BRIS Speed Stakes Ratings February 26-March 4
Top Winning Stakes Speed Ratings (2/26-3/4) – 3&up Dirt Sprints Horse A/S Dist Trk Date Race Bris Speed Chanteline 6M 5 1/2f (ft) OP 3/3 Spring Fever S. 93 Classic Rock 4C 6 1/2f (ft) […]
Holy Helena
BRIS Florida Speed By Circuit February 26-March 4
Top Winning Speed Ratings (2/26-3/4) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Driven to Compete 4G 1m (ft) GP 3/2 100 Salty 4F 1m (ft) GP 3/1 95 Dynashe 3F 1 […]
Sadler’s Joy engulfs whole field in Mac Diarmida; Holy Helena too good in The Very One
The class of the field as the winner of the Sword Dancer Invitational (G1) and fourth-place finisher in the November 4 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), Sadler’s Joy had just one question coming into his 2018 […]
Sadler’s Joy, Patterson Cross return from layoffs in Mac Diarmida
The highlights of Saturday’s marathon card at Gulfstream Park will be held on dirt, but the expansive turf course will host most of the stakes action, including the $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) for older horses […]
Field of Courage stuns Nearctic at 40-1
Thanks to a soft turf course at a stormy Woodbine, Sunday’s $226,192 Nearctic (G2) turned into more of a war of attrition than a typical six-furlong sprint. Handling the conditions best was the 40-1 longest […]
Nezwaah spearheads European brigade in E.P. Taylor
British shipper Nezwaah, beaten only a couple of lengths in seventh here a year ago, gets another chance at Sunday’s C$500,000 E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine. The 5-2 morning-line favorite, the Roger Varian trainee tops […]
Stellar field of nine in Alabama; La Coronel back in Lake Placid
Even without division leader Abel Tasman, Saturday’s $600,000 Alabama (G1) at Saratoga has come up as good a race for three-year-old fillies as any seen this year. Several in the historic 1 1/4-mile fixture will […]
Tiz a Slam favored against six in the Prince of Wales
Tiz a Slam was second best to favored filly Holy Helena in the Queen’s Plate earlier this month, but looks the horse to beat in the second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown, the C$500,000 Prince […]
BRIS Speed Stakes Ratings June 26-July 2
Top Winning Stakes Speed Ratings (6/26-7/2) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date Race Bris Speed Diversify 4G 1 1/16m (ft) BEL 7/2 Saginaw S. 97 Modern 7G 1 1/16m (ft) HST 7/1 […]
Holy Helena gives Canadian classic to international connections
A filly bred in Ontario gave her Austrian owner, American trainer, and Mexican jockey a Canadian classic, as Frank Stronach’s homebred Holy Helena was much the best in the Queen’s Plate on July 2 at […]