Always Shopping one of six graded winners in Sheepshead Bay
Sheepshead Bay S. (G2) — Race 10 (5:37 p.m. ET) A winner of three stakes and a loser of two others in tight photos since adding blinkers last fall, Always Shopping will look to bounce […]
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Tapit Today battles home in Athenia while Maxim Rate cruises in Goldikova
At opposite ends of the country on Sunday afternoon, a pair of fillies and mares parlayed fast finishes into confident graded stakes triumphs. Athenia Stakes The first to shine was Tapit Today, a daughter of […]
Best run enhances Call Me Love’s claims in Athenia
Call Me Love, a Group 2 winner in Italy last season prior to her importation to America, has displayed Jekyll and Hyde tendencies through four starts in the U.S. “Her best has been great and […]
Get Smokin wires Hill Prince; Devamani pounces in Knickerbocker
Sunday’s stakes on yielding turf at Belmont Park resulted in graded breakthroughs for two performers who’d gone close before. In the Hill Prince Stakes (G2) for sophomores, Get Smokin just held on from odds-on favorite […]
Decorated Invader reverts to mile in Hill Prince; five set for Knickerbocker
Fifth as the 4-5 favorite in the 1 3/16-mile Saratoga Derby Invitational, Decorated Invader looks to rebound back at a mile in Sunday’s $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes (G2). The feature for 3-year-olds was postponed, along […]
Second of July upsets Futurity; Royal Approval seals victory in Matron
Both of Sunday’s graded turf stakes at Belmont Park offered implications for Breeders’ Cup “Future Stars Friday.” While the Phil Gleaves-trained Second of July upset the $100,000 Futurity Stakes (G3) to earn a spot in […]
Happy Saver stays unbeaten with rail-skimming Jockey Club Gold Cup win
You can add Happy Saver to a list of viable 3-year-old contenders for next month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) as the lightly-raced son of Super Saver won for the fourth time in many starts with […]
Jackie’s Warrior rolls in Champagne; Dayoutoftheoffice stays perfect in Frizette
Jackie’s Warrior easily carried his speed a mile in Saturday’s $250,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park, drawing away to a 5 1/2-length decision, and stamped his ticket for the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) […]
Civil Union keeps rising in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Flower Bowl
Allen Stable’s homebred Civil Union continued her rapid rise in Saturday’s $250,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, winning her fourth straight to earn a free ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare […]
Sky’s Not Falling heads juvenile turf sprinters in Futurity; Royal Approval the one to beat in Matron
Multiple stakes-placed Sky’s Not Falling will seek a guaranteed berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) in Sunday’s $100,000 Futurity (G3) at Belmont Park. The final “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup challenge […]