Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty has already posted a workout in preparation for the $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 7. Preakness Stakes winner Journalism heads to Saratoga this week after his remarkable victory on Saturday and is possible for the Belmont in what could be ...
It was a Breeders’ Cup qualifying weekend in Kentucky and Ireland, but we’re going to single out a 2-year-old gelding who won the $102,000 Smoke Glacken Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Book’em Danno! Yes, that’ the name of the Derek Ryan trainee, referring to the catch phra...
The long road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) opens with the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on Sept. 16 -- the first of 37 qualifying races that will determine the field for the Run for the Roses on the first Saturday in May. Churchill Downs made a few tweaks to the schedule by […]...
Sunday’s $300,000 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1) marks closing day of the prestigious summer racing season at Del Mar, but before heading back North to Santa Anita Park (and some to Los Alamitos), seven juveniles will square off over seven furlongs in an attempt to claim the title as the West Coas...
Get ready for another turf extravaganza at Kentucky Downs on Saturday (Sept. 9) – six $1 million races, two of them “Win and You’re In’’ Breeders’ Cup automatic qualifiers, and an overflow field of 16 entered for the $1.7 million Kentucky Turf Cup (G2). The Turf Cup at 1 ½ miles is load...
Irad Ortiz, Jr., Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables easy winners as top jockey, owner After 40 days of racing at Saratoga, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and owner Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables were runaway title winners, while the trainers’ crown ended in a dead heat between Linda Rice and Chad Brow...
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...
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