RIP, Battle of Midway
The twists and turns of Battle of Midway’s biography reached a heartbreaking conclusion Saturday morning. The 2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner, who returned from a stint at stud last year and just outgamed […]
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Battle of Midway sinks McKinzie in San Pasqual
Fittingly enough for a horse named after a pivotal naval battle, Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm’s Battle of Midway relished the sloppy conditions at Santa Anita Saturday to topple 1-2 favorite McKinzie in the […]
American Pharoah-Kindle colt lights up Keeneland at $2.2 million
A $2.2 million colt from the first crop of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah not only topped Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, but ranked as the most expensive horse sold […]
Rubilinda rockets to victory as Frankel’s first U.S. winner
Six days after recording his first classic winner courtesy of Soul Stirring in Japan, unbeaten phenom Frankel celebrated another breakthrough when Rubilinda became his first U.S. winner. And the Don Alberto homebred did so in […]
Cloud Computing to Preakness; Reach the World fatally injured
Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Cloud Computing, 20th on the Kentucky Derby (G1) points list, will not line up at Churchill Downs but instead await the May 20 Preakness S. (G1). That decision had […]
Derby contender Battle of Midway bought by WinStar, Don Alberto
Battle of Midway, who earned his spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a gutsy second in the Santa Anita Derby (G1), will race for new ownership. Hitherto campaigned by Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farm, […]