On Racing

The seventh annual sale of stallion breeding seasons to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund raised $112,050 compared to $72,500 in 2022.

The record-breaking lineup features 28 stakes races that received significant boosts and one new event, the $175,000 Chorleywood Overnight Stakes for 4-year-olds and up at 1 3/8 miles on turf on June 17.

If Whisper Hill Farm’s Charge It runs as well Feb. 5 at Gulfstream Park as he did the last time he raced, there should be a rather dazzling performance in the offing in the eighth race on the Gulfstream Park card.

Testifying in a Louisville, Ky., courtroom Feb. 3 that “I’ll probably lose another half” of his top 3-year-olds, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert stated his case for legal relief in his bid to end a two-year ban instituted by Churchill Downs Inc.

Harry Derham’s burgeoning training operation welcomed a notable new recruit Feb. 3 when bloodstock agent Ed Bailey secured the classy Brentford Hope at 90,000 guineas (US$166,267) on Day 2 of the Tattersalls February Sale.

The 30-year-old jockey, who was recently awarded the Eclipse Award for outstanding jockey for the 2022 racing season, swept races 2-8 on the card.

Sycamore Farm bred the filly out of the Great Notion mare Stickingtogether.

A millionaire on the racetrack, but even more popular as trainer Steve Hobby’s longtime stable pony, Chindi was euthanized Thursday. The snow-white gelding was 29.

International buyers’ collective strength and the New Zealand Thoroughbred breeding industry predominantly being an export market was once again confirmed with Australian buyers lapping up the opportunity to return to the Karaka Yearling Sale.