Sweet Melania much the best in Jessamine
What looked a competitive race on paper instead turned into a procession for Sweet Melania as the daughter of American Pharoah ran away from 13 rivals in the stretch of the $200,000 Jessamine (G2) at […]
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Street Band springs minor upset in Cotillion
Making a sustained rally from near the back, Street Band handed 11-10 favorite Guarana her first career defeat in the $1 million Cotillion (G1) at Parx on Saturday. The 7-1 fifth choice in the field […]
Social Paranoia, Princesa Carolina break through in Dueling Grounds Derby, Oaks
As the runner-up in the Belmont Derby (G1) and fourth in the Saratoga Derby, Social Paranoia would have fit in the concluding leg of NYRA’s Turf Triple, the Jockey Club Derby on Saturday. Instead trainer […]
Europeans turn Jockey Club Derby-Oaks double with Spanish Mission, Edisa
Saturday’s inaugural runnings of the $1 million Jockey Club Derby and Jockey Club Oaks at Belmont Park proved a much happier hunting ground for Europeans than had the first two legs of their respective turf […]
Constitution’s Our Country, American Pharoah’s Eagerly clash in With Anticipation
Freshman sire Constitution has gotten off to a fast start with two graded winners already this summer, and Our Country will try to raise the tally to three in Wednesday’s $150,000 With Anticipation (G3) at […]
Brown stable on pace for a rare three Eclipse champion season
Chad Brown’s been voted three Eclipse Awards in a row as Outstanding Trainer, and it could be difficult to deny him a fourth if one particular achievement, that’s currently trending in his direction, comes to […]
Channel Cat leads throughout in Bowling Green upset
Disinterest from some of his 11 opponents in setting the pace worked to the advantage of Channel Cat in Saturday’s $250,000 Bowling Green (G2) at Saratoga. Sent to the front by Luis Saez when no […]
King for a Day runs down Maximum Security, Mucho Gusto prevails over Roadster
A pair of stakes contests on Sunday featured the returns of disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security and also-ran Roadster, but neither were able to score in their respective races. First up in the $150,000 […]
Maximum Security returns in Pegasus as prep for Haskell
Last seen being disqualified after passing the post first in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Maximum Security begins the second half of the season as the pro tem divisional leader, by default, thanks to a muddled […]
Marconi wires Brooklyn to wrap up 2019 Belmont Stakes Festival
With the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) in the books, many probably exited Belmont Park thinking all the excitement was done for the day. They would have been wrong. Marconi wrapped up the […]