Irish Champions Weekend, Saturday edition, was characterized by upset winners. The 25-1 Decorated Knight swooped fast and late in the Irish Champion (G1), and the 20-1 Hydrangea nipped even-money Winter in the Matron (G1). The […]
After a trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge events at Leopardstown Saturday, Irish Champions Weekend concludes Sunday with another outstanding program at the Curragh, including two “Win & You’re In” races. Amazingly but not surprisingly, Aidan […]
Trainer Aidan O’Brien is favored to pull off a Group 1 double at Leopardstown Saturday, with star sophomores Churchill and Winter ranking as odds-on favorites in the Irish Champion (G1) and Matron (G1) respectively. The […]
After being beaten 50 3/4 lengths in the 1 11/16-mile American St. Leger, trainer Mikhail Yanakov shortened Applicator — who who he also bred and owns — up to a five-furlong allowance race before returning […]
The connections of both Snapper Sinclair and Ultima D plan to head to the Breeders’ Cup. The question is whether they’ll use a race at Keeneland to get there. Snapper Sinclair won the Kentucky Downs […]
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart appeared to be the likely controlling speed on paper in Monday’s $250,000 Bernard Baruch (G2), and so it proved a straightforward task for the 2-1 favorite. The Brian Lynch trainee […]
It was a close run thing, but Pure Sensation stayed perfect on the Parx Racing turf course on Labor Day when riding the rail to victory in the $200,000 Turf Monster H. (G3). Winner of […]
Trainer Simon Callaghan’s two-year-olds are in such rare form at the moment that not even post 13 in Sunday’s $103,105 Del Mar Juvenile Turf could thwart his Encumbered. With jockey Mario Gutierrez engineering a fine […]
by TERESA GENARO Owner Ron Winchell of Winchell Thoroughbreds admitted to some nervousness heading into the $735,000 Woodward (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, but Gun Runner left no room for doubt with a dominant […]
Three years after American Pharoah lost his career debut at Del Mar and came right back to win second time out at the seaside, his full brother St Patrick’s Day can make a similar claim […]
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