Audible makes some noise in Florida Derby
by Teresa Genaro On a weekend that saw New York-breds flourish both in the United States and abroad, Audible announced himself as one to be reckoned with when he won the $1 million Florida Derby […]
March 2018
Hi Happy dashes home in Pan Am; Lull takes Honey Fox in photo
Hi Happy, who won one of South America’s most important races as a three-year-old in 2015, earned his first U.S. victory in his sixth try in Saturday’s $250,000 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Rating […]
Coach Rocks upsets Take Charge Paula in Gulfstream Park Oaks
Coach Rocks raced down the center of the stretch on Saturday to take her stakes debut in the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) by 1 1/2 lengths. Jockey Luis Saez settled Coach Rocks in midpack […]
Mendelssohn the dirt master in track-record rout in UAE Derby, on to Kentucky Derby
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 […]
Thunder Snow beats West Coast to the lead for Dubai World Cup upset
After an unexpected turn of events at the start, Godolphin’s Thunder Snow seized the initiative under a brilliant Christophe Soumillon and upset heavy favorite West Coast in Saturday’s $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1). The […]
No holding ‘Biscuits’ in Dubai Golden Shaheen repeat
Defending champion Mind Your Biscuits arguably faced a tougher challenge in Saturday’s $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) than in last year’s edition, but rose to the occasion to make history twice over. Defying the […]
Conquest Big E posts wire-to-wire upset; Always Dreaming second in Hardacre Mile return
Conquest Big E hustled to the lead out of the starting gate and made all the pace in Saturday’s $300,000 Gulfstream Park Hardacre Mile (G2), showing the way on a short lead before drawing off […]
Jungle Cat prevails in Al Quoz after gate scratch of favored stablemate Blue Point
Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby was widely forecast to take the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint (G1) at Meydan Saturday, with his Blue Point a red-hot favorite for some time. Then his long hopes were dashed […]
Hawkbill can’t be caught in Dubai Sheema Classic
Denied a top chance at a winner when Blue Point was scratched behind the gate in Saturday’s Al Quoz Sprint (G1), jockey William Buick must have felt a knot in his stomach, or at least […]
Benbatl blitzes Dubai Turf field
Godolphin’s Benbatl rebounded from an upset loss to dispatch an international raiding party in Saturday’s $6 million Dubai Turf (G1) at Meydan. So impressive earlier in the Carnival in the course-and-distance Al Rashidiya (G2) and […]