The Del Mar Turf Club has built its reputation on the equine celebrities that have graced this seaside racetrack since its 1937 opening, with names like Seabiscuit, American Pharoah, and Zenyatta among the winners of its
Two young people with impressive credentials have combined to point StarLadies and its partners in an exciting new direction.
Elinor Wolf, director of marketing, partner relations, and recruiting, and Corbin Blumberg, director of racing and bloodstock operations, are bringing fresh ideas to an entity created in 2015 to purchase fillies for all-women partnerships.
Six semifinalists for the 19th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award have been selected by a panel of judges, representing excellence in Thoroughbred sports literature published in 2024. These six titles illustrate the scope of the award, including histories, biographies, a memoir, and two works of fiction. They were chosen from nearly 20 submissions, an indicator that literature on horse racing remains very much alive despite Thoroughbred industry controversies and the global economic hardships of recent years.
I left off last time with a lot of anticipation of things to come with Maverick, and boy have they unfolded so well since my last installment.
We’ll start with the Jennie Brannigan clinic we did. I had kind of made the decision to do that sort of last minute, as my original plan had been to do a mini-trial at Meadowlake that weekend. But when I saw this opportunity, I felt like it would be way more beneficial for the both of us in the long run.
One of the most important races in the 3-year-old division is coming up at Monmouth Park, which will host the 58th running of the NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes on Saturday, July 19.
