The closing of Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 and the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager provided a burst of intrigue for Derby-focused horseplayers. […]
Godolphin prevailed in protracted bidding wars for the top two sellers at Monday’s kickoff to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, going to $2.5 million for a Tapit half-brother to 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1) champion Nyquist […]
Multiple Grade 1 winner and classic-placed Pioneerof the Nile, the sire of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2016 champion juvenile colt Classic Empire, unexpectedly died Monday at the age of 13. Pioneerof the […]
Fasig Tipton’s 98th Saratoga Sale features a 255-strong catalog of yearlings, highlighted by blueblood offspring of such major sires as Curlin, Medaglia d’Oro, Tapit, and War Front as well as a first-crop brigade headed by […]
Opinions will obviously differ, but for my money the following races stood out among the hundreds of graded stakes run throughout 2017. Enjoy the look back at 10 of the most memorable of the year […]
Classic Empire, the champion 2-year-old male of 2016, has been retired and will stand at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud. Campaigned by John C. Oxley, Classic Empire concluded his juvenile season with back-to-back Grade 1 victories […]
Observers hoping that some clarity in the three-year-old male division would result from this weekend’s Jim Dandy (G2) and Haskell Invitational (G1) had to have been as thrilled as the connections of the top two […]
Champion Classic Empire is scheduled to gallop on Saturday morning following an easy week at Saratoga, according to assistant trainer Norman Casse. If he comes out of the gallop well, the classic-placed colt will breeze […]
Champion Classic Empire has been removed from consideration for the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park on July 30, trainer Mark Casse told drf.com. “I think his back is bugging him a little […]
This year’s Test of a Champion is unlikely to crown one for the first half of the year, but a win in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park could help tip the scales […]
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