Goodnight Olive aces class test in BC WAYI Ballerina
Making her stakes debut in Sunday’s Ballerina H. (G1), the streaking Goodnight Olive confirmed her progressive profile by dismissing a worthy field at Saratoga. […]
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Ce Ce handed rail draw, 125 pounds in BC WAYI Ballerina
Reigning Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) champion Ce Ce has already earned a free return ticket for her title defense at Keeneland, and she’ll try to pick up another one in Sunday’s “Win and You’re In” Ballerina H. (G1) at Saratoga. […]
Kimari takes Honorable Miss with late rally
Kimari rallied to edge Frank’s Rockette by a half-length in Wednesday’s $186,000 Honorable Miss H. (G2) at Saratoga for trainer Wesley Ward and jockey Joel Rosario. A Grade 1 winner of the Madison at Keeneland […]
Bella Sofia tops Honorable Miss quartet
Honorable Miss H. (G2) — Race 4 (2:49 p.m. ET) Bella Sofia, who clung to victory in a pair of slightly longer stakes at the Belmont spring meet, should find the cut back to six […]
Bella Sofia makes all in Bed o’ Roses
Friday’s $279,000 Bed o’ Roses S. (G2) at Belmont Park looked on paper like Bella Sofia‘s race to steal. That she did, but narrowly. The field of four fillies and mares were bunched together through […]
Jackie’s Warrior heavy favorite in True North; Obligatory, Bella Sofia head Bed o’ Roses
True North S. (G2) — Race 9 (5:17 p.m. ET) Reigning champion sprinter Jackie’s Warrior looms as an overwhelming favorite Friday in the $300,000 True North S. (G2) at Belmont Park. A winner in 10 […]
Bella Sofia noses Frank’s Rockette in Vagrancy thriller
Following a stretch duel in which the protagonists barely conceded an inch to the other, Bella Sofia prevailed by the slimmest of noses over Frank’s Rockette to take the $145,500 Vagrancy H. (G3) for fillies […]
Electability, Western River try stakes in Peter Pan; Bella Sofia returns in Vagrancy
Saturday’s 11-race program at Belmont Park includes three dirt stakes, including the Peter Pan (G2), the traditional local prep race for the Belmont S. (G1) on June 11. $200,000 Peter Pan (G2) – Race 9 […]
Bella Sofia continues to blossom in Gallant Bloom
Following up on her breakout performance in the Test S. (G1) versus three-year-old fillies, Bella Sofia blitzed older distaffers in Sunday’s $232,500 Gallant Bloom H. (G2) at Belmont Park. […]
Bella Sofia faces elders in Gallant Bloom
Gallant Bloom H. (G2) – Race 9 (5:16 p.m. ET) After a smashing 4 1/4-length win in the Aug. 7 Test S. (G1) at Saratoga, Bella Sofia will square off against four older rivals in […]