Nest crushes Secret Oath in CCA Oaks
Nest turned the tables on Secret Oath in dazzling style, drawing off to a 12 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga. Regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr. was up for […]
July 2022
Pyledriver upsets King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, earns Breeders’ Cup Turf spot
The clash of generations in Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) turned out to be a mismatch, as 18-1 longshot Pyledriver led home a clean sweep for the older brigade at Ascot. […]
Spot Plays July 24
For Sunday TRACK (RACE) HORSE, MORNING LINE Del Mar (3rd) Bold Endeavor, 5-1 (4th) Pure Fire, 3-1 Ellis Park (3rd) Bright Prospecter, 4-1 (4th) Can’t Hush This, 7-2 Gulfstream Park (1st) Eternal Flame, 7-2 (3rd) […]
Balnikhov bags Oceanside with big late kick
Balnikhov came rolling late in Friday’s $100,000 Oceanside S., rallying up the inside to win Del Mar’s opening-day feature going away by 1 1/2 lengths. The Phil D’Amato-trained gelding earned his first stakes triumph in […]
Dolce Zel scrapes paint, nips Eminent Victor in Lake George
Chad Brown knew that he was poised to win the Saratoga feature for the fourth year in a row. Less clear was which of his runners would do the honors. […]
Smooth Like Strait tops Wickerr; Tizamagician returns to defend Cougar II title
The $125,000 Cougar II (G3) is Del Mar’s Sunday feature, but the real headline act comes one race later in the $100,000 Wickerr S. […]
Wakanaka, Lady Speightspeare square off in Dance Smartly on Woodbine Oaks Day
Woodbine hosts four stakes on Sunday. While the Woodbine Oaks opens the classic series for three-year-old fillies, Queen’s Plate hopefuls audition in the Plate Trial. Bookending those Canadian-restricted events are the Dance Smartly (G2) and Hendrie (G3). […]
Spot Plays July 23
For Saturday TRACK (RACE) HORSE, MORNING LINE Del Mar (1st) Italiano, 3-1 (3rd) Self Isolation, 6-1 Delaware Park (4th) Money Code, 3-1 (5th) Naval Officer, 7-2 Ellis Park (4th) Path to Success, 6-1 (5th) Sailor’s […]
Malathaat adds blinkers for Clairiere rematch in Shuvee
The two Curlin bluebloods square off again in Sunday’s $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga, where Malathaat bids to re-assert her superiority. […]
Tribhuvan, Search Results among Brown stars on Haskell undercard at Monmouth
Along with undefeated Jack Christopher in the Haskell (G1), trainer Chad Brown has leading contenders in all the graded stakes on the undercard at Monmouth Park on Saturday. […]