Three-time Grade 1 winner Oscar Performance has shown an affinity for Belmont Park’s turf, recording a trio of graded stakes wins from four attempts, and will open his 4-year-old season at his favorite locale in Sunday’s […]
Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart had found heartbreak in his past trips for Keeneland’s marquee mile races, but his persistence paid off in Friday’s $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile (G1). Runner-up in the past two editions, […]
The $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) lost its biggest attention-grabber with the defection of champion turf horse World Approval, who reportedly hasn’t been training to Mark Casse’s satisfaction. But as a major stakes at Keeneland, […]
Eleven years after half-brother Miesque’s Approval upset the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Churchill Downs, World Approval dispatched an international cast in Saturday’s $1,840,000 renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar. Unlike his […]
North America and Europe are evenly represented with seven runners apiece in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), but much of the focus will be on the leading candidate for each side. World Approval […]
The two leading candidates for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), 2016 winner Arrogate and four-time Grade 1 winner Gun Runner, turned in their final works for the 1 1/4-mile test Monday morning. Arrogate, […]
Yorkshire-based trainer David O’Meara has rapidly become known for his turnaround artistry, and George Turner and Clipper Logistics’ Suedois became his latest case study in Saturday’s $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1). Placed in a […]
A full field of 14 was entered in Saturday’s $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) on Saturday for Keeneland’s opening weekend, and last year’s winner returns for another go at the eight-furlong affair, which is […]
When he finds a turf course with a little “give” to it, World Approval is a pretty nice horse. Live Oak’s gelded five-year-old gray surely appreciated the soaking rain that hit Saratoga mid-afternoon Saturday, storming home […]
A field of seven, including one main-track only runner, was entered for Saturday’s $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap (G1) at Saratoga. The one-mile inner turf affair attracted American Patriot, Disco Partner, Time Test and World Approval, and […]
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