Anglophile, Freydis the Red score breakthroughs in Dueling Grounds Derby, Oaks
Improving from eye-catching thirds in preps at Ellis Park, Anglophile and Freydis the Red both scored new career highs at Kentucky Downs on Sunday. […]
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Far Bridge, Red Route One clash in Dueling Grounds Derby
Three-year-olds will take center stage at Kentucky Downs on Sunday when the all-turf track hosts the $1 million Dueling Grounds Derby and $1 million Dueling Grounds Oaks for fillies, both over a distance of 1 […]
Program Trading digs deep to stay perfect in Saratoga Derby
Making just his third career start in Saturday’s Saratoga Derby (G1), undefeated Program Trading handled the class hike, and displayed terrific battling qualities, to prevail in his stakes debut. […]
Aspen Grove takes on males in Saratoga Derby; Caravel odds-on in Troy
Whitney Day includes a trio of turf stakes, led by the $600,000 Saratoga Derby (G1) that offers a match-up between Belmont Derby (G1) winner Far Bridge and Belmont Oaks (G1) heroine Aspen Grove. […]
Far Bridge works out right trip in Belmont Derby; Maple Leaf Mel a first stakes winner for Giddings in Victory Ride
The third stakes attempt was the charm for Far Bridge in Saturday’s $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1), as the second choice worked out a better trip than 2-1 favorite The Foxes and beat that European raider […]
Shorter trip should suit The Foxes in Belmont Derby
The Foxes won one of the more historically important Epsom Derby (G1) trials, the Dante (G2) at York, but didn’t quite stay the 1 1/2 miles of the Derby trip itself last month. On Saturday, […]
Kalik lands stakes debut in Pennine Ridge
Kalik, the only horse in Saturday’s $200,000 Pennine Ridge (G2) at Belmont Park with no prior stakes experience, led his six rivals on a merry chase in the nine-furlong grass test for three-year-olds, winning gate-to-wire […]
Pennine Ridge a rebound opportunity for Silver Knott
Several horses expected to run well in England’s first classic of the season, the 2000 Guineas (G1) on May 6, instead turned in poor efforts over a rain-saturated course at Newmarket. Among them was Silver […]
Webslinger nets American Turf at 22-1
Webslinger got up in a frenetic finish to win the American Turf (G2) on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs. […]
Santin among three potential repeaters in Kentucky Derby Day grass stakes
Churchill Downs’ oldest grass stakes, the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1), has had three repeat winners in its history, which dates to 1987. Santin aims to become the fourth when the nine-furlong […]