After a frightening start to the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) that saw star jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. thrown from Mindframe and run over by Sierra Leone, 13-1 longshot Antiquarian went to win the race by 1 ½ lengths on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. Early reports said Ortiz experienced sore r...
What a ride! Fierceness stumbled at the start from the inside post, nearly crashed into the temporary rail, was expertly straightened out by jockey John Velazquez and went on to weave his way to victory over favorite Journalism in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday. Once again, it...
Jockey Junior Alvarado may have said it best after Sovereignty stormed to victory in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. “This is the horse of a lifetime,’’ he said after Sovereignty overpowered four rivals in a 10-length tour de force performance in one ...
With a final surge to the finish line, champion Thorpedo Anna held off a driving Dorth Vader by a nose and won the $500,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, gained a fees-paid automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Dist...
No bumping, no jostling, no issues, no problem for Sierra Leone. Seizing the lead from a game Highland Falls in the stretch with his patented closing style, Sierra Leone won the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) in front of packed house at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with favorite Fierceness fadi...
The racing world has seen upsets at Saratoga Race Course before, and handicappers worked diligently to find a way to come up with a surprise pick in the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) on Saturday. Jim Dandy's win marks three Grade 1s in a row for Sovereignty ...
Journalism sure has a flair for the dramatic. The star 3-year-old colt delivered a perfectly timed closing run and won the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Looking as if he was beaten while Gosger and Goal Oriented dueled for the lead in deep stretch, Journalism rallied i...
Is there a better older horse than Mindframe right now? Is reigning Horse of Year Thorpedo Anna on the road to reclaiming her title? The two put on quite a show at Churchill Downs on Saturday Mindframe, who ran a close second to Dornoch in the 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1) and the Haskell Stakes (G1), [&...
The rain stopped, the skies cleared, the track went from sloppy to muddy to good, and Sovereignty reigned supreme by once again outdueling Journalism and winning the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Sovereignty, who came from behind to top Journalism in the Kentucky Derby (G1)...
Let’s get ready for a Showdown at Saratoga – Preakness Stakes winner Journalism versus Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. In a remarkable recovery from jostling with a rival and some jockey elbowing in the stretch, Journalism fought through it all and won the...
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