Appropriate for his name, Speechify amplified a remarkable story on December 27 as he dismissed another challenge in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Gulfstream Park. ... More

[Becrux] was a stocky, gritty runner who gave Team Valor investors thrills again and again. That s why when the horse s form began to wane, managing partner Barry Irwin dug into his own pockets to purchase the horse outright and retire him to a slower pace of life. ... More

Team Valor International s 4yo homebred filly Three Hearts, well positioned throughout by jockey Joe Talamo, dug deep down the homestretch of the Bing Crosby Turf Course to score a convincing upset at odds of 29 to 1 in the $100,000 Red Carpet Handicap. She joins Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf hero Pluck as the second Graded winner for her dam Secret Heart. ... More

Euro Charline is on her way back home to England and to the care of trainer Marco Botti, a year to the date of her debut win at Wolverhampton, off the beaten path for a horse who would develop into the only 3-year-old to win Arlington Park s Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes. ... More

Speechify is an amazingly talented horse that had been unable to show his true ability until Sunday when he put it all together at Gulfstream Park West in the $75,000 Kenny Noe Jr. Stakes. ... More

Team Valor International today honored writer Lucas Marquardt with the third annual Stan Bergstein Writing Award for his story in the Thoroughbred Daily News magazine on the introduction and growing departure of synthetic racetracks in the United States. ... More

Team Valor International presented 11 stories this week to judges who will select the winner of the 2014 Stan Bergstein Writing Award. The stories address a broad spectrum of racing topics, from drug issues to buzzers, a con man, racing surfaces, and trainer suspensions. ... More

Beverly D. Stakes winner Euro Charline will return to trainer Marco Botti in England for a 4-year-old campaign that will include a bid for the $6-million Dubai Duty Free at Meydan racecourse. ... More

Team Valor International has nominated a recent Op/Ed by Bill Finley in the Thoroughbred Daily News for the 2014 Stan Bergstein Writing Award. ... More

Edward "Ned" Bonnie will deliver the keynote speech at the third annual Stan Bergstein Writing Award presentation in Lexington on November 14 at the Thoroughbred Club of America. "Ned has been at the forefront of the medication issue as long as anybody and his work has been admirable and important," said Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin. ... More

A standout yearling when purchased as the highest-priced colt in the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select sale, Savoy Stomp showed plenty of potential on the racetrack on September 27 when he cruised to a debut win on Belmont Park s Super Saturday card. ... More

Team Valor International has raced more than 130 stakes winners through the years but the horse who improved the most over the course of a season is Panama Hat, a 3-year-old who has yet to appear in a stakes race but has thrilled his connections in an incredible rise that continued on Sunday in the finale of Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh. ... More

In Panama Hat's stiffest challenge to date, he rose to the occasion with his most impressive performance, pouncing from just off the pace and a wide position throughout to win by daylight again, this time for a $69,000 pot on Polytrack under fill-in jockey Fran Berry. ... More

The region-specific name proved no barrier for Euro Charline, who emerged as an American star with a flair for history on August 16 when she surged to a ground-breaking victory in the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington Park near Chicago. ... More

Citing Barry Irwin's leadership in the industry and staunch stance on banning drugs in the sport of horse racing, Equine Advocates has bestowed upon the Team Valor founder the prestigious "Equine Savior Award." ... More

Team Valor International has enjoyed quite a unique ride with 3-year-old gelding Panama Hat in Ireland over a 20-day span in which he has dominated 4 consecutive handicap races, including 3 in one week. ... More

The depths of the loopholes in Florida s racetrack regulatory system are exposed quite vividly in a Paulick Report glimpse of Quarter Horse racing at Oxford Downs that has been nominated for the Stan Bergstein Writing Award. ... More

Secret Heart, the dam of Breeders' Cup hero Pluck, was the ideal mare, says Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin, who brought her to America 10 years ago. ... More

Clear ties between permissive raceday medication in American racing and a major decline in average starts per horse are examined in a Thoroughbred Daily News column by Bill Finley that Team Valor has nominated for the Stan Bergstein Writing Award. ... More

