Cross Border earns repeat victory in Bowling Green
Awarded the victory via disqualification in last summer’s Bowling Green S. (G2), Cross Border earned his repeat score outright in Saturday’s $250,000 renewal at Saratoga […]
Cross Border
Champions Whitmore, Channel Maker look to snap losing streaks on Jim Dandy Day
Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1) — Race 8 (5:03 p.m. ET) Sprint champion Whitmore has won 15 of 41 career starts and more than $4.4 million, but the eight-year-old has a mere two Grade 1 […]
Domestic Spending joins Colonel Liam to force Turf Classic dead-heat
Continuing the Kentucky Derby Day theme of thrilling finishes, turf stars Colonel Liam and Domestic Spending were literally inseparable at the wire of Saturday’s $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1). The duo served […]
Colonel Liam the one to beat in Turf Classic
Vance Hanson reviews the Turf Classic, Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and American Turf for Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day! […]
Red Knight, North Dakota rubber match on tap in Elkhorn
Elkhorn S. (G2) — Race 9 (5:30 p.m. ET) Red Knight will look to make amends on a couple accounts as the likely favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Elkhorn S. (G2) at Keeneland, a 1 1/2-mile […]
Stakes newcomer Churn N Burn leads all the way in Pan American
Early speed was very good on Gulfstream Park’s turf course on Saturday for a pair of older horses without much stakes experience. Churn N Burn, a four-year-old gelding making his stakes debut in the $200,000 […]
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 […]
Colonel Liam follows ‘Bricks’ path in Muniz Memorial Classic
Of the eight stakes on TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby Day at Fair Grounds, three are turf contests, topped by the $300,000 Muniz Memorial Classic (G2). Recent Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) hero Colonel Liam is on […]
Colonel Liam salutes in Pegasus World Cup Turf
Hitherto a $1.2 million juvenile purchase finding his way in the world, Colonel Liam has officially arrived. The 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s $981,700 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) tackled stablemate Largent to give trainer […]
Pletcher trio bring strong local form into Pegasus World Cup Turf
Pegasus World Cup Turf — Race 11 (4:59 p.m. ET) Colonel Liam is the least experienced entrant in Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1), but an authoritative 3 1/4-length win in the Tropical […]