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 […]
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Blacktype fends off Hi Happy in Knickerbocker title defense
Blacktype fended off a late bid from favored Hi Happy to take the $200,000 Knickerbocker (G2) at Belmont Park on the Columbus Day program Monday, becoming the fourth two-time winner and race history and giving […]
Blacktype looking for title defense in Knickerbocker on Columbus Day
by Dick Powell The Knickerbocker Stakes (G2) will be run as the 3RD race at Belmont Park on Monday for three-year-olds and up going nine furlongs on the inner turf course. Seven are entered, with […]
Repatriated Qurbaan denies Juddmonte duo off layoff in Bernard Baruch
Once 3-5 favorite and Saratoga specialist Voodoo Song lost his mojo in upper stretch, Monday’s $243,000 Bernard Baruch H. (G2) turned into a free-for-all, and Shadwell Stable’s Qurbaan came out on top at odds of […]
Mucho, Nitrous top contenders in Hopeful
Impressive maiden winners Mucho and Nitrous will make their initial stakes appearance in Monday’s $350,000 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga. A total of eight two-year-olds are entered for the seven-furlong heat on closing day. Mucho rolled […]
BRIS Speed Stakes Ratings August 6-12
Top Winning Stakes Speed Ratings (8/6-8/12) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date Race Bris Speed Tricky Escape 5M 1 1/4m (ft) SAR 8/12 Fasig-Tipton Waya S. 107 Calgary Caper 7G 1 1/8m […]
Spa-loving Voodoo Song wires Fourstardave field
In a race where three of the six entrants were undefeated over the Saratoga turf, it was Voodoo Song who maintained that distinction with a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday’s $513,750 Fourstardave H. (G1). Remarkably a […]
Heart to Heart, Yoshida line up in Fourstardave
Won last year by eventual turf male champion World Approval, Saturday’s $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) at Saratoga features several Eclipse Award aspirants in the one-mile inner turf fixture, most notably Heart to Heart and Yoshida. […]
Mr. Misunderstood makes point in Wise Dan as World Approval fades
Champion turf horse World Approval was sent off as the even-money favorite on his retrieval mission in Saturday night’s $200,000 Wise Dan (G2), but still unable to recover his old form, the door was open […]
American Patriot rallies to upset Maker’s 46 Mile
Friday’s $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) at Keeneland proved to be a stallion maker for WinStar Farm’s homebred American Patriot, who wore down last year’s runner-up Heart to Heart to upset the grass feature by […]