Blowout controls pace in Churchill Distaff Turf Mile
With the scratch of pace rival Jakarta, 19-10 favorite Blowout capitalized as the controlling speed in Saturday’s Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2). […]
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Colonel Liam the one to beat in Turf Classic
Vance Hanson reviews the Turf Classic, Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and American Turf for Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day! […]
Stakes newcomer Churn N Burn leads all the way in Pan American
Early speed was very good on Gulfstream Park’s turf course on Saturday for a pair of older horses without much stakes experience. Churn N Burn, a four-year-old gelding making his stakes debut in the $200,000 […]
Crazy Beautiful, Con Lima head Gulfstream Park Oaks
Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) — Race 12 (5:17 p.m. ET) Saturday’s $200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) came up without some of the heavy hitters that might have been expected to show. That’s potentially good news […]
Sharing asserts class in Tepin; Smooth Like Strait romps in War Chant
Last seen making history in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), Sharing returned triumphant in a stakes honoring another Breeders’ Cup star, Saturday’s $100,000 Tepin S. at Churchill Downs. The 2.30-1 second choice worked […]
Sharing tops deep inaugural running of Tepin
Sharing followed in her dam’s hoofsteps last fall by winning a Breeders’ Cup race, in her case the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Santa Anita. On Saturday, the daughter of Shared Account will attempt to […]
Speed excels in Fountain of Youth undercard turf stakes
There was a need for speed over the Gulfstream Park turf course on Saturday, with the majority of the grass stakes winners parlaying forwardly-placed trips into victory. First up was the $150,000 Palm Beach (G3) […]
Tonalist’s Shape, Spice Is Nice clash in Davona Dale
Like her sire, Curlin, Spice Is Nice was a runaway winner at first asking over Gulfstream Park’s main track. That 12-length romp on Jan. 12 punched her ticket to Saturday’s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) over […]
Chance It fights back in Mucho Macho Man
Shooting Star Thoroughbreds’ Chance It, last season’s top Florida-bred juvenile, is now poised for the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail after a gutsy victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream Park. The 3-5 favorite […]
Chance It returns in competitive Mucho Macho Man
Although not part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream Park figures to yield a starter or two for some of the track’s future preps later during […]