Cross Border earns repeat victory in Bowling Green
Awarded the victory via disqualification in last summer’s Bowling Green S. (G2), Cross Border earned his repeat score outright in Saturday’s $250,000 renewal at Saratoga […]
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Champions Whitmore, Channel Maker look to snap losing streaks on Jim Dandy Day
Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1) — Race 8 (5:03 p.m. ET) Sprint champion Whitmore has won 15 of 41 career starts and more than $4.4 million, but the eight-year-old has a mere two Grade 1 […]
Gufo adds blinkers for Grand Couturier; First Captain makes stakes debut in Dwyer
Grand Couturier S. — Race 6 (3:34 p.m. ET) After uncorking rallies that came too late in a pair of stakes earlier in the Belmont Park meet, the hope is the addition of blinkers will […]
Frontrunning Channel Cat holds on to upset Man o’ War
One week after his master class aboard Medina Spirit in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez engineered another frontrunning upset. This time, Velazquez showed his turf skills with 8-1 Channel Cat in Saturday’s Man o’ War S. (G1) at Belmont Park. […]
Gufo kicks off 2021 campaign in Man o’ War; Harvey’s Lil Goil returns in Beaugay
Man o’ War S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:44 p.m. ET) Domestic Spending’s literal tie with turf division leader Colonel Liam in a Grade 1 last weekend at Churchill Downs could bode well for Gufo, […]
Stakes newcomer Churn N Burn leads all the way in Pan American
Early speed was very good on Gulfstream Park’s turf course on Saturday for a pair of older horses without much stakes experience. Churn N Burn, a four-year-old gelding making his stakes debut in the $200,000 […]
Crazy Beautiful, Con Lima head Gulfstream Park Oaks
Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) — Race 12 (5:17 p.m. ET) Saturday’s $200,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) came up without some of the heavy hitters that might have been expected to show. That’s potentially good news […]
Two imports add intrigue to Joe Hirsch Turf Classic; Breeders’ Cup spot on line in Belmont Derby
Although the winner of Saturday’s $250,000 Belmont Derby (G1) will receive an automatic bid to the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Keeneland, the $250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) earlier in the card […]
Moon Over Miami takes Dueling Grounds Derby; Micheline rallies to win Oaks
Moon Over Miami launched his bid off the far turn and finished fastest of all to win Thursday’s $750,000 Dueling Grounds Derby, earning his first stakes triumph with a half-length decision. The Summer Wind Farm […]
Harvey’s Lil Goil returns to grass for Dueling Grounds Oaks
Kentucky Downs hosts it’s most important 3YO racing Thursday, with the $500k Dueling Grounds Oaks slightly deeper than the $750,000 Dueling Grounds Derby. […]