The effect of a purse increase from $100,000 in 2016 to $250,000 this year is quite evident in Sunday’s Troy H. at Saratoga, which has attracted nearly every significant turf sprinter east of the Mississippi […]
Champion Songbird had to work for the win in Saturday’s $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G1) under jockey Mike Smith, digging deep in the lane to repel a sustained challenge from Martini Glass. The prohibitive 1-20 favorite […]
Trainer Christophe Clement is eyeing a multitude of races for world record-setter Disco Partner after the five-year-old easily scored a 3 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Forbidden Apple Stakes at Belmont Park. It was the […]
Pure Sensation improved his Parx Racing turf course mark to three-for-three on Saturday with a dominating title defense of the $200,000 Parx Dash (G3). The 11-10 favorite in a field of 10 turf sprinters, Pure […]
Celestine turned in a sparkling performance on Belmont Stakes Day 2016, cruising to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $700,000 Just a Game (G1) while completing the mile in 1:31.60 over a fast-playing turf. On […]
Green Lantern Stables’ homebred Frostmourne, a half-brother to Grade 1-winning miler Karelian, fittingly earned his first graded victory at that trip in Saturday evening’s $500,000 Penn Mile (G2). Well placed early by Irad Ortiz Jr., […]
Her connections have changed in the interim, and her price was a lot shorter, but Celestine otherwise sparked a sense of déjà vu with a front-running repeat victory – again over Mississippi Delta – in […]
Saturday’s $100,000 Sand Springs at Gulfstream Park appeared to be a match race between Grade 1 star Celestine and 2015 Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse, both making their seasonal reappearances. Just like […]
Michael M. Hui’s Taghleeb uncorked a powerful late rally to capture Saturday’s $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens in course-record time at Gulfstream Park. Patiently handled by Tyler Gaffalione, the 5-2 favorite negotiated two miles on the […]
American shipper Pure Sensation, who’s been battling foot troubles for the past several days, was unsurprisingly scratched Sunday morning from the Hong Kong Sprint (G1). The lone U.S.-based entrant in Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races, Pure […]
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