Rebel’s Romance rolls to course record in Breeders’ Cup Turf
Rebel’s Romance capped a brilliant Breeders’ Cup for Godolphin when driving to a course record-setting victory in Saturday’s Turf (G1). […]
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Modern Games joins exclusive club in Breeders’ Cup Mile
Godolphin’s homebred Modern Games accelerated in the nick of time in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland, and in the process, the 1.38-1 favorite joined an exclusive club. […]
Highland Chief rides rail to Sycamore victory
If not for a brief virus, Highland Chief would have contested last Saturday’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Aqueduct. But trainer Graham Motion’s fallback plan worked out just fine. […]
Top-level talent abounds in Grade 3 Sycamore
It would be more than fair to characterize Friday’s $300,000 Sycamore S. (G3) at Keeneland as a Grade 3 event in name only. Indeed, the 1 1/2-mile grass test for older horses has come up […]
Rockemperor’s well-timed move beats Arklow in Bowling Green
The Bowling Green (G2) started out as a leisurely Sunday stroll for turf veterans, but turned into a mad dash for the wire at Saratoga. […]
Comebacker Arklow meets Manhattan also-rans, Cross Border in Bowling Green
Sunday’s Bowling Green (G2) at Saratoga has attracted a field of six, including Highland Chief, Rockemperor, L’Imperator, Arklow, and Cross Border. […]
Manhattan draws evenly matched field of 10; Brown power trio top Just a Game
Manhattan S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:38 p.m. ET) Chad Brown unsurprisingly has the numbers in the two Grade 1 turf stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, but in the case of the $750,000 Manhattan […]
Highland Chief upstages Gufo, Yibir in Man o’ War
Capitalizing on the right trip in a paceless race, the 19.20-1 Highland Chief got the decisive jump on Gufo and odds-on Yibir in Saturday’s $651,000 Man o’ War (G1) at Belmont Park. […]
Mogul motors in Grand Prix to kick off Irish treble in Paris
Sunday’s Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp were staged the same day as the second half of Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh. But in a sense, you might say the festivities actually blended into each other, […]
Serpentine too crafty as O’Brien, Galileo make Epsom Derby history
Two legends – trainer Aidan O’Brien and supersire Galileo – fittingly made history together at Epsom Saturday as Serpentine upset the Derby (G1) in a front-running tour de force. O’Brien was celebrating a record eighth […]