Saffie Joseph, Jr. has owned the Princess Rooney Stakes for the past three years. On Saturday at Gulfstream Park, he will try to make it four straight -- and he’ll have three chances to do it. Joseph sends out Kerry’s Kiss (5-2), Indy Bay (3-1) and Anakarina (9-2) in a field of seven for the [&h...
Bob Baffert is ready to embark on winning a record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby (G1), and he’ll open his quest Saturday at Churchill Downs, the home of the Derby, by sending out unbeaten Salahudin in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3). The 1-mile Iroquois for 2-year-olds is the first of 36 Kentu...
The $500,000 Natalma Stakes (G1) is Woodbine’s premier early-season test for 2-year-old fillies at a mile on Woodbine’s inner turf. It is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win, and You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 20. History and Past Winners Th...
Deterministic has been remarkably consistent at racing’s highest levels heading into Saturday’s $1 million Woodbine Mile (G1). The 5-year-old trained by Miguel Clement has won six straight stakes races, a streak that includes four Grade 1 triumphs. All good things come to an end, and Determinist...
Saturday’s E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1) is the afternoon’s main event at Woodbine’s Turf Festival. The feature for fillies and mares will be contested at 1 ¼ miles on the renovated E.P. Taylor turf course, which reopened a couple of weeks ago after a major renovation. It is a Breeders’ Cup Chall...
We have the utmost respect for trainer Charlie Appleby any time he ships one of his top-class turf horses from England over for a major North American stakes. That respect only grows when he targets a race he has already won, like Saturday’s $500,000 Summer Stakes (G1) for 2-year-olds at Woodbine....
Aidan O'Brien is the world's best trainer for two reasons: an endless supply of royally bred horses and relentless attention to detail. Before a race, the meticulous Irishman reminds his jockeys of the ins and outs of Plan A, then Plan B, and maybe even Plan C. Yet it can be nearly impossible to con...
Andrew Balding has been on a remarkable roll, but the 54-year-old Englishman isn't getting carried away. "Our luck will run out at some stage," he said, "but we are enjoying it while we can. " Balding is chasing all-time great Aidan O'Brien for the British Flat trainers' championship, which is decid...
The Road to the 153rd Kentucky Derby (G1) begins this Saturday at Churchill Downs with the first of 36 prep races awarding qualifying points to the Run for the Roses on May 1. The $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) has been the opening event for years, with the top five finishers earning Derby points on ...
The summer season of racing ended Monday on closing day at both Saratoga Race Course and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Jockey, trainer and owner titles had been decided prior to the end of the meets, but now the final numbers are in. Summer of Manny at the Spa Topping the charts is Manny Franco, [&...
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