Magic Wand, Focus Group stage international showdown in Man o’ War
The filly Magic Wand is no stranger to facing males and will seek to her earn her first Grade 1 win of her career against them on Saturday in the $700,000 Man o’ War (G1) […]
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Top Weekly Brisnet Speed Ratings for Stakes March 26 – April 1
A slew of runners from last week’s stakes earned triple-digit BRIS Speed ratings for their wins, including Florida Derby (G1) hero Maximum Security. The bay colt easily secured a 3 1/2-length victory in that Gulfstream […]
BRIS Speed Stakes Ratings March 25-31
Top Winning Stakes Speed Ratings (3/25-3/31) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date Race Bris Speed Marconi 4C 1 3/16m (ft) GP 3/29 Skip Away S. 102 Secret Spice 4F 1m (ft) SA […]
BRIS Florida Speed by Circuit March 25-31
Top Winning Speed Ratings (3/25-3/31) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Marconi 4C 1 3/16m (ft) GP 3/29 102 Prince Lucky 4G 1m (ft) GP 3/30 99 Beach Waltz 4F […]
Focus Group slips up rail to win Pan American; Prince Lucky easily in Gulfstream Mile
Focus Group made a winning return to the races Saturday with a photo-finish score over Melmich in the $250,000 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The 19-10 choice in a field of nine, Focus Group […]
Point of Honor gets class test in Gulfstream Park Oaks
Point of Honor has made it look easy in two starts to date, but gets tested for class Saturday in the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), a Road to the Kentucky Oaks series race that […]
Maker trio looms large in Red Smith
Mike Maker will take a big swing at Saturday’s $200,000 Red Smith (G3) at Aqueduct. An overflow field of 16, including three also-eligibles and three main-track only horses, was entered for the 1 3/8-mile turf […]
Desert Encounter, Sheikha Reika give Atzeni Grade 1 double at Woodbine
Jockey Andrea Atzeni wasn’t riding the most heralded of the English imports that invaded Woodbine Saturday for the Canadian International (G1) and E.P. Taylor (G1), but he did ride the best. In the 1 1/2-mile […]
European invaders prominent in Canadian International, E.P. Taylor
A trio of European invaders are among a field of 11 in Saturday’s C$800,000 Canadian International (G1), the annual 1 1/2-mile turf highlight at Woodbine. Thundering Blue has won two of his last three, including […]
Sistercharlie versus Holy Helena in New York; The Queen’s Call to Mind seeks Belmont Gold Cup
Two of the nation’s most captivating turf distaffers, Sistercharlie and Holy Helena, will clash in Friday’s $600,000 New York S. (G2) on day two of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. Sistercharlie, from the well-stocked barn […]