By Ron Mitchell, @BH_RMitchell   Photo: Coglianese Photos/David Alcosser   Princess of Sylmar, facing older foes for the first time, sprung a mild upset Sept. 28 when the 3-year-old filly collared two-time champion Royal Delta and went on to win the $400,000 Beldame Invitational Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park by two lengths (VIDEO).   Read more »

By Evan Hammonds, @BH_EHammonds   Photo: Coglianese Photos   Cal MacWilliam and Neil Teitelbaum’s homebred Miss Behaviour proved best Sept. 29 in the six-furlong Matron Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) at Belmont Park. The Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Jump Start   covered the trip in 1:10.57, topping even-money choice Sweet Whiskey by a length in the $200,000 event Read more »

The two leading female stars of racing, both streaking toward divisional championships, will collide Saturday when Royal Delta takes on Princess of Sylmar in the 74th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park. Victory in the Beldame, a one-turn race run at 1 1/8 miles, automatically qualifies the winner for entry Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff   Owner Maggi Moss said Sept. 23 she has sold grade I-winning 3-year-old filly So Many Ways to Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farms in Hokkaido, Japan, for breeding purposes. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.    A release indicated So Many Ways will no longer race. She won five of 10 starts for earnings Read more »

Favored So Many Ways was squeezed badly after the start of Saturday night’s Charles Town Oaks but rallied to get the 2 3/4-length come-from-behind victory in the $400,000 race for 3-year-old fillies on Race for the Ribbon night, an event the West Virginia track dedicated to breast cancer research in partnership with the Susan G. Read more »

By Randy Brungard      September is an exciting month for Thoroughbred racing, especially in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  This past Saturday, 111 Thoroughbreds born in Pennsylvania were entered to run in the annual “PA Day at the Races”.  Conducted at Parx racetrack located in Bensalem, just north of Philadelphia, eleven different races restricted to PA Breds were run, including 4 Read more »

By Jack Shinar   Photo: Michael Burns Photography Wise Dan wins the Woodbine Mile.     Wise Dan became the first two-time winner of the Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) (VIDEO) when he romped to victory Sept. 15 in track-record time over the Toronto track’s turf course as the shortest-priced favorite in the race’s 17 renewals. Read more »

The Jockey Club today reported that 2,392 stallions covered 37,908 mares in North America during 2012, according to statistics compiled through Sept. 9, 2013. These breedings have resulted in 22,001 live foals of 2013 being reported to The Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports received as of Sept. 9, 2013. The Jockey Club estimates that Read more »

Parx Racing played host Saturday to the 13th edition of Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races, a day that celebrates the success that has become the breeding industry here in the Commonwealth.  Under beautiful sunny skies, the state’s best competed for $375,000 in purses and indeed put on a terrific show for the local fans that Read more »

PA-Bred 1-2-3 Finishers  August,  2013                           Aug 1:  ’03 g   DIVINE FORTUNE  3rd          100K   A.P. Smithwick   Memorial Steeplechase G1    2-1/16M Saratoga –                                                                                                          Aug 3:  ’07 m Ask Me Anything      3rd           100K The West Virginia Senate President’s Cup 1M70Y T  Mountaineer                                                                                                 –   Aug 3:  ’08 m  HELLO                     1st            Read more »