Bob Baffert is a world-famous trainer for his masterful handling of 3-year-old colts, most of whom were precocious stars at 2. He’s won a record 17 American classics, including two Triple Crowns, and 15 of his 22 Eclipse champions were males. Of his six Hall of Famers -- Silver Charm, Silverbullet...
Nothing says Saratoga like a lucrative grass stakes, and the Spa will present two on Friday -- the $400,000 Saratoga Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies and the $500,000 Hall of Fame Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds. Cinderella's Dream is the one to beat in the Saratoga Oaks Cinderella’s Dream (Oaks) and ...
After a rocky start in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Thorpedo Anna proved once again she relishes a challenge. So does her trainer, Kenny McPeek. Following her 4 ½-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile race – her third straight Grade 1 win – McPeek toyed with...
In a humdinger of the Haskell Stakes (G1), Dornoch took the lead, relinquished it not once but twice, and re-rallied each time for a 1 ¼-length victory over Mindframe on Saturday at Monmouth Park. The stretch run was similar to the 1 ¼-mile Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on June 8, when Dornoch b...
After a brief post-Los Alamitos respite, racing returns to Southern California on Saturday as The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s 2024 summer race meet gets underway for the 85th time. The San Diego-area track will operate on Saturday and Sunday for the first week of of the meeting and switch to a Thu...
Thorpedo Anna will face just four other 3-year-old fillies as she goes in search of her third straight Grade 1 victory on Saturday in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course. Half her opponents hail from the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher, an eight-time winner of the 1 1/8-mi...
Bob Baffert is usually the trainer with the muscle in the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Monmouth Park. Baffert has won the Jersey Shore’s midsummer classic for 3-year-olds a record nine times. No one else comes close. In a departure from the norm, the silver-haired Hall of Fame wil...
From coast to coast, the summer season of racing kicks into high gear this weekend with $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore, the traditional $200,000 San Clemente Handicap (G2) at Del Mar, and the $500,000 Coaching Club Oaks (G1) at Saratoga. Saturday marks the return...
Jockey Flavien Prat left no doubt about the gameplan with Whitebeam in the $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday – take the lead and stay there. Whitebeam won the 1 1/8-mile Diana for the second year in a row, holding off Moria by three-quarters of a length in a field of [...
So far, Studlydoright has done no wrong in the first two races of his career – a 1 ½-length win at 4 ½ furlongs at Laurel on May 5 and a 1 ¾-length victory in the 5 ½-furlong Tremont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 6. On Saturday, the Maryland-bred son of Nyquist goes […]...
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