Monday’s $202,000 Knickerbocker (G2) pitted the back class of even-money comebacker Catholic Boy versus the upward trajectory of 3-2 second choice Lucullan, and current form prevailed as the Godolphin homebred scored his first graded victory. […]
With respect to Breeders’ Cup preparation this year, Catholic Boy has been playing catch up. On the Columbus Day holiday on Monday, the four-year-old will attempt to run well enough in the $200,000 Knickerbocker (G2) […]
Yielding the lead to Catholic Boy after a quarter-mile, Preservationist sat chilly in second before re-engaging that favorite approaching the stretch and then drew off with authority to capture Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont […]
When you have a horse as versatile as Catholic Boy, there are options galore. After opening his 2019 account with a half-length decision in the Dixie (G2) over the Pimlico turf in May, the four-year-old […]
There have been a handful of 2019 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races contested overseas since December, but the all-important North American segment of the “Win & You’re In” series kicks off on Memorial Day with the […]
I was alone in my despair, with my hands on my knees and bent over at the waist, in the land of stumbling and slurring. Amongst lobster-red sunburns, quarreling drunk couples and gyrating youths, I […]
Trainer Jonathan Thomas believed he’d found the right comeback spot for his versatile Grade 1 star Catholic Boy in the Dixie (G2) on Preakness Day, and his judgment proved right on target. Returning to turf […]
Multiple Grade 1 winner Catholic Boy will open his four-year-old season in Saturday’s $250,000 Dixie (G2) on Pimlico’s turf course. One of five turf stakes on the Preakness undercard, the 1 1/16-mile affair has attracted […]
Triple Crown hero Justify and Breeders’ Cup winners Accelerate and Monomoy Girl lead the 2018 Eclipse Award finalists announced Saturday by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form (DRF) and National Turf Writers […]
Just as she distanced the competition at Royal Ascot in her heyday, Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) was far and away the top seller at Sunday’s record-setting Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale. The former English and French […]
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