The $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G2) on Saturday is a key Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep offering 100-50-25-15-10 points to the top five finishers. A top race for 3-year-old fillies in California, the race has sent many runners on to Churchill Downs to wear the garland of lilies under the Twin Sp...
Trainer Gary Contessa, who opened the 2023 Saratoga Race Course meet with a 21-1 upset in the Schuylerville (G3), closed the 40-day summer season when Nutella Fella posted a stunning 54-1 upset in the $300,00 Hopeful (G1) on Monday. Under Mike Venezia Award winning jockey Junior Alvarado, Nutella Fe...
Javier Castellano's Remarkable Comeback: A Triumph in the 2020s The 2020s have been challenging for Javier Castellano, to say the least. The Hall of Fame jockey had COVID-19 early in 2020. He had hip surgery at the end of the year, and he’s battled a series of injuries over the past few years. Bus...
Bright Future took the lead with a quarter mile to go, then outdueled hard-charging Proxy and won the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup by a head bob on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-year-old Curlin colt ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano earned a fees-paid berth in the $6 million Bre...
He has so many 2-year-olds, Bob Baffert sometimes just doesn’t know what to do. He’s hopeful, though, that the pair he sends to Saratoga will fare well at the track’s traditional closing day $300,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1). The Hall of Fame trainer entered Muth and Mission Beach in the 7-furlong ...
This year, the 10-furlong Pacific Classic (G1) will be contested for the 33rd time and is again a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), set to be held this year at Santa Anita Park just 100 miles north of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. In 20...
McKulick has posted victories in Grade 1, 2, and 3 stakes, has finished in the top 3 in 10 of 11 career starts, and is now seeking her first two-race winning streak. Hard to believe the 4-year-old filly trained by Chad Brown has yet to put together two straight wins, but the $500,000 Flower Bowl [&h...
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr.'s Bid for Saratoga Riding Title & Weekend Race Highlights Irad Ortiz, Jr. could have a weekend to remember as he wraps up his fifth riding title at Saratoga Race Course. Ortiz, who has been atop the Spa’s jockey standings since the start of the nation’s most prestigiou...
You know the purse is huge if Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher -- one of the more patient trainers in the game -- is going all in with Annapolis after a short three-week turnaround in the $2 million Mint Millions Mile (G3) at Kentucky Downs on Saturday. There’s a base purse of $1 million, with [&hellip...
Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Arcangelo barreled into the lead in the stretch to capture the $1.25 million Travers (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, where earlier in the day two horses suffered catastrophic injuries. It was another huge victory for Jena Antonucci as she became the first female ...
Echo Zulu Set to Shine in $500,000 Ballerina Handicap Clash against Reigning Champ Goodnight Olive Echo Zulu, first or second in all but one of her 10 lifetime starts, looks to burnish her perfect 2023 resume as she takes on reigning female sprint champion Goodnight Olive and six others in a stellar...
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