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Ascend upsets Manhattan

June 10, 2017 0

by Teresa Genaro Trainer Graham Motion came to Belmont Park and won the battle, but lost the war. A race before his favored Irish War Cry finished second in the Belmont Stakes, he won the […]

Battle tested Recruiting Ready takes Chick Lang

May 20, 2017 0

Competitive against the likes of Classic Empire and Gunnevera as a two-year-old last summer, Recruiting Ready has found his niche sprinting. He showed as much in stakes company at Oaklawn last month and again on […]

Vertical Oak captures Miss Preakness

May 19, 2017 0

Judy and J. Kirk Robinson’s Vertical Oak earned a second straight stakes victory when capturing the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) on Black-Eyed Susan Friday at Pimlico by 3 3/4 lengths under jockey Jose Ortiz. […]

Terra Promessa romps in Allaire duPont Distaff

May 19, 2017 0

Stonestreet Stables LLC’s homebred Terra Promessa by 7 1/2 lengths in Friday’s $150,000 Allaire duPont Distaff (G3) at Pimlico on Black-Eyed Susan Day. With jockey Jose Ortiz aboard, the four-year-old lass grabbed command of the […]

Kentucky Derby 143 Jockey Quotes

May 6, 2017 0

John Velazquez, Always Dreaming (1st) “This is the best horse (trainer) Todd (Pletcher) and I have ever come to the Kentucky Derby with. Nothing against all the others, but this was the best horse. I […]

Paulassilverlining scores in Humana Distaff

May 6, 2017 0

Juddmonte Farms’ Paulassilverlining held off champion Finest City by a neck to take Saturday’s $300,000 Humana Distaff (G1) at Churchill Downs. Jockey Jose Ortiz was aboard the Chad Brown trainee, who found herself in the […]

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