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Classic Empire appeared “fine” to trainer Mark Casse on the morning after his disappointing third in Saturday’s Holy Bull (G2). But last year’s unanimous champion two-year-old colt turned out to be harboring a foot abscess. […]
McCraken opens his 3-year-old campaign in Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, squaring off against eight rivals in the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth a combined 17 points (10-4-2-1 scale). The Ian Wilkes-trained […]
Irish War Cry upstaged 2-year-old champion Classic Empire in the Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, establishing himself as a serious contender in his first Kentucky Derby qualifier. The Graham Motion-trained colt shot forward at […]
While I searched for potential excuses for Classic Empire’s disappointing third-place finish at 2-to-5 in the Holy Bull Stakes my former Thoroughbred Times colleague Mike Curry (now of America’s Best Racing) offered hope: “Even the […]
The lathered neck. The apprehension at being loading into the starting gate. All the last-second signs suggested that a sub-par effort from juvenile champion Classic Empire was forthcoming in Saturday’s Holy Bull (G2). “He just […]
Edited Press Release Trainer Graham Motion reported Sunday morning that undefeated Irish War Cry, who posted a mild upset as a 3 3/4-length winner of Saturday’s Holy Bull Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park, will remain […]
Edited Press Release Uncontested and Petrov, the respective one-two finishers of the January 16 Smarty Jones Stakes, worked over Oaklawn Park’s fast track Sunday morning in preparation for their scheduled starts in the $500,000 Southwest […]
Irish War Cry left the competition in his wake Saturday in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, leading wire-to-wire in authoritative fashion. Among the vanquished was Classic Empire, the early Kentucky Derby favorite […]
El Areeb turned in another visually stunning performance on Saturday, rolling to a fourth consecutive win, this time in the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. The 1-2 favorite in a field of 10 three-year-olds, El […]
Royal Mo officially joined Grade 1-winning stablemate Gormley on the Triple Crown trail Saturday after a decisive score in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. Sent to the lead from post 1 […]
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