The purse for the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 has been increased to $3 million. Churchill Downs announced the $1 million boost on Thursday and released a 34-race stakes schedule worth a […]
If anyone doubted that Bellafina’s fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) was too bad to be true, her tour de force in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez (G2) furnishes the answer. The 2-5 favorite […]
Summer Wind Equine’s homebred Chasing Yesterday so far has been known as American Pharoah’s half-sister by Tapit, but now she’s earned the title of Grade 1 winner after an admirably resolute success in Saturday’s $300,345 […]
Chasing Yesterday exits back-to-back stakes wins and the half-sister to 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will try to carry her momentum forward when she lines up for Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet (G1) at Los Alamitos. […]
Positive Spirit, a half-sister to 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming, made a mockery of her opposition Saturday in the $250,000 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct, winning the nine-furlong test by 10 1/2 lengths under […]
Tempted (G3) runner-up Enliven rates as the one to beat in Saturday’s $250,000 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct. A qualifier in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series, offering a combined 17 points to the (10-4-2-1 […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) runner-up Restless Rider was all the rage in Saturday’s $200,000 Golden Rod (G2) over the same 1 1/16-mile trip at Churchill Downs, but the 27-1 Liora proved too stubborn for […]
by TERESA GENARO Heading into the Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park, the talk was all about Covfefe, the two-year-old filly owned by LNJ Foxwoods and named not long after President Trump tweeted the word that left […]
Bellafina turned in another facile display of domination in Southern California’s juvenile filly division Saturday with a 6 1/2-length romp in the $300,000 Chandelier (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Adding to prior wins in the […]
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) favorite Accelerate will receive his final tune-up in Saturday’s $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita. A record-setting 12 ½-length winner of the August 18 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, […]