Finest City – 2016 Champion Female Sprinter
Finest City captured just two races in 2016, but it was the latter of those, combined with no clear-cut division leader, that helped propel the chestnut daughter of City Zip to an Eclipse Award as […]
Articles by Jennifer Caldwell
Farrell scores in Silverbulletday
Coffeepot Stables’ homebred Farrell was sent off the 4-5 favorite in Saturday’s $145,500 Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds and lived up to all expectations with a 2 3/4-length victory under regular rider Channing Hill. Gris […]
Awesome Slew, Awesome Banner headline Sunshine Millions at Gulfstream Park
California Chrome and Arrogate may be dominating the conversation ahead of the January 28 Pegasus World Cup (G1), but Gulfstream Park isn’t slacking in regards to exciting competition on Saturday. The 15th running of the […]
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Finest City returns in Santa Monica
Before the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), the most impressive win on Finest City’s resume was the Great Lady M. Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos last April. The City Zip mare was sent […]
Untapped, Farrell square off in Silverbulletday
Seven sophomore fillies have been entered to go a mile and 70 yards on Saturday in the $150,000 Silverbulletday Stakes, and Untapped has been installed as the 9-5 favorite. The Steve Asmussen trainee dropped her […]
Lockdown captures Busanda
Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Lockdown captured her stakes debut when taking the $98,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct by 2 1/2 lengths on Sunday. The Bill Mott-trained daughter of First Defence tracked 3-5 pacesetter Libby’s Tail through […]
Vale Dori wires La Canada at 1-5
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum’s Vale Dori grabbed command of Saturday’s $200,000 La Canada Stakes (G2) out of the gate and never looked back en route to a 2 1/2-length victory under jockey Mike […]
California Chrome works at Gulfstream Park for Pegasus World Cup
2014 Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner California Chrome took to Gulfstream Park’s fast main track on Saturday to breeze five furlongs in 1:00.72 ahead of the $12 million Pegasus World Cup […]
Sandiva captures second straight Marshua’s River
Al Shaqab Racing’s Sandiva put in a winning late rally to defend her title in Saturday’s $150,000 Marshua’s River Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The Todd Pletcher-trained chestnut was making her six-year-old bow in the […]
Five entered in Busanda
Five fillies will try their luck in Sunday’s $100,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct, and all but one is exiting a maiden win. That one is 6-5 morning-line favorite Libby’s Tail, who broke her maiden at […]