Spot Plays Aug. 8
For Monday TRACK (RACE) HORSE, MORNING LINE Colonial Downs (2nd) Foretell, 9-2 (9th) Daniel Sun, 5-1 Finger Lakes (4th) Marc’s Humor, 5-1 (6th) Waralo, 8-1 Horseshoe Indianapolis […]
August 2022
Blue Stripe scores BC Distaff spot in Clement L. Hirsch; Shedaresthedevil third
Three years after Argentine import Blue Prize reached top form and upset the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), her half-sister Blue Stripe could be on a similar trajectory. […]
Nations Pride gets revenge in Saratoga Derby
A tough-trip runner-up in the July 9 Belmont Derby (G1), Godolphin’s Nations Pride enjoyed a smoother passage to prevail in Saturday’s $1 million Saratoga Derby (G1). […]
Life Is Good leads wire-to-wire in Whitney
Life Is Good showed speed from the gate in Saturday’s $1 million Whitney (G1) and after facing a brief challenge in the stretch, the classy four-year-old colt won going away by two lengths in the […]
Skippylongstocking earns first stakes win in West Virginia Derby
Skippylongstocking notched his first career stakes win in Saturday’s $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer, the Exaggerator colt’s 12th career start. Third in the Belmont S. (G1) in June after pressing front runner We […]
Chi Town Lady springs Test upset over Matareya
A day after saddling Golden Pal to an odds-on stakes victory at Saratoga, trainer Wesley Ward took out an odds-on favorite at the Spa when Chi Town Lady surprised Matareya and five other three-year-old filly […]
War Like Goddess easily repeats in Glens Falls; Dynadrive upsets Lure
Along with three Grade 1 events, Saratoga offered a pair of turf stakes events on Saturday. Glens Falls (G2) War Like Goddess showed no rust returning from a 99-day freshening in the $250,000 Glens Falls […]
Spot Plays Aug. 7
For Sunday TRACK (RACE) HORSE, MORNING LINE Canterbury Park (3rd) Shabam, 4-1 (4th) Miss Dulton, 3-1 Del Mar (1st) Living With Austin, 8-1 (2nd) Crimson Rose, 4-1 Ellis Park (2nd) Coppelia, 4-1 (3rd) Electric Sense, […]
Ready to Purrform wires National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
A change of tactics sparked a change of fortunes for Donegal Racing’s Ready to Purrform in Friday’s National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (G2) at Saratoga. […]
Golden Pal rallies in Troy after another slow start
A slow start compromised Golden Pal‘s chances at victory in the King’s Stand (G1) at Royal Ascot in June, and nearly did so again in Friday’s $300,000 Troy S. (G3) at Saratoga, which the colt […]