While securing its first ever Grade 1 race will have to wait at least another year, Fair Grounds did receive good news last month from the American Graded Stakes Committee, which elevated the $100,000 Louisiana […]
Haltered for a hefty $150,000 at Churchill Downs in early November, Pioneer Spirit started paying dividends for his new connections on Saturday when holding on to win the $75,000 Tenacious at Fair Grounds by a […]
Six $75,000 stakes, several maidens and allowances for up-and-coming 2-year-olds, and the absence of any claiming races should whet the appetite of horseplayers for Fair Grounds‘ 14-race “Santa Super Saturday” program that kicks off at […]
Trainer Phil D’Amato won the $250,702 Del Mar H. (G2) for the fifth time in the past six years on Saturday as Acclimate controlled the pace throughout in this “Win and You’re In” for the […]
The 2018 Eddie Read (G2) marked the turning point in Catapult’s career, and Sunday’s $250,000 renewal at Del Mar could offer a similar jump start for the second half of the season. Formerly a second-tier […]
Once on Whiskey got up in the final strides to deny Draft Pick by a head in Saturday’s $150,00 Los Alamitos Derby (G3), giving Bob Baffert his third win in four years since the 1 […]
Peter Pan Stakes (G3) winner BLENDED CITIZEN takes on four rivals going nine furlongs at Los Alamitos on Saturday in the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) under jockey Kyle Frey. The Doug O’Neill-trained sophomore boasts […]
CLICK FOR THE 2018 BELMONT STAKES POST-RACE TRANSCRIPT TRAINER/JOCKEY QUOTES FROM THE 150TH RUNNING OF THE BELMONT STAKES Saturday, June 9, 2018 Bob Baffert, trainer of Justify (No. 1, winner) and Restoring Hope (No. 5, […]
by Teresa A. Genaro Not that long ago, observers of Thoroughbred racing thought that, given changes in breeding and the way horses are campaigned, the Triple Crown couldn’t be won. Major figures in the sport […]
Justify will go for the Triple Crown in Saturday’s 150th running of the Belmont Stakes. A convincing winner of his first four starts, the Bob Baffert-trained colt was put to the test in the Preakness […]
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