By Joe DeVivo Locally based horses who looked like logical contenders on paper produced runaway victories in a pair of restricted stakes for 2-year-olds Sunday at Parx Racing. Res Judicata ($6.20), racing on Lasix for the first time, drew off to a 6 1/2-length victory under Jeremy Rose in the $77,000 Chris Elser Memorial for Read more »

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has released the 2013 live racing calendar, following approval by the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission at its meeting on November 15. Additionally, the Commission approved Penn National’s request to offer Superfecta wagering on all races with at least six betting interests, starting on Tuesday, November 20. Previously, Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:10 PM Posted: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:57 PM Unbridled Energy  , a grade II winner by Unbridled’s Song  , will stand in 2013 at Larry Mabee’s Golden Eagle Farm near Ramona, Calif. His fee is $2,500 live foal. The 10-year-old stallion formerly stood at Pin Oak Lane Farm Read more »

The Jockey Club reminds owners of unregistered yearlings and 2-year-olds that the requirements for foal registration must be completed by December 31, 2012, to avoid additional late registration fees. After December 31 of the yearling year, the registration fee increases to $800; after December 31 of the 2-year-old year, it increases to $2,025. (These fees Read more »

Patrioticandproud finished a close second in the $150,000 Autumn Stakes (G2) at Woodbine on November 10.  Bred in Pennsylvania by Michael Jester, the three-year-old son of Proud Citizen has had an impressive year on the track.  Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber, the Mark Casse trainee has won 3 of 13 career starts Read more »

Northview, which stands 14 stallions at two locations—eight in Maryland at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, and six in Pennsylvania at Northview PA in Peach Bottom—has announced its stud fees for 2013. Northview has lowered the fees on six of its baker’s dozen of established sires. And exciting new prospect Redeemed, who is entering Read more »

REDEEMED, a wonderfully consistent son of Grade 1-winning millionaire Include, will enter stud at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for 2013. The 4-year-old, who was retired by owner Samantha Siegel’s Jay Em Ess Stable in September, will stand for $3,000 S&N. He was bred in Virginia by Wayne & Susie Taylor’s Morgan Ford Farm. Read more »

By Esther Marr, @BH_EMarr   Photo: Keeneland Photo Plum Pretty was purchased for $4.2 million during the first session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. After spending $10 million on 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace at the Nov. 5 Fasig-Tipton November sale, Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm still wasn’t done Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff   Photo: Crawford Ifland Fort Larned   Trainer Ian Wilkes plans to give Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned a break after his taxing effort Nov. 3 and is hoping to return to Santa Anita Park next fall for the 30th World Championships in 2013 . Wilkes made his comments the Read more »

By   Fort Larned rewarded his connections’ faith with a scintillating victory in Saturday’s $4,545,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, holding off a game Mucho Macho Man to score by a half-length on the wire. The Janis R. Whitham homebred gave trainer Ian Wilkes and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. their first Breeders’ Cup wins, Read more »