Samurai too Sharp for Del Mar Derby foes
The winner of the August 6 La Jolla H. (G3), Sharp Samurai completed the double as the 2-1 favorite in Sunday’s $251,725 Del Mar Derby (G2) and extended his turf record to four-for-five. The Mark […]
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Giant Expectations earns Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile berth with Pat O’Brien win
Exline- Border Racing LLC and Gatto Racing LLC’s Giant Expectations lived up to his name on Saturday when capturing the $201,725 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) by 1 1/2 lengths under jockey Gary Stevens. The seven-furlong […]
Danzing Candy puts streak on line in Pat O’Brien; Shared Belief comes up tough
Major stakes action doesn’t stop after Saratoga’s Travers Day bonanza, for later Saturday evening, Breeders’ Cup host site Del Mar stages two significant events – the $200,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) over seven furlongs and the […]
Sharp Samurai ekes out head score in La Jolla
Sharp Samurai rallied from the rear of the pack in Sunday’s $151,035 La Jolla Stakes (G3) at Del Mar to just get his head in front on the wire. With jockey Gary Stevens aboard, the […]
Oxbow’s first winner swamps them at Arlington
Calumet Farm’s 2013 Preakness (G1) hero, Oxbow, recorded his first winner as a sire Sunday, the honor fittingly coming courtesy of homebred Delaphene at Arlington Park. Trained by Eoin Harty and ridden by Pedro Cotto […]
Royal Mo injured while working for Preakness
At Pimlico on Sunday morning, Robert B. Lewis (G3) winner Royal Mo was in the midst of his five-furlong workout for the Preakness (G1) when he sustained a sesamoid fracture in his right front. First […]
Royal Mo lone California hope for Preakness
by SCOTT SHAPIRO The 2017 “Run for the Roses” is in the books as Always Dreaming cements his name in history and once and for all we can hopefully put the silly narrative that Todd […]
Stevens: ‘Royal Mo reminded me a lot of Silver Charm’
Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Gormley and third-place finisher Royal Mo are headed to the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 6, according to trainer John Shirreffs. The duo earned 100 and 20 […]
In memoriam: Champion Turkoman dies at 34
Turkoman, the champion older male of 1986, was euthanized Wednesday at the grand old age of 34. Pensioned from stud duty at E.A. Ranches in 2008, the son of Alydar spent his final years at […]