Mitole – 2019 Champion Male Sprinter
Mitole capped a 6-for-7 season and a terrific 10-for-14 lifetime career with a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, beating his younger and favored rival Shancelot. […]
Metropolitan Handicap
Enable’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth is my race of the year for 2019
As ever with year-in-review perspectives, personal criteria play the decisive role, and that’s why I’ve ventured abroad for my 2019 race of the year. The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot offers […]
In Excess a cautionary tale of making the right Breeders’ Cup race choice
The connections of star grass performer Bricks and Mortar face a difficult choice of Breeders’ Cup target, and the decision to enter either the Turf (G1) or the Mile (G1) is fraught with risk in […]
Mitole wins stacked Met Mile
William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Mitole delivered a performance worthy of the hype when putting away the front runners and holding off the closers in a spirited rendition of the $1.2 million Metropolitan Mile Handicap (G1) […]
Must-see Met Mile, Ogden Phipps, and Jaipur to offer Breeders’ Cup berths
Most consider it the race of the day, eclipsing the third leg of the Triple Crown later in the card. Others with long memories are thinking it’s the best renewal of the race in decades. […]
Scully’s favorite races of 2018
I’ve tabbed five races as my favorites in 2018: #5 – MET MILE Bee Jersey opened 2018 with three romping wins, including the Steve Sexton Mile (G3) at Lone Star Park, and made his first […]
Remembering Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Gulch
The first Breeders’ Cup held at Churchill Downs, in 1988, memorably produced era-defining performances from the likes of Alysheba, Personal Ensign and Miesque. The first winner on that unforgettably cold, dark and wet afternoon will […]
Bee Jersey holds off Mind Your Biscuits to win Met Mile
Charles Fipke’s homebred colt BEE JERSEY ran his win streak to four while earning earned his first Grade 1 score with a nose victory over multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits in a thrilling […]
Mind Your Biscuits, Bolt d’Oro draw inside in 11-horse Met Mile
Mind Your Biscuits has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite and will break from the rail in Saturday’s $1.2 million Metropolitan H. (G1). And to his immediate outside will be 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro, […]
Bolt d’Oro tunes up for Met Mile at Keeneland
Multiple Grade 1 winner BOLT D’ORO took a spin around Keeneland’s fast main track on Sunday under jockey Florent Geroux, breezing a half-mile in :48.40 in readiness for the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park […]