Protonico is out of a female family nurtured for several generations by longtime international owner/breeder Oussama Aboughazale, who believes the stallion has an unquestionably bright future as a sire.

Protonico is out of a female family nurtured for several generations by longtime international owner/breeder Oussama Aboughazale, who believes the stallion has an unquestionably bright future as a sire.

Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1) hero Twilight Payment races for the first time since that epic triumph but he could have plenty on his plate with Broome in the line-up for the May 3 Mooresbridge Stakes (G2).

Four Godolphin runners trained by Charlie Appleby, including Belmont Stakes (G1) contender Rebel’s Romance, arrived at Belmont Park at 11 a.m. ET May 2 to prepare for the June 3-5 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.

There was little surprise Aidan O’Brien was on the mark again in the One Thousand Guineas (G1), but it was the proven experience of Mother Earth under Frankie Dettori that proved the decisive factor behind the trainer’s seventh win in the classic.

Trainer Bob Baffert discusses Medina Spirit the morning after the colt won the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Races can go in and out of fashion but the Prix Ganay (G1) has produced the winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) in each of the last two seasons, so the all-the-way success of Mare Australis should be taken as a serious performance. 

The space for more race plaques on Barn 33 at Churchill Downs is running out of room, but trainer Bob Baffert will have to squeeze in another one after he won a record seventh Kentucky Derby (G1) with Medina Spirit May 1.

The morning after the May 1 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, participating Derby trainers were reluctant to immediately commit their horses to face Derby winner Medina Spirit in the May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

World Premier delivered a smash hit May 2 in the Tenno Sho (Spring, G1) at Hanshin Racecourse, using every meter of the longest grade 1 event on the Japanese racing calendar to win by three-quarters of a length.