Raging Sea catches Idiomatic late to win Personal Ensign
Trainer Chad Brown dealt reigning older female champion Idiomatic a second loss on the season in Friday’s $485,000 Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga, but not with the filly most expected. […]
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Chili Flag best of Brown quintet in Just a Game; Future Is Now takes Intercontinental photo
Chad Brown had Friday’s $500,000 Just a Game (G1) at Saratoga surrounded ahead of time as trainer of five of the seven starters. But as often happens, it was not the most fancied of his […]
Pyrenees outfinishes Kingsbarns in Pimlico Special; Shotgun Hottie romps in Allaire duPont
Blue Heaven Farm’s homebred Pyrenees made his stakes debut a winning one in Friday’s $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3), overhauling odds-on Kingsbarn in deep stretch. Trained by Cherie Devaux, who won three stakes at Pimlico Friday, […]
No More Time makes all in Sam F. Davis, Power Squeeze best in Suncoast
A trouble-free start and trip helped No More Time bounce back from a season-opening loss to win the $200,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. […]
Hades wins as Fierceness misfires in Holy Bull
The $260,000 Holy Bull (G3) claimed another juvenile champion victim on Saturday at Gulfstream Park when Fierceness, the 1-5 favorite, was a well-beaten third to the stakes-debuting Hades. Making his first start since a runaway […]
Parx: Nimitz Class upsets Gunite in Dirt Mile; Next wins by a pole in Greenwood Cup
Two prominent older horses met differing fates as 3-10 favorites on Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby Day undercard at Parx. Multiple Grade 1 winner Gunite had to settle for second when overtaken late by 6-1 chance Nimitz […]
Second-time starter Integration proves an all-pro in Virginia Derby
It took a long time for Integration to make it to the races, but he’s proven over the last four weeks at Colonial Downs that the wait was worth it. A 6 1/2-length debut winner […]
Shotgun Hottie springs Molly Pitcher upset; Proxy too classy in Monmouth Cup
Shotgun Hottie hit a new peak on Saturday when toppling odds-on favorite Search Results and five others in the $500,000 Molly Pitcher (G3) at Monmouth Park. Sent away the 8-1 fourth choice in the 1 […]
Sopran Basilea prevails in Robert G. Dick Memorial; Foggy Night envelops Delaware Oaks
Sopran Basilea gave Graham Motion his ninth win in the Robert G. Dick Memorial, and Foggy Night surprised in the Delaware Oaks. […]
Maple Leaf Mel rolls in Miss Preakness; Aspray, Train to Artemus win Pimlico stakes
Speed dominated Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3), one of three stakes recapped below on Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan undercard at Pimlico. Miss Preakness (G3) Now unbeaten from four starts, Maple Leaf Mel continued to impress recording […]