Bellera sees luck turn around in Comely
The second time in graded company was the charm for Bellera, who wore down the pacesetting Gold Standard in midstretch and drew off to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Comely (G3) at Aqueduct […]
Todd Pletcher
Pletcher gains first Breeders’ Cup Classic win with Vino Rosso
Trainer Todd Pletcher won his first Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 2, when Vino Rosso surged past tiring favorite McKinzie in the stretch. […]
2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic Transcript
Transcript for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic with winner Vino Rosso. […]
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 […]
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 […]