BRIS Trainer/Jockey Stats Last 60 Days February 13
Trainer/Jockey Combo Starts Wins Win % Wesley A. Ward/Julio A. Garcia 17 8 47% John C. Servis/Frankie Pennington 15 7 47% Thomas M. Amoss/Joe Bravo 16 7 44% Justin R. Evans/Jorge […]
Joe Bravo
Avery Island sails to Withers triumph
by Teresa Genaro He hadn’t raced since a runner-up effort in the Remsen (G2) last November, but Avery Island showed no rust in returning to Aqueduct, easily winning the Withers (G3) on Saturday afternoon by […]
Tower of Texas proves best in Colonel E.R. Bradley
Sporadic forays south of the border had not yielded a big win for the seven-year-old veteran Tower of Texas until Saturday when the Roger Attfield trainee rallied from a few lengths off the pace to […]
Principe Guilherme impresses while stakes favorites upended on Santa Super Saturday
He didn’t compete in any of the features on Fair Grounds’ Santa Super Saturday program, but Three Chimneys Farm’s homebred juvenile Principe Guilherme was arguably the most promising participant on the card and the most […]
Daddy Is a Legend tells foes ‘good night’ in Jimmy Durante
Runner-up to eventual Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) winner Rushing Fall at Belmont Park in September, Daddy Is a Legend scored a coup at Del Mar herself in Saturday’s $102,415 Jimmy Durante (G3). The […]
Fair Grounds 2017-18 season ready to break from the gate
Thanksgiving is just over a week away, and in the racing world that means the Thoroughbreds will soon break from the gate at Fair Grounds in New Orleans for its 2017-18 season. As has been […]
Avery Island sails to Nashua victory; Lucy N Ethel returns to winner’s circle
Godolphin Racing LLC’s homebred Avery Island pulled away in the stretch of Sunday’s $200,000 Nashua Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct to record an easy 4 3/4-length victory under jockey Joe Bravo. The Kiaran McLaughlin trainee ran […]
Zipessa changes tactics for Grade 1 breakthrough, Breeders’ Cup berth in First Lady
Typically a pace presence throughout her stakes career, Empyrean Stables’ Zipessa turned over a new leaf to upset Saturday’s $400,000 First Lady (G1) at odds of 16-1. Her first Grade 1 coup also netted her […]
Capla Temptress, Untamed Domain bound for Breeders’ Cup after Woodbine “Win and You’re In” victories
“I bought her with this plan in mind.” So declared Team Valor impresario Barry Irwin after his English shipper Capla Temptress cut down longtime leader Dixie Moon in Sunday’s $218,038 Natalma (G1) at Woodbine, securing […]
Fourstar Crook keeps win streak alive in Penny Memorial
Fourstar Crook proved that she’s more than just a dominating player in New York-bred company on Tuesday by notching her first graded stakes win, and her eighth consecutive, in the $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial […]