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Royal Ascot Day 1: Favorites, Aussies Dominate

Favorite Charyn takes Queen Ann; 129-1 Longshot wins Coventry The five-day Greatest Show on Turf got rolling on a warm Tuesday, and as always, Royal Ascot showcased a bit of everything. The first four races, all graded stakes, went to a 3-1 favorite, a 129-1 shot, an Australian shipper, and to Irish...
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Prince of Wales’s Highlights Royal Ascot Day Two

The mild weather in England will continue through Wednesday, day two at Royal Ascot, so once again firm conditions are expected.  The feature on the second day of the meet is the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (GIT), a 1 ¼-mile event named in 1892 for the Prince of Wales and now run in honor of [&hell...
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Tuscan Sky Breezes to Victory in Pegasus Stakes

Tuscan Sky returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday, taking charge in the stretch and rolling to a 6 ¼-length over Domestic Product in the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. The gray 3-year-old son of Vino Rosso was ridden aggressively from the rail by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano an...
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What’s Next after the Triple Crown?

With a surprising finish in the Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, the Triple Crown came to a close with a different 3-year-old winning each race for the sixth year in a row. The Travers could be a next meeting for all three Triple Crown race winners Dornoch, sent off at 17-1 on Saturday, won by [&hel...
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Door Finally Opens for Dornoch in Belmont Stakes

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Dornoch, the Belmont Stakes winner, that’s who! Not the Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Not the Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Gray. Not the favorite Sierra Leone. Dornoch is a full brother to last year's Kentucky Derby winner Mage Dornoch pulled off a stunner in ...
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