Nine entered in Gazelle at Aqueduct
A field of nine sophomore fillies will vie for 170 points toward a starting berth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) when lining up in Saturday’s $300,000 Gazelle Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct. The race is one […]
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Pletcher sends out Battalion Runner in eight-horse Wood Memorial
A major factor on the Kentucky Derby trail in recent weeks, Todd Pletcher will try to secure another berth with Battalion Runner in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct. The gray colt will square […]
Aqueduct At a Glance April 3
AQUEDUCT AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 4.94 – 1 Favorite Win%: 38%, Favorite Itm%: 75% EXOTICS PAYOFF Quinella 33.59 Exacta 73.35 Daily Double 80.63 Trifecta 443.89 Pick 3 623.06 Superfecta 2,778.89 Pick 6 26,068.76 […]
Wood Memorial: Irish War Cry drills toward rebound, Battalion Runner confirmed
Holy Bull (G2) hero Irish War Cry, who shipped back from Florida to trainer Graham Motion’s Fair Hill base early last week, signaled his well-being with a six-furlong drill in 1:13.40 on Sunday. The winner […]
Before Secretariat, Cicada a star for Meadow Stable
by TERESA GENARO Before Secretariat, there was Cicada. A decade before Secretariat became the first colt in 25 years to win the Triple Crown, Christopher Chenery, father of Helen, campaigned a filly who was setting […]
Racemare Correction sparked controversy in her day
by TERESA GENARO The child, sitting down with the old man close behind…had been thinking how strange it was that horses who were such fine honest creatures should seem to make vagabonds of all the […]
A Day at the Race: Aqueduct with Zilla
words & photos by ELIZABETH KRUSKA I live in Vermont where we don’t have any racetracks. My closest track is Saratoga Race Course. Trust me, there are worse things in the world than living within […]
Blue Grass shaping up to be most interesting of Kentucky Derby preps
El Areeb and Irish War Cry were heavy favorites in their respective Kentucky Derby (G1) preps at the weekend, and both suffered ignoble defeats, primarily for trying to do something they hadn’t been doing of […]
J Boys Echo, El Areeb exit Gotham in good order
J Boys Echo was doing well one day after upsetting the Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct under jockey Robby Albarado. The bay son of Mineshaft was sent off at 6-1 but easily collared and flew […]
J Boys Echo earns first stakes win in Gotham
J Boys Echo didn’t get the best of trips when third in last month’s Withers (G3), but got the right one in Saturday’s $300,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct, sweeping to the lead with a four-wide […]