There’s an old horse racing cliché that the final quarter-mile or so of any race is “where the real running begins.” As the field turns into the stretch and sprints to the wire, the best […]
Two years ago, Paradise Woods rebounded from a flop at Del Mar to run away with the Santa Anita feature named in honor of Hall of Famer Zenyatta. On Sunday, the now five-year-old mare achieved […]
Just denied in a photo in his Oceanside stakes debut, Jerry Moss’s homebred Nolde got his neck in front in a frenetic finish to Sunday’s $251,404 Del Mar Derby (G2). The John Shirreffs trainee was […]
Defending champion Selcourt loomed as the class of the field in Sunday’s $76,200 Kalookan Queen at Santa Anita, but the 1-5 favorite was upstaged by 16-1 shot Spring Lily. Trained by John Shirreffs for Pam […]
Horse of the Year Havre de Grace and three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti are among the four horses, three jockeys and three trainers announced as finalists on the National Museum of Racing’s 2018 Hall […]
Todd Pletcher, trainer Tapwrit (winner) and Patch (third) “Tapwrit was getting a beautiful trip. It was everything we talked about in the paddock before the race. We were hoping he had enough when it came […]
Gotham (G3) winner J Boys Echo, 15th in the Kentucky Derby (G1) earlier this month, worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 at Churchill Downs on Saturday morning, after which Jason Loutsch of Albaugh Family Stable confirmed […]
At Pimlico on Sunday morning, Robert B. Lewis (G3) winner Royal Mo was in the midst of his five-furlong workout for the Preakness (G1) when he sustained a sesamoid fracture in his right front. First […]
A rainy Saturday morning in Baltimore didn’t affect Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming, who pleased trainer Todd Pletcher with his strong but controlled gallop. Once again with draw-rein expert Nick Bush in the saddle, […]
Always Dreaming‘s planned gallop at Pimlico on Friday was canceled due to the sloppy track. Instead, the Kentucky Derby (G1) winner jogged two circuits of the one-mile oval. “He was full of himself, feeling great,” […]
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