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 […]
Articles by Kellie Reilly
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 […]
Battle of Midway a poignant winner of Shared Belief
Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm’s Battle of Midway tore apart a seemingly competitive renewal of Saturday’s $100,345 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. Drawing off by 6 1/4 lengths, the 3-1 chance gave Hall […]
Danzing Candy out of Pat O’Brien, retired
The complexion of Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) was suddenly altered with the Friday afternoon news that Danzing Candy, the 8-5 morning-line favorite, was injured. Not only was the Bob Baffert trainee out of the […]
Marsha nips Lady Aurelia on line in Nunthorpe
No match for Lady Aurelia in the King’s Stand (G1) at Royal Ascot, Marsha conjured up a form reversal Friday in a heart-stopping conclusion to York’s Nunthorpe (G1). As the odds-on Lady Aurelia disposed of […]
Danzing Candy puts streak on line in Pat O’Brien; Shared Belief comes up tough
Major stakes action doesn’t stop after Saratoga’s Travers Day bonanza, for later Saturday evening, Breeders’ Cup host site Del Mar stages two significant events – the $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) over seven furlongs and the […]
Enable strengthens grip on Arc favoritism with Yorkshire Oaks conquest
Small field, no pacesetter, no problem for the streaking Enable, who adopted the do-it-yourself approach and steamrolled her rivals in Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks (G1). Now the imperious winner of three Oaks plus the King George […]
Diplomat upsets NY Turf Writers Cup at 17-1
Flying Elvis Stable’s Diplomat made the most of an 18-pound weight break from 2-1 favorite Modem and surprised Thursday’s $150,000 New York Turf Writers Cup (NSA-G1) at Saratoga. Trained by Kate Dalton and ridden by […]
Baffert ‘encouraged’ by Arrogate despite Pacific Classic defeat
The morning after Bob Baffert’s Collected upset odds-on stablemate Arrogate in the Pacific Classic (G1), their Hall of Fame trainer was still looking on the bright side for the world’s top-ranked horse. Yet as Del […]
Dak Attack, Kelly’s Humor down favorites in Ellis Park juvenile stakes
Ellis Park staged a pair of $75,000 juvenile stakes Sunday that carried much more weight than their purses implied. With promising prospects testing their mettle ahead of next month’s Churchill Downs meet, and the first […]