Flightline proves a class apart in Malibu rout
Sunday’s $301,000 Malibu (G1) was supposed to present Flightline with a class test, but the unbeaten colt was a class apart from the opposition at Santa Anita. […]
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Doswell wires Ft. Lauderdale; Sweet Melania rallies in Suwannee River
Gulfstream Park’s Saturday stakes bonanza included stepping stones to the Jan. 29 Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) and the new Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf (G3). […]
Mo Donegal outduels Zandon, survives inquiry in Remsen
Narrowly separated in the betting as well as at the wire, Mo Donegal and Zandon took their rivalry into the stewards’ room after late scrimmaging in Saturday’s Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct. […]
Bell’s the One earns WAYI prize in TCA; Golden Pal best in Woodford
Saturday’s stakes-packed program at Keeneland included the Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2), a “Win & You’re In” for the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint G1), and the Woodford S. (G2) for […]
Medina Spirit, Dr. Schivel humble older foes en route to Breeders’ Cup
Re-routed from last weekend’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1) in order to face California’s best older horses in Saturday’s $301,500 Awesome Again S. (G1) proved the right move for Medina Spirit, who buried the opposition while stamping his ticket to next month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. […]
Mind Control rerallies to edge Silver State in Parx Dirt Mile; Magic Michael closes for Greenwood Cup
Supporting stakes on Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and Cotillion (G1) undercard at Parx included the $200,000 Parx Dirt Mile S. for Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) contenders and the $200,000 Greenwood Cup (G3) at 1 […]
Gear Jockey snares Breeders’ Cup bid in Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs
The decision this summer to emphasize sprinting has paid rapid dividends for Calumet Farm’s homebred Gear Jockey. On Saturday, the four-year-old colt earned an automatic bid to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in November […]
Gunite completes historic double for Gun Runner in Hopeful
One day after Gun Runner celebrated his first Grade 1 winner with Echo Zulu in the Spinaway (G1), the leading freshman sire accomplished an historic double when Gunite upset Monday’s $300,000 Hopeful (G1). […]
Front-running Medina Spirit rebounds in Shared Belief
Proving just as tough to pass as he was in the Kentucky Derby (G1), 9-10 favorite Medina Spirit repelled Rock Your World to post a front-running victory in Sunday’s $100,500 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. […]
Gamine goes about her business in Ballerina
Gamine continued her march toward a second sprint championship on Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $500,000 Ballerina H. (G1) at Saratoga. Breaking well from post 1 under John Velazquez, Gamine was tracked closely […]