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Leading Sires, by 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge Winners Sire Number Galileo 5 Hard Spun 4 Bernardini 3 Scat Daddy 3 A.P. Indy 2 Colonel John 2 Danehill Dancer 2 Dubawi 2 ...

Location Number Kentucky 37 Ireland 15 Florida 4 Great Britain 3 Ontario 3 France 2 New Zealand 2 South Africa 2 Argentina 2 Australia 1 Brazil 1 ...

Winners of 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge races and upcoming schedule (updated Oct. 7, final list for 2015.) Classic Horse, Sire, Challenge race won, trackAmerican Pharoah (KY), Pioneerof the Nile, William Hill Haskell Invitational S. (gr. I), Monmouth ParkArabian Queen (IRE), Dubawi, Juddmonte International Stakes (Eng-I), ...

A stance by 25 prominent American trainers Aug. 1 urging the elimination of race-day Salix over the next two years has not done much to clarify the debate over the medication’s use (see page 15), but it has given new momentum to putting America on par with the rest of the racing world. The intention of the phase-out, some of the supporting ...

More good news for connections of Moreno and his fans: In recent years, winners of the Whitney Handicap (gr. I) have enjoyed more Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) success than the winners of any other race conducted after June 1. Southern Equine Stable's Moreno ensured himself a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic with his victory in the $1.5 ...

By Alexa RavitWith Ashado about to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this week, I felt it was appropriate to post this as a guest blog, as it depicts the love of a horse beautifully by a young fan, Alexa Ravit.Whenever I'm asked who my favorite racehorses of all time are, four names come to mind. The first two to roll off my tongue are Funny Cide ...

South African known as ''Bling'' makes British riding debut in Ascot's annual international jockey challenge Aug. 9. After bursting on to the scene a few years ago, S'manga Khumalo, nicknamed ''Bling'' on account of his peroxide blond hair, has won a plethora of group I races in South Africa, notably the 2013 Durban July on Heavy ...

Distribution of talent, by its very nature, tends not to be egalitarian. Competitive sport is an arena where that fact is particularly revealed, and students of the history of any such activity will be well aware of ''Golden Years'' or ''Golden Eras'' when several stars simultaneously made their presence known. A look at stallion crops over the ...