Although the Bashford Manor (G3) is the feature race at Churchill Downs on Saturday, I was drawn to the Debutante, which is the seventh race on the closing-day card and features a field of eight 2-yea...
This year marks the 62nd running of the historic Mother Goose Stakes (GII), the second leg of the New York Filly Triple Tiara. Since Monomoy Girl, who won the Acorn Stakes (GI) back on June 9, won’t...
Though she’s been made the 9-5 favorite in today’s Grade I Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park, I have some nagging doubts about Separationofpowers as she prepares to stamp her ticket to the Breeders�...
Often, handicapping two-year-old races — even two-year-old stakes races — come down to esoteric factors like breeding, workouts and trainer stats. But every once in a while, the numbers — the ...
This year marks the 66th running of the Alcibiades Stakes (GI), the signature fall destination race for 2-year-old fillies at Keeneland. Always a major prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G...
Over the past 10 years, just three fillies have won both the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and the Chandelier Stakes (G1) — Songbird, Executiveprivilege and Stardom Bound. In this year’s edition of Santa...
Bridlewood, Magnier, Tabor and Smith’s Moonshine Memories rose to the top of the Southern California juvenile fillies division with her impressive wire-to-wire score by a half-length in the $300,690...
While favored Separationofpowers engaged in a wicked speed duel in the early stages of the Spinaway Stakes (G1), Lady Ivanka stalked and pounced on those leaders in midstretch and held off a threateni...
The Spinaway Stakes has long been one of the most prestigious races on the calendar for 2-year-old fillies and has been captured by such fillies as Flanders, Meadow Star, Awesome Humor, and more recen...
Labor Day weekend marks the closing days of the exciting summer racing on both coasts — Saratoga in New York and Del Mar in California. And Labor Day weekend also marks exciting action from the juve...
