Bella Sofia continues to blossom in Gallant Bloom
Following up on her breakout performance in the Test S. (G1) versus three-year-old fillies, Bella Sofia blitzed older distaffers in Sunday’s $232,500 Gallant Bloom H. (G2) at Belmont Park. […]
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Bella Sofia faces elders in Gallant Bloom
Gallant Bloom H. (G2) – Race 9 (5:16 p.m. ET) After a smashing 4 1/4-length win in the Aug. 7 Test S. (G1) at Saratoga, Bella Sofia will square off against four older rivals in […]
Gamine goes about her business in Ballerina
Gamine continued her march toward a second sprint championship on Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $500,000 Ballerina H. (G1) at Saratoga. Breaking well from post 1 under John Velazquez, Gamine was tracked closely […]
Bell’s the One edges Lake Avenue in Honorable Miss
In a terrific battle between the two classiest participants in Wednesday’s $200,000 Honorable Miss H. (G2) at Saratoga, Bell’s the One prevailed by a neck over Lake Avenue in the final sixteenth of the six-furlong […]
Bell’s the One enters Honorable Miss with much in her favor
Bell’s the One enters Wednesday’s $200,000 Honorable Miss H. (G2) at Saratoga with several advantages. Not only is the Grade 1-winning mare the most accomplished horse in the field. […]
Belmont-loving Firenze Fire defends title in True North
Firenze Fire’s love of Belmont Park proved too much for his competitors to overcome as the six-year-old turned in a successful title defense of the $300,000 True North S. […]
Firenze Fire, Flagstaff clash in True North
Firenze Fire will break from the rail in his title defense of Friday’s $300,000 True North S. (G2), a 6 1/2-furlong dash that counts as one of six victories the Grade 1-winning six-year-old has made to the winner’s circle in nine outings over the Belmont Park strip. The Kelly Breen charge prepped for this with a 3 1/4-length score in the May 8 Runhappy (G3). […]
Vault jumps up in Ruffian
Trainer Brad Cox already has two-time champion Monomoy Girl, multiple Grade 1 star Shedaresthedevil, and Bonny South in the older dirt female division. Now Vault has leapt into the ranks of his graded stakes winners […]
Swiss Skydiver parachutes past Venetian Harbor in Fantasy
Overlooked at 16-1 in Friday’s $400,000 Fantasy (G3), Swiss Skydiver proved the market all wrong by toppling 9-10 favorite Venetian Harbor at Oaklawn Park. The Ken McPeek filly added 100 more Kentucky Oaks (G1) points […]
Champion British Idiom looks to regain winning ways in Fantasy
Arguably a touch short when second in her season debut in mid-February, reigning juvenile filly champion British Idiom will look to rebound for trainer Brad Cox in Friday’s $400,000 Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park. Due […]