Pure Sensation, Imperial Hint win Breeders’ Cup preps at Parx
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 […]
Breeders’ Cup
Encumbered finds post 13 no burden in Del Mar Juvenile Turf
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 […]
Gun Runner advertises Breeders’ Cup Classic claims in Woodward romp
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 […]
St Patrick’s Day, American Pharoah’s baby brother, breaks maiden at Del Mar
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 […]
No Joy for Euros in Sword Dancer as Sadler’s gets Money
With most of the pre-race chatter about European shippers Idaho and Erupt, and Chad Brown’s Money Multiplier attracting plenty of money at the windows, Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy was lost in the shuffle ahead […]
Danzing Candy out of Pat O’Brien, retired
The complexion of Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) was suddenly altered with the Friday afternoon news that Danzing Candy, the 8-5 morning-line favorite, was injured. Not only was the Bob Baffert trainee out of the […]
Marsha nips Lady Aurelia on line in Nunthorpe
No match for Lady Aurelia in the King’s Stand (G1) at Royal Ascot, Marsha conjured up a form reversal Friday in a heart-stopping conclusion to York’s Nunthorpe (G1). As the odds-on Lady Aurelia disposed of […]
Danzing Candy puts streak on line in Pat O’Brien; Shared Belief comes up tough
Major stakes action doesn’t stop after Saratoga’s Travers Day bonanza, for later Saturday evening, Breeders’ Cup host site Del Mar stages two significant events – the $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) over seven furlongs and the […]
Enable strengthens grip on Arc favoritism with Yorkshire Oaks conquest
Small field, no pacesetter, no problem for the streaking Enable, who adopted the do-it-yourself approach and steamrolled her rivals in Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks (G1). Now the imperious winner of three Oaks plus the King George […]
Ulysses punches ticket to BC Turf in Juddmonte International
A return trip to the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) has generally been a long range goal for Ulysses, and on Wednesday afternoon the four-year-old colt punched his ticket to Del Mar on November 4 while […]