Future Is Now stays hot in stakes-record Franklin
In the form of her life this season, R. Larry Johnson’s homebred Future Is Now racked up her fourth stakes victory in Sunday’s Franklin (G2) at Keeneland. […]
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Raging Sea catches Idiomatic late to win Personal Ensign
Trainer Chad Brown dealt reigning older female champion Idiomatic a second loss on the season in Friday’s $485,000 Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga, but not with the filly most expected. […]
Chili Flag best of Brown quintet in Just a Game; Future Is Now takes Intercontinental photo
Chad Brown had Friday’s $500,000 Just a Game (G1) at Saratoga surrounded ahead of time as trainer of five of the seven starters. But as often happens, it was not the most fancied of his […]
Alva Starr makes amends for prior loss to Vahva in Madison
The budding rivalry between Alva Starr and Vahva is all square after Saturday’s $591,050 Madison (G1) at Keeneland, in which Alva Starr clung to victory by a half-length over Vahva. The result of the Madison […]
Sibelius dominates the Mr. Prospector; Spirit Wind, Be My Sunshine, Souper Blessing win Gulfstream stakes
A quartet of stakes worth a combined $550,000 served as the highlights of an action-packed Saturday card at Gulfstream Park. […]
Gina Romantica edges In Italian in First Lady; Arzak closes fastest in Woodford
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gina Romantica appears to love the Keeneland turf course as much as In Italian, the odds-on favored stablemate she out-gamed by a head to win Saturday’s $750,000 First Lady (G1). When last […]
Amalfi Coast, Painting meet again in the Bessarabian Stakes
It’s safe to say Saturday’s $175,000 Bessarabian (G2) at Woodbine is shaping up to be among the most competitive races of the weekend. Seven of the eight entrants are proven stakes winners, with four achieving […]
Belmont: Horologist, Plum Ali, Wet Your Whistle romp in graded stakes
In the past, Horologist has given the impression of being a Monmouth Park specialist, scoring five of her first six victories over the New Jersey oval. But the 4-year-old daughter of Gemologist refused to be […]
Yaupon remains unbeaten in Chick Lang romp
Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Yaupon lived up to his burgeoning reputation in Thursday’s $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes (G3) at Pimlico. Romping by four lengths and tying the stakes record, the Steve Asmussen sophomore retained his […]
Win Win Win rallies remarkably in Forego
Win Win Win lost contact with the field after breaking slowly and traveled extremely wide into the stretch, but he flew home over the sloppy track to nail front-running Complexity in the final strides of […]