Participate in West Point Thoroughbreds’ 2020 Florida Derby Challenge and win a free ownership experience in a 2-year-old filly by Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense trained by John Shirreffs (trainer of Zenyatta!)  Contest involves selecting the winner of each of the 10 stakes races on Florida Derby day at Gulfstream and closes at 12:45 ET […]

A year ago this week, Chestertown joined the fold as the most expensive sale purchase in West Point Thoroughbreds’ history, topping the OBS March sale. On Saturday, he will tackle the $1-million Louisiana Derby, the biggest qualifying race thus far on the 2020 prep schedule for the Kentucky Derby. Of course, the Road to the […]

Hard Not to Love has been nearly perfect in sprint races. On Saturday, she will tackle a new challenge, stretching out around two turns in the $400,000 Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita. The one-eyed filly owns five wins in six career starts for trainer John Shirreffs, who has done valiant work managing her quirks […]

Room to Finish can wrap up the Fair Grounds meet on a personal high note Saturday, bidding for stakes glory on the turf in the $60,000 Red Camelia for Louisiana-breds. The 5yo mare has been at home in New Orleans with four wins and two seconds in six starts over the Fair Grounds course. She […]

Ever see the Seinfeld scene where Kramer watches hopelessly as his “sure thing” horse struggles at the back of the field, only to come alive at the last possible moment and rallies for a narrow victory? Freaky Styley provided a similar rollercoaster of emotions Saturday at Aqueduct – a normally speedy colt who looked sluggish […]

Two wins at Aqueduct and another in New Orleans highlighted a big Saturday across the country for the West Point Thoroughbreds black and gold. Desbordes and Septimius Severus led the charge in New York for the combination of trainer George Weaver and red-hot jockey Manny Franco. Desbordes broke through emphatically, drawing off to an 11 […]

West Point’s Joe Migliore is back with a handicapping guide for a pair of turf maiden special weight races on Saturday’s card at Gulfstream Park.  

Hard Not to Love handled another challenge with ease on Saturday, cruising to victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita. The one-eyed filly improved to five wins in six career starts for trainer John Shirreffs. Like in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes on December 28, she rumbled home from […]

Hard Not to Love can enhance an already sparkling record when she begins her four-year-old season on Saturday in the $200,000, Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita. The one-eyed filly owns four wins in five career starts. She nailed her first Graded stakes assignment on December 28, rumbling home from last place to […]

After Hard Not to Love soared to a Grade 1 win in the La Brea Stakes on December 28, the original plan was to wait to run her again until the Grade 1 Beholder Mile Stakes on March 14, but she had other ideas, convincing trainer John Shirreffs that she is primed and ready for […]

After two easy wins on dirt, Carressa switched to turf for her stakes debut on January 20 and came away with an impressive victory in the Grade 3 Megahertz at Santa Anita. Under Victor Espinoza, the 4-year-old filly drove to the front turning for home, spurted away and lasted gamely by three-quarters of a length […]

We encourage people seriously considering ownership with us to attend the sales with the West Point buying team. It’s an educational opportunity to learn about assessing conformation and identifying athletes as you get an “inside baseball” look at the sales process. It’s a good way to engage with the people who will be stewards of […]

An exclamation point for West Point Thoroughbreds’ 2019 season came from a remarkable filly on December 28 at Santa Anita. Hard Not to Love, who lost her left eye as a young horse, became a Grade 1 winner in the La Brea Stakes, storming home from last to first under Hall of Fame jockey Mike […]

Every December we gather with Partners in Florida for a glimpse of what we have to look forward to in the coming year.  This past Saturday was the annual winter open house at Eddie Woods training center in Ocala for a first look at yearlings training on the track, many of them only a month […]

Like a classic Thanksgiving feast, West Point relished a bit of just about everything in collecting three wins over the holiday weekend. There was a high-profile 2-year-old in Chestertown, who aced his second career start Sunday in New York. A few hours later, stakes winner Seven Trumpets put a bow around the Churchill Downs season […]

“Carressa and Victor Espinoza absolutely trotting in!“ That was the description from the Del Mar track announcer as Carressa cruised through the stretch Friday to win by more than 8 lengths in a breakout performance. Carressa is the latest filly with terrific upside to emerge from a group West Point acquired through bloodstock agent David […]

John Sadler has built one of the best racing stables in the country over the last three decades, but he believes that right now is the strongest his operation has ever been in a key area, the assistant trainers who help run his barns at Santa Anita Park and Los Alamitos Race Course. What is […]

The pace has been strong for West Point Thoroughbreds in 2019, and a big finish could be enough for the stable to set a new record for wins in a season. Replete’s victory at Churchill Downs last weekend was West Point’s 54th win of 2019. That is one win behind the total for all of […]

Soldier Boy capped a strong Breeders’ Cup lead-in for West Point Thoroughbreds over the weekend, breaking his maiden by 5 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday. The victory came after Hard Not to Love captured the Friday feature at Santa Anita and Giza Goddess chipped in a second-place finish in Saturday’s Grade 3 Autumn […]

Decorated Invader drew beautifully with post position four in a full field and is listed at 4-to-1 for Friday’s Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita. The race will air live on NBC Sports Network, with a scheduled post time of 4:52 p.m. Eastern/1:52 p.m. Pacific. Decorated Invader is the only Grade 1 […]