Euro Charline showed up on one racing s biggest stages today, delivering a superb performance with a great deal of courage in a third-place finish at Royal Ascot in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes. ... More

During the Saratoga meet this summer, Barry Irwin will be presented with the Equine Adcovates' Ellen and Herbert Moelis Equine Savior Award for his work to ban the use of race-day medications in horses. ... More

Occasionally a relative pauper does manage to gatecrash the party every once in a while in horse racing. Take Team Valor partner Dave Dillon, who works as a hotel controller in Chicago -- and who's absolutely convinced of one thing."I make no bones about the being the luckiest guy alive," he volunteered within seconds of speaking to CNN. ... More

Xavier Shav Aizpuru, a key member of Rick Mettee s team for more than a year now, has been promoted to assistant trainer, a position that reflects his important place in the organization. ... More

Grandma's Hands, who displayed enough to warrant a rating of 79 in three starts at two, showed herself to have trained on very well when making light of a 211 day absence in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden at Naas. Chris Hayes was never far away in the famous Team Valour silks as Grandma's Hands became the second chestnut daughter of Teofilo to score on the evening, following on from Tarfasha in the Blue Wind Stakes. ... More

Use of illegal electrical devices in American horse racing was a damning part of recent undercover video distributed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but there was little specific information presented along with the anecdotes from several horsemen who were secretly being filmed. ... More

The return of Barry Irwin, both as a buyer and seller, and the inclusion of Team Valor International s first full major consignment to a South African sale, helped lead to increases in median, average and gross sales this week at the National Yearling Sale in suburban Johannesburg, South Africa. ... More

Barry Irwin discusses his racing roots, including inspiration for the Team Valor name, and covers many other bases in a Q&A with the Sporting Post newspaper. ... More

She s a Pippa summoned what seemed to be every last inch of her tiny frame to win by the narrowest of margins today in the Listed East Cape Oaks at Fairview racecourse in South Africa. ... More

Tight traffic almost turned into a nightmare and kept Euro Charline out of the winner s circle today in her Team Valor debut, but she still managed to make quite an impression with her second-place finish in the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket in England, which could lead her to the most prestigious race in the world for 3-year-old fillies. ... More

Team Valor International is pleased to announce Tom Hammond, Karen Johnson, Tom Keyser, John Pricci and John Sparkman as the judges for the third annual Stan Bergstein Writing Award. ... More

Briana Mott has been tabbed by Team Valor International President Barry Irwin to fill Megan Jones's role as director of client relations for the company. Jones recently was promoted to Team Valor Vice President. ... More

Team Valor International has the pulled the plug on preparing Mexikoma for a Kentucky Derby prep race and will focus instead on the final leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes on June 7. ... More

Megan McLeod Jones, 29, today has been promoted from director of client relations with Team Valor International to vice-president of the company. ... More

Animal Kingdom is doing well one month into his first season at stud in the Northern Hemisphere, with reports beginning to trickle in of his first in-foal broodmares, including a proven producer from Team Valor s band. ... More

Mexikoma appeared on a lot of Kentucky Derby lists after closing stoutly for third, racing against a speed bias at Gulfstream Park in his 3-year-old debut on February 22, but a lung infection cost him 15 days of downtime as he battled back from sickness. The medium-sized Birdstone colt returned to the track this Sunday morning, after walking in the shedrow for the past few days at Palm Meadows. ... More

While horses like Cairo Prince, Candy Boy, Honor Code, Shared Belief and Top Billing divvy up the headlines, talented 3-year-olds such as Mexikoma have fallen under the radar. ... More

Song of Happiness is both the name of a filly and an apt description of what her connections were in the mood for after the homebred Giant s Causeway filly out of Captain s Lover realized a final bid at yesterday s first of two 2014 sessions of the Cape Thoroughbred Yearling Sale. ... More

Team Valor International will offer the Stan Bergstein Writing Award again in 2014 and has already nominated two stories for its panel of judges to consider. ... More

Team Valor International concluded 2013 in its usual position atop the standings for stakes wins among North American public partnerships. Team Valor collected 10 added-money wins in 2013 and sister stable Valor Ladies scored another to push the total to 11. ... More