Samurai too Sharp for Del Mar Derby foes
The winner of the August 6 La Jolla H. (G3), Sharp Samurai completed the double as the 2-1 favorite in Sunday’s $251,725 Del Mar Derby (G2) and extended his turf record to four-for-five. The Mark […]
Articles by Kellie Reilly
Encumbered finds post 13 no burden in Del Mar Juvenile Turf
Trainer Simon Callaghan’s two-year-olds are in such rare form at the moment that not even post 13 in Sunday’s $103,105 Del Mar Juvenile Turf could thwart his Encumbered. With jockey Mario Gutierrez engineering a fine […]
St Patrick’s Day, American Pharoah’s baby brother, breaks maiden at Del Mar
Three years after American Pharoah lost his career debut at Del Mar and came right back to win second time out at the seaside, his full brother St Patrick’s Day can make a similar claim […]
Harmonize back on song in Glens Falls
Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize hadn’t visited the winner’s circle since her up-in-time photo in last summer’s Del Mar Oaks (G1), but all she needed was a step up in trip to 1 3/8 miles for Saturday’s […]
Excitement flies high as Winx makes it 19 in a row in Chelmsford
When Australian wonder mare Winx jumped out to a great start in her newly fitted earmuffs, fans might have thought that Saturday’s Chelmsford (G2) wouldn’t furnish the edge-of-your-seat suspense of her 18th straight win in […]
Run Away plus smart debut winners equals hot Del Mar Futurity
Del Mar’s 2017 summer season will go out with a bang on Labor Day, as the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1) shapes up as a vintage renewal. With unbeaten Best Pal (G2) romper Run Away […]
Global view an overall positive for Kentucky Derby
While the ramifications of the new “European Road to the Kentucky Derby” and the augmented “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” will become clear only in time, the international outreach is a welcome development for […]
European Road to 2018 Kentucky Derby among updates to points schedule
Churchill Downs on Thursday unveiled the points schedule for eligibility to the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), with several new initiatives for the upcoming year. One year after establishing a separate “Japan […]
West Coast reinforces recent Travers trends
The Anomaly of the Triple Crown participant streak By wiring a field led by all three classic winners and other alumni of the 2017 Triple Crown, West Coast became the latest poster boy for two […]
No Joy for Euros in Sword Dancer as Sadler’s gets Money
With most of the pre-race chatter about European shippers Idaho and Erupt, and Chad Brown’s Money Multiplier attracting plenty of money at the windows, Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy was lost in the shuffle ahead […]