Gufo gets jump on Japan in Sword Dancer, earns spot in Breeders’ Cup Turf
Saturday’s $735,000 Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga proved that Gufo is a different horse of late. […]
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Tribhuvan could have company up front in Sword Dancer
Sword Dancer S. (G1) — Race 11 (5:25 p.m. ET) Tribhuvan has emerged this season as a turf performer of major stature for trainer Chad Brown. On Saturday, the French-bred gelding will look to confirm […]
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 […]
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 […]
Domestic Spending pours it on late in Manhattan
Klaravich Stables’ Domestic Spending had to share the spoils with Colonel Liam in the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, but their rematch in Saturday’s $750,000 Manhattan S. (G1) on Belmont Day wasn’t close. […]
Colonel Liam, Domestic Spending evenly matched entering Manhattan
Manhattan S. (G1) — Race 10 (5:38 p.m. ET) The $750,000 Manhattan S. (G1) over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Belmont Park on Saturday has the look of a potential race-off between Colonel Liam […]
Magic Attitude romps to Sheepshead Bay victory; Dr Post, Tribhuvan win stakes off layoffs
A pedestrian pace could have compromised Magic Attitude in Saturday’s $200,000 Sheepshead Bay S. (G2) at Belmont Park. Instead, the daughter of Galileo unleashed a spectacular burst of acceleration to defeat a deep field with […]
Always Shopping one of six graded winners in Sheepshead Bay
Sheepshead Bay S. (G2) — Race 10 (5:37 p.m. ET) A winner of three stakes and a loser of two others in tight photos since adding blinkers last fall, Always Shopping will look to bounce […]
Newly minted Grade 1 Saratoga Derby likely to receive further boosts
Recognizing the impact of the Saratoga Derby Invitational in just two runnings so far, the American Graded Stakes Committee recently boosted the feature to Grade 1 status. Evidence in support of that upgrade is likely […]
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 […]