Con Lima must deal with Creative Flair, Rocky Sky in Saratoga Oaks
Con Lima, who nearly wired the Belmont Oaks, renews rivalry with the respective third through fifth-placers while facing a few newcomers to the series. […]
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Vigilantes Way gets early position, graded breakthrough in Eatontown
Phipps Stable’s homebred Vigilantes Way was runner-up after a problematic start in the May 15 Gallorette S. (G3) at Pimlico. A sharper break in Sunday’s $165,000 Eatontown S. (G3) at Monmouth Park propelled the Shug McGaughey trainee to her first graded victory. […]
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 […]
Antoinette, Got Stormy among impressive graded grass winners at Gulfstream
Photo finishes were a recurring theme on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Case in point? Three of the four graded turf stakes for older horses were decided by margins of less than a length. The first […]
Casse father and son sweep Churchill turf stakes with March to the Arch, Hard Legacy
After the Mark Casse-trained March to the Arch scored a graded breakthrough in Saturday night’s $250,000 Wise Dan (G2) at Churchill Downs, son Norm did likewise when his pupil Hard Legacy prevailed in the $150,000 […]
Admission Office, Inspector Lynley among full field in Wise Dan
Admission Office‘s rally in last month’s Dixie (G2) at Pimlico came up a half-length short against multiple Grade 1 winner Catholic Boy. On Saturday, the consistent son of Point of Entry will seek to make […]
Precieuse, Cambier Parc, Holy Helena justify favoritism at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park offered a smorgasbord of turf stakes on Saturday’s Fountain of Youth (G2) undercard, three featuring the filly and mare division. Favorites swept all three, two for trainer Chad Brown. Peter Brant’s Precieuse had […]
Channel Maker among the top draws on Fountain of Youth undercard
by John Mucciolo The $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) headlines a superb 14-race card at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. However, the sophomore feature is far from the only major action to take place, as […]
Concrete Rose blossoms in Jessamine, WAYI for Juvenile Fillies Turf
He’d been preparing Concrete Rose for the race for nearly two months, but trainer Rusty Arnold had some anxious moments before entries were taken for Wednesday’s $200,000 Jessamine (G2) at Keeneland several days ago. “My […]