Disarm to get a strong test in Stephen Foster
Gun Runner was a pretty good three-year-old and even better at four in 2017, when he captured the Stephen Foster (G1) en route to a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Horse of […]
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Hoist the Gold records first stakes win, earns BC Sprint berth in Phoenix
Dream Team Racing’s homebred Hoist the Gold rallied to the lead leaving the far turn and held sway to the finish line, scoring by three-quarters of length in Friday’s $349,375 Phoenix (G2) on Keeneland’s opening […]
Alcibiades a rematch between Brightwork, V V’s Dream; BC berths also on line in Jessamine, Phoenix
The spotlight will be on two-year-old fillies Friday when Keeneland kicks off its 17-day fall meet. Among the trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge preps on the 10-race card are the $600,000 Alcibiades (G1) on the […]
Search Results makes all in Locust Grove; Bango ties Churchill wins mark
Search Results put her back class on full display at Churchill Downs on Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $397,000 Locust Grove (G3) under Tyler Gaffalione. Favored at 1.87-1 against eight filly-and-mare rivals in […]
Locust Grove attracts Grade 1 pair; Bango, Wicked Halo top sprint stakes
Grade 1 veterans Pauline’s Pearl and Search Results top a salty field of older fillies and mares in the $400,000 Locust Grove (G3) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Although they enter the 1 1/16-mile Locust […]
Pauline’s Pearl rallies in Fleur de Lis; Bango wins Kelly’s Landing for second time
Saturday’s $367,000 Fleur de Lis (G2) at Ellis Park lost more than half of its original field due to scratches, leaving just three older fillies and mares to battle it out over 1 1/8 miles. […]
Smile Happy heads field of eight for Stephen Foster on historic Ellis card
The most significant day of racing in the century-old history of Ellis Park takes place Saturday when it hosts the $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) and five other lucrative stakes that were transferred from Churchill […]
Rattle N Roll tops Blame; Bango seeks record-setting win in Aristides
Saturday is “Stephen Foster Preview Day” at Churchill Downs and the $225,000 Blame (G3) will feature eight horses prepping for a possible appearance in $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) on July 1. The 11-race program […]
Zozos among challengers to Happy American in Louisiana
The field for Saturday’s $150,000 Louisiana (G3), part of the “Road to the Derby Day” program at Fair Grounds, looks very similar to the one that competed in last month’s Tenacious S. over the same […]
Grass racing at Fair Grounds resumes on Road to the Derby Kickoff Day
Grass racing at Fair Grounds will return on a limited basis beginning Dec. 26, when the $100,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial and $100,000 Blushing K. D. S. will be among nine stakes scheduled on the post-Christmas […]