Mentee tries turf in Futurity; McKulick, Idea Generation meet again in Waya
A pair of graded stakes at Aqueduct on Friday could toss up contenders for the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar. […]
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Beaute Cachee, Dettori continue winning partnership in Ballston Spa
The international riding legend engineered another front-running victory aboard the French import in Thursday’s Ballston Spa (G2) at Saratoga. […]
Beaute Cachee looms the Brown entry to catch in Ballston Spa
Like many turf features for fillies and mares held in New York, trainer Chad Brown has the $300,000 Ballston Spa (G2) at Saratoga on Thursday surrounded. If weather permits the 1 1/16-mile race to remain […]
Idiomatic adds star power to Haskell undercard at Monmouth Park
Although the $1 million Haskell (G1) is the only “Win and You’re In” event at Monmouth Park on Saturday, the Jersey Shore’s stakes-laden program figures to have additional Breeders’ Cup implications. […]
Didia dominant in New York
Friday’s $750,000 New York (G1) came up terrifically deep on paper, but Didia looked in a different league when driving to her first U.S. Grade 1 victory. […]
New York Stakes lures classy, cosmopolitan field of 13
Unlike the Just a Game (G1) with its overrepresentation of Chad Brown runners, Friday’s other major event for turf distaffers at Saratoga, the $750,000 New York (G1), boasts a much more varied field of 13. […]
Fast as Flight pulls brash upset in Modesty
Friday’s $386,334 Modesty S. (G3) already shaped up as a contentious renewal, and the yielding turf on a rainy Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs added another layer of complexity to the handicapping puzzle. Longshot Fast as Flight was the one who stepped up in the conditions to earn a new career high, paying $43.90. […]
Didia rebounds with new tactics in Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Uncharacteristically lackluster in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) in her latest, Merriebelle Stable’s Didia was back to her best in Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G2) at Gulfstream Park. […]
Established names face younger threats in Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf
The $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G2) on Saturday will pit several known quantities against a seemingly equal number of upstarts whose stock remains on the rise. The former group includes Queen […]
Evvie Jets scrambles to $60.50 upset of Ballston Spa
Trainer Mertkan Kantarmaci believed that Evvie Jets had been unfairly typecast as a front runner, and she proved his point by rallying to a 29-1 upset in Thursday’s Ballston Spa (G2) at Saratoga. […]