Buchu runs rampant in BC WAYI Jessamine
Rigney Racing’s homebred Buchu blew past the field in Friday’s Jessamine (G2) at Keeneland, giving sire Justify yet another premier contender in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). […]
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Yuugiri leads all the way in Fantasy; Fulsome, Acting Out win undercard stakes at Oaklawn
A major qualifier for the Kentucky Oaks (G1), the $600,000 Fantasy (G2) offered 170 points to the top four finishers (100-40-20-10 scale). It was one of three stakes on Saturday’s Arkansas Derby undercard at Oaklawn […]
Navratilova topples higher seeds in Valley View
Navratilova won her second career stakes in Friday’s $150,000 Valley View S. (G3) at Keeneland in the same way that she won her first over the summer: in wire-to-wire fashion. Sent from the start by […]
Accredit stuns in Dueling Grounds Derby; Adventuring delivers in Oaks
The Kentucky Downs meet began on Sunday with a pair of lucrative stakes: the $750,000 Dueling Grounds Derby and the $500,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks. […]
Harvey’s Lil Goil turns tables in Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup
The versatile Harvey’s Lil Goil has proven her class on both dirt and turf, but Saturday’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) suggested that grass might be her optimal surface at the top level. […]
Essential Quality draws off in Breeders’ Futurity; Inthemidstofbiz upsets TCA
Essential Quality will vie for favoritism in the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland following a stylish victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) over the same track. Now 2-for-2 for Brad Cox, […]
Harvey’s Lil Goil prevails in Regret; Cazadero draws off in Bashford Manor
Harvey’s Lil Goil surged to the lead in upper stretch and gamely denied favored Crystal Cliffs by a head in Saturday’s $100,000 Regret (G3) at Churchill Downs. Winner of the Busher Invitational S. on the […]
No anxious moments for Charlatan in Arkansas Derby division romp
Taking an uncontested lead soon after the start, odds-on favorite Charlatan turned Saturday’s first division of the $500,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park into a paid workout. With Martin Garcia up, Charlatan set fractions […]
Justify pleases with half-mile breeze in :46.80
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify recorded the first of two scheduled workouts in advance of the June 9 Belmont Stakes (G1), breezing a half-mile in :46.80 Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs. Exercise rider Martin […]
Beautiful Shot nabs Mourinho in déjà vu Speakeasy
An odds-on Bob Baffert juvenile looks home free, only to get run down late by Calumet Farm’s Beautiful Shot. If that story sounds familiar, it’s happened twice now. After rolling from far back to nip […]