After spotting two American runners several lengths entering the King Abdulaziz Racecourse stretch, Forever Young launched a sustained rally to catch Book'em Danno in the final strides to secure a nose victory in the $1.5 million Saudi Derby (G3). 

His friend Spider Duignan knew that the stakes were high. When the horse coasted past the wire in the GII Saratoga Special, Duignan turned and said, "You needed that bad, didn't you?"

Among the 20 colts entered for the 2023 Kentucky Derby on May 6, there is one who is unique among his peers for a tie to a Kentucky Derby winner of decades past.

It was a rather slow week for Maiden Watch, which coined only three winners from a weekend of racing where the world's eyes were fixated on Dubai.

Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers, and jockeys as they travel the Road to the 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) May 6 at Churchill Downs.

One of the more experienced runners in the field, Congruent broke his maiden at Gulfstream

as a 2-year-old before taking the Laurel Futurity on dirt in the fall two starts later.

A Monday morning at Glencrest Farm, early in the spring of 1973, and here comes this teenage kid to see what it might be like to work with horses.

Deuce Greathouse, Cindy Hutson, and Brett Setzer’s Les Bon Temps ($29) collared Miraclein the final jumps to capture the $200,000 Maid of the Mist, a mile test for 2-year-old fillies.

Congruent won his second career start on Aug. 13, 2022, taking a 7-furlong dirt maiden race at Gulfstream Park.

Deuce Greathouse's Towhead is among the most experienced entrants with stakes credentials in a full field of 12 set for the Oct. 7 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland

As John Greathouse III bid on a Sky Mesa filly on behalf of Al and Arlene London—long-time clients of his family's Glencrest Farm—

$60,085 MdSpWt 2yo, 6f, 1:10.92, ft, nose.

Fasig-Tipton NY Bred Preferred Sale Saratoga Aug. 15

A filly by Bernstein, out of an unraced Stravinsky mare, Tepin first showed up as Hip # 23 at the 2012 Fasig & Tipton Yearling Sale.

Tepin (Bernstein—Life Happened, by Stravinsky) posted a record of 13-5-1 from 23 starts with earnings of $4,437,918 in her career from 2013 through 2016.

Glencrest Bred Keen Ice is the seventh second-crop stallion since 2000 to sire a first-crop Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and the eighth such stallion to have a first-crop runner cross the wire first in America's premier classic.

Six racehorses, four trainers, and one jockey account for the 11 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing's 2022 Hall of Fame ballot

With the 2022 breeding season right around the corner, we will feature a series of breeders' mating plans over the coming weeks. Today we have John Greathouse III of Glencrest Farm.

A barn that once was home to Glencrest Farm stallions Clever Trick, Wavering Monarch and Full Out was destroyed by a fire on Christmas morning, leaving three show horses dead.

ARCADIA, Calif. -- A familiar result for the 5-year-old gelding United unfolded in unfamiliar circumstances in Saturday’s Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship at Santa Anita.

Saturday's G2 Eddie Read S. at Del Mar brought together arguably the Southern California circuit's best middle-distance horse in the form of LNJ Foxwood's United (Giant's Causeway)

Shedaresthedevil, winner of the postponed 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1), returned on the undercard of the 2021 Oaks April 30 at Churchill Downs to take the $500,000 La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.

As disappointed as Brad Cox may have been when Monomoy Girl lost by a nose to Letruska in the April 17 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1), there was a silver lining for the Eclipse Award-winning trainer.

A 2-year-old debut winner at Churchill Downs for Glencrest Farm, Shedaresthedevil now racing for Qatar Racing, Flurry Racing Stables and Big Aut Farms, was the upset winner of last September's Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1)

Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella fired one of his big guns Sunday at Del Mar near San Diego, Calif., and the boom shook the grounds and might reverberate forward to the shore track's biggest race of the season.

Shedaresthedevil took another step toward the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a five-length victory in the $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G3) July 8 at Indiana Grand.

Purchased as a weanling at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale by Glencrest Farm for $72,000, the son of Cairo Prince was raised and prepped at Glencrest Farm

7th-Churchill Downs, $75,816, Alw (NW3L)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 6-5, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:42.89, ft.
SHEDARESTHEDEVIL (f, 3, Daredevil--Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats),

United Wins By a Nose in Charles Whittingham Thriller

The Giant's Causeway gelding notched his second graded win of the year.

United the Main Attraction in Charles Whittingham

He recorded seven works at Santa Anita since returning to Dubai.

Returning to the winner's circle for the first time in over a year, Bellafina drew away in deep stretch to claim the $101,000 Desert Stormer Stakes (G3) May 17 at Santa Anita Park.

PECHANGA (IRE) (f, 3, Camelot {GB}--High Fidelity {Ger}, by Peintre Celebre), an €200,000 purchase out of the 2018 Arqana August Yearling Sale

After 11 career starts, trainer Juan Carlos Avila said he's figured out that Trophy Chaser's best races are routes. The 4-year-old son of Twirling Candy will get another chance to shine around two turns in the $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses at 1 1/8 miles May 2.

Athletes at every level can struggle while playing on the road. Apparently, that can also hold true for equine athletes.

A case in point is 4-year-old filly Bellafina.

Favorite: My favorite horse of all time was Honey Ryder (Lasting Approval).

SHEDARESTHEDEVIL (Daredevil--Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats)

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has announced that 30 people and horses, 15 from the Thoroughbred world and 15 from the Standardbred sport, have been selected to appear on the 2020 Hall of Fame

Shedaresthedevil jumped into fifth place on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard by securing 50 points with her victory in Saturday's $300,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) before a crowd of 22,000 at Oaklawn Park.

Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) runner-up prevailed as 4-5 favorite at Santa Anita Park.

UNITED was narrowly beaten at 51-1 in the BC Turf, is trying to win his first stakes in Saturday's San Marcos.

Trainer Simon Callaghan's brilliant Bellafina, a fast finishing second in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) (hip 2761E), third in this year's GII Sorrento S., will be heading south for the winter

Buyers looking for the perfect pinhook score took advantage of a mildly softened market Nov. 10, scoring several top weanling picks as Book 3

Multiple Graded stakes-placed UNITED put in a awesome performance in the $3,680,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf-G1, missing odds on favorite BRICKS AND MORTAR by a head.

United, a 4-year-old gelded son of Giant’s Causeway will go postward in Saturday’s $4,000,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf-G1 for owner LNJ Foxwoods and trainer Richard Mandella.

DEL MAR, Calif. – In the middle of last week, there were discussions between trainer Simon Callaghan and his clients who own the filly Shedaresthedevil regarding a race goal for Labor Day weekend.

Mohican Heights topped Goffs' boutique auction June 17

Following back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the Grade 3 Distaff and Grade 3 Vagrancy in April and May, Holiday Disguise

LONDON, UK–“It’s entirely different to any other sale we do and we view it in an entirely different way,” said Goffs Chief Executive Officer Henry Beeby as the music played on outside the media tent in Kensington Palace

1st-Churchill Downs, $88,837, Msw, 6-13, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04.84, ft.
SHEDARESTHEDEVIL (f, 2, Daredevil–Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats)overcame a slow start and leveled off strongly

Fozzy Stack's Mohican Heights made all from stall one and showed a good attitude to score on debut in the seven-furlong juvenile-maiden at Leopardstown.

The 2-1 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) morning line favorite Bellafina drew post 4 at the Oaks draw April 29 at Churchill Downs. Kaleem Shah's Quality Road filly enters off three victories this season, including the April 6 Santa Anita Oaks (G1).

Holiday Disguise is one of five New York-breds in the nine-horse line-up for the April 5 Distaff Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct. Linda Rice trains the daughter of Harlan's Holiday, as well as two others in the cast. 

HOLIDAY DISGUISE, captured the G3 Distaff H. and was third in the G3 Vagrancy H. last year.

It wasn't a romp, geared down and cruising to the wire like she's done before, but Kaleem Shah's Bellafina was still impressive in a very different way Feb. 9 in the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.

It's safe to say jockey Flavien Prat didn't have much concern as to what kind of horse he had underneath him midway through the turn in the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) Jan. 6 at Santa Anita Park.

The 12th and final slot in the third running of the Pegasus World Cup will officially be filled by Imperative, owner Ron Paolucci announced on Twitter on Saturday.

I love Lookin At Lucky. Although I’m not really sure he should be under the radar any more after having the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic winner in Accelerate.

Kaleem Shah's Bellafina delivered a strong, half-mile workout Dec. 10 at Santa Anita Park and the two-time grade 1 winner convinced trainer Simon Callaghan she's on schedule for a seven-furlong tilt for 3-year-old fillies Jan. 6 at Santa Anita Park.

Stepping up to stakes competition RISKY PROPOSITION steered toward the rail to settle last bar one into the first turn, the gelding began to improve his position in the one mile turf at Del Mar.

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies will be led by Kaleem Shah's BELLAFINA, who has easily won her last three starts

ANGEL OF MISCHIEF (f, 3, Into Mischief--Starship Angel {MSW, $258,042}, by Running Stag) missed by a neck in second sprinting over the Ellis main track July 21,

Lexingtonian Joe Minor purchased several mares in foal to top sire Quality Road in 2014 including Akron Moon, the dam of Bellafina, who figures to be the choice for the Nov. 2 Tito's Handmade Vodka Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Three year old filly TAKE CHARGE AUBREY cleared her first state-bred allowance condition going seven furlongs at the Spa Aug. 13, then returned on short notice to just fall short by a nose stretching out to 1 1/8 miles in the Fleet Indian S. Aug. 24.

No less than he should be, John Greathouse III is a big believer in pedigree. 

TROPHY CHASER earned a 96 Beyer Aug. 25 at Gulfstream Park. Second by a neck in his debut on July 15, the son of Twirling Candy

After the first stakes race at Belmont Park on Monday, owner Michael Dubb reflected on winning the Mount Vernon with a New York-bred mare out of a New York-based stallion.

Breaking slightly outward, HOLIDAY DISGUISE settled in fifth just behind favorite Highway Star

Repole Stable’s Legit (Curlin) romped by 7 1/4 lengths in his career bow at Gulfstream Apr. 19 and made it two in a row Thursday with another decisive score in the slop at Pimlico to become the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’.

A Glencrest Farm pinhook, HOLIDAY DISGUISE was one of two entrants for trainer Linda Rice,

ZOFTIG, the leading money winning daughter of Glencrest Farm mare MRS. MARCOS.

TDN Rising Star MIA MISCHIEF proved too much to catch with TALK VEUVE TO ME

Lady Shelia Stable's Holiday Disguise closed late to best her rivals in the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (G3), her graded stakes debut, April 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Holiday Disguise, off since annexing the Bouwerie S. at Belmont back in May, picked up right where she left off with a comfortable score covering the longest distance she's been asked to go.

Al and Arlene London's homebred Miss Sky Warrior, a winner of three consecutive grade 2 races in 2016-17 and a favorite for last year's Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) has been retired. She will be bred to American Pharoah for 2018.

I am a racing fan that takes peculiar interest in the history of the Thoroughbred, including famous stud lines and female families.

The burgeoning reputation of Coolmore stallion Australia (GB) has been a feature of the European scene since the beginning of the flat season