Champions Dream overcomes trouble in Nashua; Sam too Good in Tempted
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. swept both stakes for two-year-olds at Aqueduct on Sunday, piloting Champions Dream in the Nashua (G3) and Good Sam in the Tempted. […]
Peter Brant
In Italian puts on front-running show in course-record Diana
Saturday’s Diana (G1) shaped up as a tricky contest on paper, with four well-credentialed Chad Brown trainees. But In Italian dominated her better-fancied stablemates using tactics of brutal simplicity. […]
Regal Glory finally gets Just a Game trophy for Brant
Fourth in the past two runnings of the Just a Game (G1), Regal Glory arrived in Saturday’s $480,000 renewal in the form of her life, and it showed. […]
Seventh heaven for Bleecker Street in New York; Caravel sails in Intercontinental
Bleecker Street extended her record to 7-for-7 in Friday’s New York (G1) and Caravel led throughout in the Intercontinental (G3). […]
Unbeaten Bleecker Street deep-sixes competition in Modesty
Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat kicked off Kentucky Oaks Day action when they captured the $250,000 Modesty Stakes. […]
Regal Glory rolls from far back in Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Although Saturday’s inaugural $490,500 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G3) served up a couple of tactical plot twists, 4-5 favorite Regal Glory ensured a logical conclusion at Gulfstream Park. […]
Blowout controls pace in Churchill Distaff Turf Mile
With the scratch of pace rival Jakarta, 19-10 favorite Blowout capitalized as the controlling speed in Saturday’s Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2). […]
Sottsass prevails, Enable sixth in French sweep of Arc
As Enable’s worldwide fan club watched her chances of a third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) sink beneath the ParisLongchamp mire, Sottsass rose to the occasion to fulfill the Arc dreams of his connections. […]
Dunbar Road leads select cast in Beldame
Last seen landing the July 11 Delaware H. (G2), Dunbar Road returns to her happy hunting ground of Belmont Park for Sunday’s $150,000 Beldame Stakes (G2). The 1 1/8-mile, one-turn affair is not part of […]
American Sailor promoted in Troy; My Sister Nat wins Waya for Brant
Saturday’s $200,000 Troy Stakes (G3) at Saratoga turned out to be all about Imprimis – first in a good sense, that the classy comebacker was back to his best, but then in an unfortunate sense, […]