Articles by Tommy Raymond
Tomoya Ozasa’s T O Elvis pulled away with authority in his U.S. debut Saturday in the $939,600 Churchill Downs (G1) at Churchill Downs, easily dispatching a highly regarded field and rolling to a 3 1/4-length victory under jockey Ryusei Sakai.
Read ArticleCrude Velocity came into Saturday’s $741,330 Pat Day Mile S. (G2) at Churchill Downs unbeaten in two tries and proved to be one to watch in the coming months in scoring a tough victory against pacesetter Englishman. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden to victory by Florent Geroux, the CSLR Racing Partners' color-bearer earned a black-type score in his initial try.
Read ArticleFlying Dutchman Breeding and Racing's Shred the Gnar came into Friday’s $1 million La Troienne (G1) off a very troubled trip in the Royal Delta (G3) at Gulfstream and made amends over a game Fully Subscribed.
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Kopion was making her first career start both outside of California and on a track other than fast.
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Simply in Front was barely that at the conclusion of Saturday’s $740,670 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2) at Churchill Downs, but that was just enough against this highly competitive and compact field.
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Reddam Racing’s Look Forward showed that a return to one-turn racing is what the doctor ordered when she prevailed by 1 1/4 lengths in Friday’s $579,660 Eight Belles (G2) under cloudy skies at Churchill Downs.
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Alpha Delta Stables' homebred Raging Sea followed the leaders from well back in Friday’s $992,000 La Troienne S. (G1) at Churchill Downs, gained the initiative in between rivals in midstretch, and despite switching to her left lead was able to hold onto victory by three parts of a length over longshot Taxed.
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MyRacehorse’s Seize the Grey fought through a large pack inside the final sixteenth in Churchill Downs’ $600,000 Pat Day Mile (G2) and got past rivals to garner his first stakes score.
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Vahva got into ideal position immediately in Saturday’s $1 million Derby City Distaff (G1) at Churchill Downs, rating on the outside before gaining the upper hand in midstretch.
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My Mane Squeeze raced to the outside and in the clear in Friday’s $534,340 Eight Belles S. (G2) at Churchill Downs, staying out of trouble beneath jockey Luis Saez and holding sway by two lengths from Impel.
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Godolphin’s homebred First Mission chased the pacesetting T O Saint Denis for most of Friday’s $730,000 Alysheba S. (G2) at Churchill Downs and cruised home to a commanding four-length win.
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Ova Charged broke a shade tardy in Friday’s $332,000 Unbridled Sidney S. (G3) at Churchill Downs but was still able to gain a slight lead soon after the start and gamely repelled all comers in the end.
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Godolphin’s homebred Cody’s Wish returned to the races an emphatic winner in Saturday’s Churchill Downs S. (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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General Jim earned the biggest victory of his young career in Saturday’s Pat Day Mile (G2) at Churchill Downs, successfully outkicking Fort Bragg by a neck.
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Heavenly Sunday went right to the front in Friday’s Edgewood Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs and never looked back, recording a three-quarter-length score.
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Played Hard survived a claim of foul to narrowly annex Friday’s La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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Red Carpet Ready engaged the heavily favored Munnys Gold in Friday’s Eight Belles (G2) at Churchill Downs and eventually scored by a diminishing head.
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J. Kirk and Judy Robison’s reigning Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Jackie’s Warrior sped to the front in Saturday’s $750,000 Churchill Downs S. (G1) and never looked back.
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Lael Stables’ Arrest Me Red pulled clear in the stretch to earn a 1 3/4-length victory in Friday’s $500,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint S.
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