Modern Games joins exclusive club in Breeders’ Cup Mile
Godolphin’s homebred Modern Games accelerated in the nick of time in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland, and in the process, the 1.38-1 favorite joined an exclusive club. […]
Channel Maker
Highland Chief rides rail to Sycamore victory
If not for a brief virus, Highland Chief would have contested last Saturday’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Aqueduct. But trainer Graham Motion’s fallback plan worked out just fine. […]
Top-level talent abounds in Grade 3 Sycamore
It would be more than fair to characterize Friday’s $300,000 Sycamore S. (G3) at Keeneland as a Grade 3 event in name only. Indeed, the 1 1/2-mile grass test for older horses has come up […]
Gufo gets up to repeat in BC WAYI Sword Dancer
With the blinkers back on, and a return to conditions that bring out the best in him, Gufo hit top gear late to retain his crown in Saturday’s Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga. […]
Familiar faces bid for BC Turf spot in Sword Dancer
Sword Dancer S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:05 p.m. ET) Former grass champion Channel Maker will look to stamp his ticket for a fifth trip to the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) in Saturday’s $750,000 Sword […]
Tribhuvan steals Manhattan at 19-1
Let alone on an easy lead in Saturday’s $750,000 Manhattan (G1), Tribhuvan bid the field adieu entering the far turn and drew off to a 19.10-1 upset. […]
Manhattan draws evenly matched field of 10; Brown power trio top Just a Game
Manhattan S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:38 p.m. ET) Chad Brown unsurprisingly has the numbers in the two Grade 1 turf stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, but in the case of the $750,000 Manhattan […]
Channel Maker sails in Elkhorn; Scalding still on the boil in Ben Ali
Keeneland’s graded stakes on Saturday featured winners of contrasting profiles. While former turf champion Channel Maker captured his eight-year-old bow in the Elkhorn (G2), up-and-coming four-year-old Scalding extended his skein in the Ben Ali (G3). […]
Grade 1 winners Channel Maker, Two Emmys head Elkhorn; Scalding, Warrant set for Ben Ali
Keeneland will offer a pair of graded stakes on Saturday’s 10-race program. Elkhorn (G2) – Race 9 (5:16 p.m. ET) Multiple Grade 1 victor Channel Maker, unraced since a fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf […]
Rockemperor puts it all together at last in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
A “nearly” horse throughout his career, Rockemperor is a bridesmaid no more after breaking through at last in Saturday’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park. […]