Hank Mills Sr. Stakes

BloodHorse Interview: Leonard Liberto

Recent Pegasus World Cup (G1) winner National Treasure and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) hero White Abarrio were among the 1,423 nominations received for the $30.5 million Dubai World Cup card on March 30.

Trainer Tetsuya Kimura talks about the season of Equinox as his runner is honored with the 2023 Longines World’s Best Racehorse award Jan. 23 in London.

Japan Racing Association president and CEO Masayoshi Yoshida notes that his country being honored for the Longines World’s Best Race of 2023—the Japan Cup (G1)—has been decades in the making as he accepts the award Jan. 23 in London.

Shadwell announced the birth of Baaeed’s first reported foal, one of the most eagerly awaited arrivals of the breeding season.

Maiden Watch: Week of Jan. 22-Jan. 28

A Snitzel colt topped Day 2 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Jan. 29, but it was the continuing demand for well-bred fillies that brought the second session to a crescendo.

Bidding is now open on Fasig-Tipton Digital for the Lothenbach Dispersal of Horses of Racing Age. Bidding for the online-only sale will close Feb. 2, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.  

Newly-crowned champion 2-year-old male Fierceness will make his anticipated sophomore debut in the $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) Feb. 3 at Gulfstream Park.