Upcoming Stakes for February 14 – 20
The Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds, El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields and Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park headline a stakes-laden Presidents’ Day weekend as points races on the Road […]
Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Bellafina holds on in Las Virgenes
The odds made Saturday’s $200,000 Las Virgenes (G2) look like a one-filly show, but 1-9 favorite Bellafina had to dig deeper than expected to prevail in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) scoring race. Bet down off […]
Point of Honor stays unbeaten in Suncoast; Inspector Lynley wins Tampa Bay for a second time
A wide trip proved no hindrance to Point of Honor, who entered the Kentucky Oaks (G1) race Saturday with a stylish 2 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Suncoast at Tampa Bay Downs. The 5-2 favorite […]
Always Shopping bags maiden win in Busanda
Repole Stable’s homebred Always Shopping benefited from the stretch-out to two turns to break her maiden in Sunday’s $101,000 Busanda S., a Kentucky Oaks (G1) scoring race at Aqueduct. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden […]
Feedback positive in Forward Gal; Call Paul dials up another win in Swale
by Teresa Genaro “The best two-year-old debut of the summer, of either sex.” That was the word on Feedback last August at Saratoga, when the dark bay filly broke her maiden at first asking in […]
Power Gal catches the speed late in Martha Washington
A stretch-out around two turns proved beneficial to the Japanese-bred Power Gal, who caught dueling leaders Marathon Queen and Taylor’s Spirit late in the $125,000 Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. A Road […]
Eleven Kentucky Oaks prospects entered in Busanda
Eleven three-year-old fillies will take a swing at earning Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying point Sunday in the $100,000 Busanda at Aqueduct. As part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, the Busanda offers points […]
Sunset Wish leads field of seven in Martha Washington
Sunset Wish, three-for-three around two turns including a decisive score over heavily favored Taylor’s Spirit in last month’s $75,000 Take Charge Brandi at Delta Downs, will attempt to make it four in a row in […]
Needs Supervision enters Oaks picture with Silverbulletday win
Needs Supervision showcased her budding talent on the Stars of Tomorrow II card at Churchill Downs in late November, skipping over the slop to win an allowance by five lengths. On Saturday at Fair Grounds, […]
Bellafina regains her swagger in Santa Ynez
If anyone doubted that Bellafina’s fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) was too bad to be true, her tour de force in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez (G2) furnishes the answer. The 2-5 favorite […]