https://www.bloodhorse.com/ Headlines and features from the Thoroughbred industry en-US (c) 2026 BloodHorse LLC https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292501/mendelssohn-gets-his-50th-black-type-stakes-winner Hark Theangelssing, a 3-year-old daughter of Mendelssohn, became her sire's 50th black-type stakes winner June 14, conquering the Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park.  https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292461/justifys-spicy-martini-surges-to-win-stradbroke Bargain buy Spicy Martini completed a rags-to-riches tale when she raced away with the June 13 AU$3 million Stradbroke Handicap (G1) at Eagle Farm Racecourse. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/292500/stakes-recap-salvator-mile-and-pegasus-stakes Maggie Wolfendale looks back at the Salvator Mile & the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292499/rayif-to-miss-st-jamess-palace-after-spiking-fever Rayif has been ruled out of the clash of the Guineas winners in the June 16 St James's Palace Stakes (G1) and was the major absentee among the day one declarations for Royal Ascot. Read more: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292498/diamond-necklace-keeps-perfect-record-in-prix-de-diane Diamond Necklace remained unbeaten after winning her second classic of the season in the Prix de Diane (G1) June 14. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292497/eight-more-flightline-babies-set-to-race-in-japan This week's Report from Japan takes a look at some of Flightline's 2-year-olds set to hit the track this year. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292496/meisho-tabaru-wins-takarazuka-kinen-eyes-arc-bid Meisho Tabaru earned entry to both the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) and Australia's Cox Plate (G1) with a victory in the Takarazuka Kinen (G1) June 14 at Hanshin Racecourse, but might more likely be spending the autumn in France. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292469/mizumi-powers-home-in-summertime-oaks Mizumi scores in the $100,500 Summertime Oaks (G3) June 13 at Santa Anita Park, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his record sixth victory in the race. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292468/freedoms-not-free-catches-sumter-in-daytona-stakes Freedom's Not Free, a stakes-winning 3-year-old turf horse last year in California, wins the June 13 Daytona Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park in his first start as a 4-year-old. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292467/luv-your-neighbor-breaks-through-with-delaware-oaks-win Luv Your Neighbor wins her first graded stakes race in the $295,000 Delaware Oaks (G3) June 13 at Delaware Park.  https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292456/diamond-necklace-formidable-in-prix-de-diane Diamond Necklace will attempt to become the first filly trained outside of France to achieve a significant treble, while keeping up the relentless pace achieved by Aidan O'Brien with his 3-year-olds this classic campaign.  https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292463/dona-clota-prevails-in-robert-g-dick-memorial Dona Clota holds off a late charge from Alluring Angel in the Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (G3T) June 13 at Delaware Park. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/292466/will-walden-talks-about-the-talent-of-la-rascasse Trainer Will Walden discusses the promise of Resolute Racing's Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes winner La Rascasse. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292464/burnham-square-tested-but-holds-on-to-win-chorleywood Grade 1 winner Burnham Square continues his raid of long-distance turf tests in Kentucky with a hard-fought neck triumph over Chapman's Peak in the fourth running of the $217,500 Chorleywood Stakes June 13 at Churchill Downs. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/292465/wilkes-burnham-squares-chorleywood-mwin-a-gut-check Trainer Ian Wilkes describes a close battle won by his horse, Burnham Square, in the June 13 Chorleywood Stakes at Churchill Downs. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292459/east-avenue-nips-bishops-bay-in-salvator-mile A little more than a year after his nose loss in the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, Godolphin's East Avenue comes out on the winning end of a tight finish in the $156,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) June 13 at Monmouth Park.  https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292458/gimme-a-nother-flashes-to-victory-in-eatontown Newstead Stables' Gimme a Nother makes a winning return from a nine-month layoff to claim the Eatontown Stakes (G3T) June 13 at Monmouth Park. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292462/vekoma-filly-breezes-fastest-quarter-in-20-2-5-at-obs On June 13, the final day of under-tack shows for the Ocala Breeders' Sales June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, Hip 876 worked the fastest quarter in :20 2/5. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292460/mitts-is-first-winner-for-gretzky-the-great Mitts, in his second career start, is placed first by disqualification giving his sire Gretzky the Great his initial winner in a 2-year-old maiden special weight race June 13 at Gulfstream Park. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292457/flightline-sires-first-winner-demian-scores-in-japan American sensation Flightline sires his first winner when Demian lands a 2-year-old newcomers' race June 13 at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/292470/nyra-bets-pegasus-stakes-baby-vino NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/292471/delaware-derby-big-cuddle Delaware Derby https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/292472/chorleywood-stakes-burnham-square Chorleywood Stakes https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/292473/new-york-stallion-cupecoys-joy-division-stakes-celtic-dawn New York Stallion Cupecoy's Joy Division Stakes https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/292474/obeah-stakes-chasten Obeah Stakes