peak was euthanized this week due to the infirmities of old age. The 21-year-old Kentucky Derby starter won the Grade 3 Flamingo Stakes in 1995, and later ran second in the Haskell Invitational Hanicap and Travers … Continue reading →

About three months after being hospitalized with foaling complications, champion and 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra is back to her old self at home at Stonestreet Farm. She is enjoying her turnout and will soon progress to being … Continue reading →

Mt. Brilliant Farm is saddened to inform the public that Justenuffheart, dam of champion filly Dreaming of Anna, and Graded stakes winners Justenuffhumor and Lewis Michael, died due to complications of post foaling. She was 18 years old. Bred by … Continue reading →

Mosaic Racing Stable, a small racing syndicate based in New York, has taken a somewhat unconventional approach to preparing Thoroughbreds for careers after the racetrack: they’ve begun using cross-training with their runners to make sport horse training methods seem less … Continue reading →

The R.A.C.E. Fund, a 501 C 3 non-profit organization established in 2004, launches its Spring fund drive with an online auction on eBay starting May 25th at 8:00PM and ending on June 1st  to help raise funds for racehorse retirement … Continue reading →

A colt by Grand Slam turned in the overall fastest time for one furlong on the final day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show May 16. The chestnut colt covered the distance in 10 seconds flat … Continue reading →

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced today that it will hold a Thoroughbred Breeding Clinic Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 2 in Lexington, Ky. The clinic, sponsored by Blood-Horse Publications, will offer topics including planning a mating, … Continue reading →

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale held its first breeze show May 15 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Five juveniles – four fillies and a colt – breezed a furlong in 10.20 second, tying them for the … Continue reading →