Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst

On the Dec. 8 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Brook Smith back on Derby trail with Paladin, BloodHorse’s Bob Kieckhefer previews this weekend’s Hong Kong International Races.

Taylor Made Stallions’ Not This Time has a slim $76,319 lead among the leading sires of 2-year-olds over Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief as of Dec. 8.

Dual Melbourne Cup (G1)-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien believes Al Riffa can provide him with a first winner at Hong Kong’s prestigious International meeting when the entire takes his chance in the Dec. 14 Hong Kong Vase (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Arqana’s Breeding Stock Sale continued Dec. 8 with the well-bred Invaluable leading the way after being knocked down to Sam Sangster at €121,000.

Frankie Dettori’s farewell tour moves on to South America this week, although there has been a change of plan for where his glittering career, will finish early next year.

BH Interview: Ace Stud’s Paul Curran

Keeneland announced Dec. 8 that grade 1 winner and $2.8 million earner Simply in Front has been cataloged to the 2026 January Horses of All Ages Sale and will sell Jan. 12.

Sara Elbadwi & Megan Burgess look back at the Cigar Mile & the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

With his background in real estate, NYRA chairman and Jockey Club steward Marc Holliday is the ideal person to guide the organization’s future and construction of Belmont Park.