Cody’s Wish all class in Met Mile
Remarkable fan favorite Cody’s Wish was an authoritative winner of the $1 million Metropolitan H. (G1) at Belmont Park on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first ever win in the famed […]
Metropolitan Handicap
Cody’s Wish meets eight in Met Mile; Elite Power tops True North
Cody’s Wish and Elite Power remain eligible to meet up for the first time at Saratoga, but Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott will keep his stars separated on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes undercard. Following a […]
Flightline stays perfect, romps in Met Mile after slow start
Shipping outside of California for the first time, Flightline lit up Belmont Park with an eye-popping performance in Saturday’s $1 million Metropolitan H. […]
Met Mile, Ogden Phipps battles of heavyweight stars
Metropolitan H. (G1) — Race 9 (4:43 p.m. ET) In another era, perhaps, Flightline would have been asked to tote considerably more than the 124 pounds that will be required from him in Saturday’s $1 […]
Silver State stretches win streak to six in Metropolitan
Silver State made his first Grade 1 attempt a winning one in Saturday’s $1 million Metropolitan H., surging along the inside to score by a length. The four-year-old colt extended his win streak to six, […]
Knicks Go tops Metropolitan; Letruska, Shedaresthedevil head deep Ogden Phipps
A pair of Grade 1 events, the $1 million Metropolitan H. and $500,000 Ogden Phipps S., highlight a trio of graded stakes on the main track for older horses on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes Day undercard. […]
Vekoma meets Code of Honor, McKinzie in dynamite Met Mile
Known as the Met Mile, Saturday’s $500,000 Metropolitan Handicap (G1) should be exciting. Vekoma will look to confirm himself as America’s best dirt miler against seven notable rivals, including top older horses Code of Honor […]
McKinzie back in business in Triple Bend
After turning the Santa Anita Derby (G1)/Oaks (G2) double on Saturday, Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith completed a weekend triple, fittingly enough in the $200,000 Triple Bend (G2), aboard McKinzie. By far the class […]
Mitole – 2019 Champion Male Sprinter
Mitole capped a 6-for-7 season and a terrific 10-for-14 lifetime career with a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, beating his younger and favored rival Shancelot. […]
Enable’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth is my race of the year for 2019
As ever with year-in-review perspectives, personal criteria play the decisive role, and that’s why I’ve ventured abroad for my 2019 race of the year. The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot offers […]