High Noon Rider (Photo by Lauren King/Coglianese Photos) GenStar Thoroughbreds’ High Noon Rider, having spent the summer and early fall on the road, returned home to register the biggest win of his 55-race career with a shocking 50-1 upset of the $95,000 Claiming Crown Emerald Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile Emerald [...]

Jesus' Team (Photo by Derbe Glass/Coglianese Photos) Prepping for a planned start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, Grupo 7C Racing Stable’s Jesus’ Team returned to winning form in Saturday’s $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at the historic Hallandale Beach racetrack. The Jewel headlined the 22nd [...]

Mike Maker (Photo by Coady Photography) Winding down the best season of his career and coming in off the Churchill Downs’ fall title, trainer Mike Maker looks to add to his record 17 victories when the 2020 Claiming Crown returns to Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Dec. 5. Maker has 11 horses spread among [...]

Jesus Team (Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup/CSM) Grade 1 stakes-placed in his two most recent starts, Jesus’ Team will return to his roots Saturday with a start in the $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park. Grupo 7C Racing Stable’s 3-year-old gelding, who became eligible for the Jewel while winning a claiming [...]

Grade 3 winner Tusk (Photo by Coglianese Photos) Jordan Wycoff’s Tusk, unraced since becoming a graded-stakes winner 10 months ago, and defending champion Muggsamatic, wheeling back just two weeks off his previous start, top an overflow field of 12 for Saturday’s $95,000 Claiming Crown Emerald at Gulfstream Park. The Emerald for 3-year-olds [...]

Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup/CSM Grupo 7C Racing Stables’ Jesus’ Team, who finished second in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland in his most recent start, is scheduled to make his next start in the $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park Dec. 5. Trainer Jose D’Angelo will [...]

The 2021 National HBPA Conference, originally scheduled to be held in February in Hollywood Beach, Florida, and hosted by the Florida HBPA, has been rescheduled with the intention of holding a smaller event in Lexington, Kentucky, this spring. “As we all know, the current health pandemic has affected so many things, including travel and [...]

The Retired Racehorse Project and OTTB United jointly announce today the release of OTTB United, a mobile app that unites sellers, buyers, and shippers of Thoroughbred ex-racehorses and gives back to the Thoroughbred placement community. The app is designed to make the entire process, from listing a horse, to communicating between buyer and seller, to [...]

Godolphin and Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) jointly announced today the launch of a mobile application for backstretch and farm workers. The app, called Cómo, connects Thoroughbred industry employees to the vital services they need through a network of chaplains and Thoroughbred industry organizations. Designed by The Jockey Club Information Systems, sponsored by Godolphin, and [...]

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, now in its fifth year in the United States, concluded Thursday afternoon with winners being announced via a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Studio 46 Media in Lexington, Kentucky. Jill Byrne, Vice President of Racing Operations at Colonial Downs, was once again the master of ceremonies. Jimmy Bell, President of [...]