Saturday’s $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1), the centerpiece of a five-stakes extravaganza on “Stars and Stripes Day,” is shaping up to be a terrific renewal. According to NYRA publicity, the 1 1/4-mile inner turf […]
Tuesday’s Royal Ascot card serves up a blockbuster of an opening day, highlighted by three Group 1 events. The world-class action begins right off the bat with the first race, the Queen Anne (G1), newly […]
Fresh from clearing quarantine, Irish shipper Mendelssohn took his first tour of the Churchill Downs track Thursday morning. The Kentucky Derby (G1) contender went out in concert with fellow Aidan O’Brien trainees Threeandfourpence, Seahenge, and Deauville, […]
A half-length. That margin separated Beach Patrol from victory a year ago in the race now run as the Old Forester Turf Classic (G1), and it was also the margin by which he missed in […]
Presumptive Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Justify was among a flurry of arrivals, from all compass points, at Churchill Downs on Monday. The undefeated Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner was part of the California contingent touching […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner Mendelssohn aced his dirt debut in Saturday’s $2 million UAE Derby (G2), trouncing them by 18 1/2 lengths while smashing the track record by well over a second. With […]
In one corner is the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) hero with the form in the book, but venturing into terra incognita on the dirt, his leading rival’s home court. In the other corner is […]
Mendelssohn led a 1-2-3 finish for Aidan O’Brien-trained colts in the $89,500 Patton Stakes at Dundalk in Ireland on Friday evening as the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner took a step forward to participation […]
Aidan O’Brien has won three of the five runnings of the Patton S. at Dundalk, and despite a change in race conditions to fit its role on the inaugural European Road to the Kentucky Derby […]
Last week’s wintry blast may have postponed the Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions S. at Kempton, but it didn’t dramatically alter the composition of the European points race. Redrawn for Wednesday (post time 2:10 […]
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