Ultra Brat has things all her own way in Gallorette
As the only race on Preakness Day to remain on the Pimlico turf course, Saturday’s $150,000 Gallorette (G3) shaped up as a test of who could plow through the soft going. Alex G. Campbell Jr.’s […]
Graham Motion
Irish War Cry gets back on track with splashy Pimlico Special score
BALTIMORE — Irish War Cry brought trainer Graham Motion back to the Kentucky Derby in 2017 and, while he didn’t fare well that day, just failed to hold off Tapwrit as the favorite in the […]
Maraud pillages Palm Beach; Thewayiam makes it three in a row in Herecomesthebride
Treadway Racing Stable’s Maraud sacked longtime leader Speed Franco in Saturday’s $100,000 Palm Beach (G3) at Gulfstream Park, the Todd Pletcher sophomore displaying a smart change of gear after the pacesetter had things his own […]
Speed Franco outduels Frankel’s son Gidu in Dania Beach
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) runner-up Untamed Domain was sent off as the 6-5 favorite in Saturday’s $100,000 Dania Beach (G3), but his late rally brought him no closer than third in a race dominated by […]
World of Trouble flirts with track record in Pasco romp; Almond Roca doubles up in Gasparilla
Trainer Jason Servis already had a high-profile three-year-old in Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Firenze Fire. Now you can add another in the form of World of Trouble, who had his rivals in a world of […]
Shining Copper all heart in Ft Lauderdale; Ultra Brat has graded attitude in Marshua’s River
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Shining Copper looked beaten once 30-1 shot One Go All Go headed him in deep stretch of Saturday’s $200,000 Ft. Lauderdale (G2), but the Mike Maker veteran gamely fought back to […]
Flameaway takes Kitten’s Joy in blanket finish
Flameaway earned his third career stakes win Saturday in the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy at Gulfstream Park, re-rallying along the inside and fending off an outside surge from longshot Pony Up to win by a neck […]
Diversify, Hoppertunity shoulder top weight in Clark
The last two winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), Diversify and Hoppertunity, are among nine entered in Friday’s $500,000 Clark H. (G1) at Churchill Downs, a 1 1/8-mile race won 12 months ago […]
Stallwalkin’ Dude to carry 134 pounds in Fall Highweight
Denied late by a neck in the 2016 renewal of the Fall Highweight H. (G3), Stallwalkin’ Dude will attempt to make amends in the traditional Thanksgiving feature at Aqueduct while carrying the same 134-pound impost. […]
Spring Quality earns first graded win in Red Smith
Spring Quality, a lightly-raced five-year-old, sprung a 12-1 upset in Saturday’s $200,000 Red Smith (G3) at Aqueduct for owner-breeder George Strawbridge, trainer Graham Motion, and Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado. A tracking second behind […]