World Record responds to aggressive tactics in Amsterdam
Friday’s Amsterdam (G2) shaped up as a competitive affair on paper, but Siena Farm and WinStar Farm’s World Record ran his rivals ragged at Saratoga. […]
Elliott Walden
News flash: Bulletin runs himself into Royal Ascot picture at Keeneland
Giving fresh meaning to the term “news flash,” unbeaten Bulletin sped to another front-running victory in the $100,000 Palisades Turf Sprint during Thursday’s opener at Keeneland, and Real News completed the media-themed exacta. WinStar Farm, […]
Justify to join fellow Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Coolmore’s Ashford
WinStar Farm on Friday confirmed the news that the Thoroughbred world had been expecting since earlier this summer: Justify will stand alongside American Pharoah at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud, making it the home of both […]
Triple Crown winner Justify retired to stud
Triple Crown winner Justify‘s racing career is officially over. His retirement was announced via press release Wednesday afternoon. “Justify had some filling in his ankle, and he is just not responding quick enough for a […]
Justify to be evaluated after filling discovered in ankle
Triple Crown winner Justify will undergo an evaluation after filling was found in his left front ankle, it was announced Tuesday. “Justify had some filling in his left front ankle a week ago, which subsided […]
Justify came into the Belmont Stakes ‘like King Kong’
Horse racing’s newest Triple Crown winner JUSTIFY was bright-eyed and bushytailed on Sunday, one day after his effortless 1 3/4-length victory in the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes (G1). Before a crowd of 90,327 […]
Belmont Stakes 150 Trainer/Jockey Quotes & Post-Race Transcript
CLICK FOR THE 2018 BELMONT STAKES POST-RACE TRANSCRIPT TRAINER/JOCKEY QUOTES FROM THE 150TH RUNNING OF THE BELMONT STAKES Saturday, June 9, 2018 Bob Baffert, trainer of Justify (No. 1, winner) and Restoring Hope (No. 5, […]
From Foes to Family in Triple Crown bid Reunion
D. Wayne Lukas, Elliot Walden and Bob Baffert have history If an observer of the 1998 Triple Crown season went into a coma following Victory Gallop defeating Real Quiet in the Belmont Stakes and woke […]
Justify, Restoring Hope visit the starting gate in readiness for the Belmont Stakes
Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) victor JUSTIFY galloped 1 1/8 miles and schooled in the starting gate at Churchill Downs on Friday, nearly one week before the unbeaten colt will take part in […]
Preakness Stakes 143 Post Position Draw Quotes
Bob Baffert (trainer, Justify; PP #7; 1-2) “I’m fine. I’ll never forget the sickening feeling when I drew the 1-2 (posts) with American Pharoah and Dortmund. I think the break is still very essential, so […]