Woodbine At a Glance Aug. 15
WOODBINE AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 5.33 – 1 Favorite Win%: 35%, Favorite Itm%: 68% EXOTICS PAYOFF Exacta 76.85 Daily Double 83.45 Trifecta 488.58 Pick 3 514.79 Superfecta 3,045.21 Pick 4 5,232.83 […]
August 2023
Prince of Monaco motors past Muth in Best Pal
Sunday’s $200,000 Best Pal (G3) at Del Mar shaped up as a battle between Bob Baffert debut winners, but the skirmish didn’t last long. […]
Inspiral eyes Santa Anita after repeat in BC WAYI Prix Jacques le Marois
Wheeling back 11 days after trailing in the mire in Goodwood’s Sussex (G1), Inspiral returned to top form on better going at Deauville Sunday with a repeat victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois (G1). […]
Spot Plays Aug. 14
For Monday TRACK (RACE) HORSE, MORNING LINE Finger Lakes (6th) Invaluable Will, 7-2 (7th) Curly Girl, 4-1 Louisiana Downs (5th) Sierra Blanca, 9-2 (6th) Big Country, 9-2 Mountaineer […]
Dreamfyre blazes to Sorrento victory; Closing Remarks wraps up Yellow Ribbon
Danny A. Eplin’s Dreamfyre became freshman sire Flameaway’s first stakes winner with her sharp debut in the July 9 Everett Nevin S., and the speedy juvenile followed up with a graded coup in Saturday’s Sorrento (G3) at Del Mar. […]
Set Piece gets his Grade 1 in Arlington Million
The first Arlington Million (G1) staged at Colonial Downs conjured up thoughts of the Old Dominion’s history, as the lone British-bred in the field, Set Piece, rolled in course-record time. […]
Casa Creed drives past Annapolis, punches Mile ticket in Fourstardave repeat
Third in upper stretch, Casa Creed kicked powerfully for home to defend his title in Saturday’s $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) at Saratoga, overtaking Annapolis in deep stretch of the mile turf affair. Luis Saez rides […]
Fev Rover punches Breeders’ Cup ticket with Beverly D. triumph
Not long after son Norm saddled Rhyme Scheme to an emphatic victory in the Saratoga Special (G2), Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse enjoyed a big win of his own several hundred miles to the […]
Virginia-bred Gigante upsets Secretariat
Honoring the greatest Virginia-bred Thoroughbred, Saturday’s $500,000 Secretariat (G2) took place at Colonial Downs in Virginia for the first time, and Virginia-bred Gigante provided a storybook ending by rallying last-to-first in the one-mile turf affair. […]
Rhyme Schemes leaves Saratoga Special rivals in the dust
Rhyme Schemes was strongly favored to back up his 9 1/2-length maiden win at Ellis Park in Saturday’s $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2). He not only did so, but improbably equaled that lengthy margin in the […]