Trainer Wesley Ward, known for his prowess with 2-year-olds, is eagerly anticipating how his filly Long Neck Paula fares in Thursday’s $175,000 Schuylerville Stakes, the traditional opening day feat...
Of the seven races set for Royal Ascot on Thursday, the 2 ½-mile Gold Cup (G1) is the main attraction and the lone group 1 on the day. The race, which used to be known as the “Ascot Gold Cup” but...
By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Sa...
Breeders’ Cup Day 1: Essential Quality is First Class in Winning Juvenile By Richard Rosenblatt Essential Quality delivered a breakthrough performance for owner, trainer, and jockey with a thrilling...
Breeders’ Cup Draw: Baffert’s Classic Trio Draw Outside Posts 8-9-10; Improbable 5-2 Favorite; Swiss Skydiver Going in Distaff By Richard Rosenblatt A little more drama was added to the Breeders�...
By Richard Rosenblatt After seven runner-up finishes in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), including last year when his Vino Rosso was DQ’d from first to second, Hall of Fame shoo-in Todd Pletcher final...
By Richard Rosenblatt This is why horse racing is such a fantastic sporting event, with or without spectators: On the East Coast, a little-known 3-year-old colt named Andrez Conquist delivered the rac...
By Ed McNamara Wesley Ward got his mojo back Saturday in a race he owns. In his last chance to avoid a shutout week at Royal Ascot, Ward teamed with Frankie Dettori to take the Group 2 Queen Mary Stak...
It was not a banner day for US-based horses at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. Yoshida finished fifth in the Queen Anne Stakes (G1), Bucchero was fifth in the King’s Stand Stakes and Lady Aurelia had her As...
Fresh off of a win at the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting, the Wesley Ward-trained Con Te Partiro has hit the road again, this time to contest the Del Mar Oaks (G1) at Del Mar on Saturday. Owned by Ha...
