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Spendthrift Farm's Goldencents was the most prolific stallion in terms of mares bred in 2021. He covered 230 mares during breeding season. (Image: David Coyle)

Breeding Frenzy: Goldencents is 2021’s Most Prolific Stallion

The Jockey Club released its annual Report of Mares Bred (RMB) this week, revealing that three of super-stallion Into Mischief’s offspring serviced the most mares during the 2021 breeding season. Goldencents, the 2012 and 2013 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner, led the stallion parade, covering 230 mares this year. Right […]

World Series Odds: Astros, Valdez Favored at Home in Game 1

World Series Odds: Astros, Valdez Favored at Home in Game 1

The Houston Astros may not be interested in narratives, but they’ll still have a chance to put their sign-stealing past behind them starting on Tuesday night as they host Game 1 of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves. Houston won the 2017 World Series, but when revelations of a […]

Essential Quality's August win in the Travers gave him his fourth Grade 1 victory. He and Maxfield will begin their stallion careers together after their final races. (Image: Adam Coglianese-NYRA/AP)

Essential Quality, Maxfield Headed to Stallion Careers After Final Races

Essential Quality and Maxfield, two of the biggest North American routing names of the last two-plus seasons, are both retiring to the breeding shed after their next races. Darley America, Godolphin’s North American affiliate, announced the pair will join the breeding and racing giant’s Jonabell, Kentucky, farm for the 2022 […]

Oklahoma comes from behind to beat Kansas on Saturday, doing enough to keep their national championship hopes alive. (Image: Ian Maule/Tulsa World)

Cincinnati, Oklahoma Survive Scares to Remain in National Championship Picture

Two of the nation’s top teams avoided disastrous losses on Saturday as the Cincinnati Bearcats and Oklahoma Sooners both pulled out wins against underwhelming opponents to remain firmly in the national championship discussion heading into Week 9 of the season. Oklahoma (8-0) fell behind 10-0 after the first half at […]

No Goals In Le Classique as Marseille – PSG Play to 0-0 Tie

No Goals In Le Classique as Marseille – PSG Play to 0-0 Tie

It was by no means an epic affair at the Velodrome in Marseille as the two big rivals in Ligue 1 confronted. OM-PSG finished 0-0. Paris Saint-Germain started their magic trio upfront, but Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe couldn’t find a way past Pau Lopez. Both teams had goals ruled out […]

Real Madrid won the first El Clasico this season, 2-1 at Camp Nou against Barcelona. (Image: Twitter/realmadrid)

Real Madrid Win El Clasico 2-1, Putting Barcelona in a Deep Crisis

The planetary confrontation between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou finished with the visitors on top. Real came out 2-1 winners and sent Barcelona to ninth position in the La Liga table. Angry fans made life even harder for under-pressure Dutch coach Ronald Koeman. As he was leaving the […]

Even at 20, Tapit remains one of the top stallions in the world. His stud fee remains $185,000 for the 2022 breeding season. (Image: Gainesway Farm)

Even at 20, Gainesway’s Champion Sire Tapit Holds His Value

Three-time Champion Sire Tapit’s stud fee remains at $185,000, the primary takeaway from Gainesway Farm’s 2022 stallion roster fee update. Even as Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief continues to draw most of the oxygen and attention on the sire tables, Tapit remains North America’s leading sire over numerous categories. He leads […]

Liverpool won 5-0 at Old Trafford in a derby that will go down to history. (Image: Twitter/LFC)

Man. United on Their Knees Against Liverpool After 5-0 Defeat

Manchester United suffered humiliation at Old Trafford as Liverpool came out 5-0 winners in their latest match. United’s fans booed their favorites as they walked off the pitch. As a result, the pressure on Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is mounting. “I have come too far, we have come too […]

Irad Ortiz Jr. and Public Sector (9) surge and steal the Grade 2 Hill Prince from Never Surprised (back). The Chad Brown-trained 3-year-old is 4-for-6 in 2021. (Image: Susie Raisher)

No Surprise: Public Sector Steals His Third Straight Graded Stakes Race

That Public Sector took his second consecutive graded stakes race at the expense of Never Surprised shouldn’t have surprised anyone who watched the two 3-year-old turf prospects duel in Saturday’s Grade 2 Hill Prince at Belmont Park. The M.O. was as simple as it was familiar to anyone versed with […]

Mbappe (right) and Messi (left) are building a strong relationship at PSG. (Image: Twitter/kmbappe)

Barcelona Dream to Steal Mbappe from Real Madrid’s Hands

FC Barcelona is trying to hijack Real Madrid’s supposed deal with Kylian Mbappe according to Spanish paper AS. The 22-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and France superstar attempted to leave Paris over the summer to join Real, but PSG ignored all incoming bids from Madrid. Mbappe becomes a free agent in the […]

Caleb Williams has excelled for the Sooners since taking over the starting quarterback role at Oklahoma (Image: Washington Post)

Oklahoma, UCLA Players Could Dominate in College Football DFS Week 8

Week 8 of the college football season should bring plenty of shootouts, with such high-flying offenses as Oklahoma, Ole Miss and UCLA on the slate. We’ll probably want to sprinkle skill position players from these teams in our DFS rosters. Here are six to consider this week: Quarterbacks Caleb Williams, […]