Golden Pal zooms to a second Woodford score
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Golden Pal was back to his old self from the starting gate at his home track Saturday when streaking to a successful title defense in the $315,175 Woodford S. (G2) at Keeneland. […]
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Blazing Sevens rallies in Champagne, Pleasant Passage makes all in Miss Grillo
Blazing Sevens will look to replicate the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) success of his first-crop sire, 2017 champion Good Magic, next month following an off-the-pace victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Aqueduct. Although […]
Life Is Good does enough to land Woodward at prohibitive odds
Life Is Good did what he had to do to become one of the shortest-priced winners in the history of the $465,000 Woodward S. (G1) on Saturday. A 1-20 favorite against three rivals in the […]
McKulick smashes course record in Jockey Club Oaks
In what turned out to be a sprint during the final quarter-mile of Saturday’s $671,000 Jockey Club Oaks (G3), McKulick outkicked German invader Toskana Belle to win the 1 3/8-mile grass feature at Aqueduct by […]
Ortiz bags five at Colonial including Virginia Derby with Capensis
Capensis was one of the more inexperienced runners among a field of 10 in Tuesday’s $305,000 Virginia Derby (G3). That didn’t dissuade the betting public, which made the gray son of Tapit the 8-5 favorite. […]
Forte splashes to Hopeful upset
Forte relished the slop on closing day of the Saratoga meet on Monday, rallying to defeat even-money favorite Gulfport in the $300,000 Hopeful S. (G1). Rating in fifth down the backside in the field of […]
Virginia Joy steals Flower Bowl; Annapolis sails in Saranac
Virginia Joy stole a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) by toppling 1-5 favorite War Like Goddess in Saturday’s Flower Bowl (G2), and Annapolis could be on a path to the Mile (G1) after his odds-on conquest of the Saranac (G3). […]
Goodnight Olive aces class test in BC WAYI Ballerina
Making her stakes debut in Sunday’s Ballerina H. (G1), the streaking Goodnight Olive confirmed her progressive profile by dismissing a worthy field at Saratoga. […]
Best Actor, Green Up win big at Parx
Best Actor turned in an award-worthy performance Tuesday at Parx, dominating seven three-year-old rivals in the $300,000 Smarty Jones S. (G3), a prep for next month’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1). Under Florent Geroux, Best Actor stalked […]
BC Juvenile Turf Sprint: Blackbeard takes WAYI Prix Morny, Love Reigns over Bolton Landing
A pair of key races on Sunday offered Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) implications. […]