While discussion of the fallout from Irish Champions Weekend centers upon the five Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events, other races at Leopardstown and the Curragh turned up clues for the first weekend in […]
Both La Pelosa and Fog of War handled the stretch out to a mile beautifully in winning the Natalma (Can-G1) and Summer Stakes (Can-G1), respectively, at Woodbine on Sunday. In the process, they also earned […]
by Scott Shapiro In the first of 35 Road to the Kentucky Derby points races leading up to the 2019 “Run for the Roses,” it was longshot Cairo Cat running down even-money favorite Tight Ten […]
Ellis Park Debutante romper Serengeti Empress took the class hike, stretch-out, and venue change in stride to produce another shellacking in Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs. The 4-5 favorite took early control and […]
Every quarter of Oscar Performance’s gate-to-wire victory in Saturday’s $637,977 Woodbine Mile (Can-G1) at Woodbine was faster than the previous one, a strategy drawn up by assistant trainer Erin Lynch and executed perfectly by jockey […]
The Road to the 2019 Kentucky Oaks (G1) begins at Churchill Downs Saturday with the $200,000 Pocahontas S. (G2) – also a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) over the […]
by Teresa Genaro Just shy of three weeks ago, Gary Contessa, standing in the winner’s circle, said of Sippican Harbor, “Everything she does is unbelievable.” The filly had just broken her maiden in an off-the-turf […]
Catalina Cruiser won as he pleased in Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) at Del Mar, notching a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Churchill Downs in November. A “Win & You’re In” […]
Glorious Empire and Channel Maker were inseparable at the finish of last month’s Bowling Green (G2), but in Saturday’s $1,002,000 Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga, Glorious Empire made all with Channel Maker second throughout the 1 […]
by Teresa Genaro In his 21-race career, five-year-old Whitmore had run at nine racetracks. He’d won at five of them. He’d won one Grade 2, and four Grade 3s. But he’d never run at Saratoga […]
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