Monday News & Notes One Big Thing: Australia Tops Strzegom Spring Open CCI4*-S Standings The leaderboard shuffled after each phase of competition in the Strzegom Spring Open CCI4*-S in Poland this weekend and following Sunday’s cross country action, it’s
Sunday Links View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zoe Crawford (@crawfordeventing) A very sweet update from 5* rider Zoe Crawford, whose partner for Kentucky in 2021 and 2022, K.E.C. Zara, has made a return
From the Ground Up: “We Teach Who We Are” We’re about a month into the new year, and while I’m not one for resolutions specifically, I love to go into the new year intentionally. I set time aside every winter to think about the
Dear diary, I have enjoyed a mostly quiet week as she who must be obeyed was in Port Seagull for a work-related international kick off thing. It was the first time that she has been away properly since her human kissing spines operation and apparently she can confirm she sets the metal detectors off now […]
NCH KH Guy Fitzearle with HH KH Martin Livy in background in silhouetteWe knew the moment was coming – now it is here, and time for trail-hunting supporters to “stand up and be counted”. The Government has launched its promised consultation on how – not whether – to ban trail-hunting, which critics have described as “an attempt to distract from the real problems”. The consultation runs until […]
Blood Horse
Realize Sirius Among Top Contenders in Satsuki Sho Although the Satsuki Sho (G1)—the opening leg of the Japanese Triple Crown at Nakayama April 19—appears wide open, the Takahisa Tezuka-trained Realize Sirius stands out as a top contender.
Betz's Kentucky Arrival Led to Lifetime Success When Light Won Up won the $103,000 Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita Park in February, the $200,000 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate joined an impressive roster of stakes winners bred (and sold) by Bill Betz and partners.
BloodHorse MarketWatch: Into Mischief KY Derby Insights Pedigree analyst Jay Leimbach delves into the pedigrees of Into Mischief's three Kentucky Derby (G1) winners. Spendthrift Farm's seven-time leading North American sire could make Derby history if one of his sons wears the blanket of roses.
All Eyes on Hartley/DeRenzo's Flightline Colt at OBS The last time Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo brought a horse that breezed a furlong in :09 3/5 to the OBS Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, it was Shisospicy. The duo aims to replicate past success this year with a speedy colt by Flightline.
