The Cigar Mile Handicap is named for two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, the winner of 16 consecutive races from 1994-1996. The race was called the NYRA Mile Handicap from 1988-1996 and renamed the Cigar Mile Handicap in 1997. This story was initially published by usracing.com in 2019. The 35th runnin...
The Cigar Mile Handicap is named for two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, the winner of 16 consecutive races from 1994-1996. The race was called the NYRA Mile Handicap from 1988-1996 and renamed the Cigar Mile Handicap in 1997. This story was initially published by usracing.com in 2019. The 35th runnin...
Scylla launched a bold five-wide move on the turn for home to take charge and hold off Shotgun Hottie by a neck in the $500,000 Fleur De Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Scylla remained undefeated at Churchill Downs with her Fleur de Lis win The 4-year-old filly ridden by Javier Caste...
Undefeated in three starts at Churchill Downs, including back-to-back wins in her two most recent races, Juddmonte’s Scylla takes on five other fillies and mares as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in a salty edition of the $500,000 Fleur de Lis (G2) on Saturday. Scylla is so far undefeated at Church...
The 156th Belmont Stakes (G1) is Saturday, June 8, at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 ¼-mile race, shortened from 1 ½ miles due to the change of venue as the Belmont Park rebuild continues, is the final leg of the Triple Crown. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. RESILIENCE Bill Mot...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. RESILIENCE Even at an early age, Resilience evidenced the kind of self-assurance you might expec...
It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when 80-1 shot Rich Strike spurted by along the inside to devastate Steve Asmussen. Asmussen is 0-for-25 ...
Welcome to the 150th Kentucky Derby, Bill Mott. Resilience swept into the lead around the final turn and cruised to an easy victory in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday, giving Hall of Famer Mott a solid contender in the Run for the Roses. Resilience Romped in the Wood Memorial...
Cody’s Wish, his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, and breeder/owner Godolphin were the brightest stars at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night, combing for five championship trophies, including the top award for Horse of Year and Older Dirt Male, as well as top trainer, owner, and breeder. Mott als...
The soft-spoken guy from South Dakota guided Cigar through a record-tying 16-race winning streak in 1995 and 1996, and two years later Bill Mott made more history. He was only 45 in 1998 when he became the youngest trainer ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. A quarter of a century later, at 70, he ...
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