Casa Creed books Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint spot in Jaipur
A useful performer in the turf mile division, Casa Creed reached a new level when shortening up to six furlongs in Saturday’s $400,000 Jaipur S. (G1) at Belmont Park. […]
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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 […]
Aunt Pearl, Dayoutoftheoffice return to action on Oaks undercard
Edgewood S. (G2) — Race 7 (2:09 p.m. ET) The $300,000 Edgewood S. (G2) at Churchill Downs has been a magnet in recent years for the previous season’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) winner. […]
Swiss Skydiver returns like a champ in Beholder Mile
Saturday’s $301,000 Beholder Mile (G1) honors a multiple champion mare who defeated males. Hence it was fitting that Swiss Skydiver, last year’s Preakness (G1)-winning champion three-year-old filly, returned triumphant in the Santa Anita feature. “Maybe […]
Champion Swiss Skydiver faces stern test in Beholder Mile return
Beholder Mile (G1) — Race 8 (7 p.m. ET) Swiss Skydiver, the 2020 champion three-year-old filly, will kick off her much anticipated four-year-old campaign on Saturday in the $300,000 Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita, […]
Hit the Road romps in Thunder Road; Masteroffoxhounds hunts down Acclimate in San Marcos
In a changing of the guard, up-and-coming four-year-olds swept both of Santa Anita’s graded turf stakes on Saturday. Hit the Road pretty much told his rivals just that when bolting up in the $100,500 Thunder […]
Bemma’s Boy upstages stablemate Zulu Alpha in Pan American
Trainer Mike Maker was supposed to win Saturday’s $200,000 Pan American (G2), but most forecast a victory for his 7-10 favorite Zulu Alpha at Gulfstream Park. Instead, stablemate Bemma’s Boy denied him at the wire […]
Speed excels in Fountain of Youth undercard turf stakes
There was a need for speed over the Gulfstream Park turf course on Saturday, with the majority of the grass stakes winners parlaying forwardly-placed trips into victory. First up was the $150,000 Palm Beach (G3) […]
Concrete Rose easily turns double in Saratoga Oaks
Following up on her conquest of the July 6 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1), 1-5 favorite Concrete Rose was imperious once more in the second leg of NYRA’s new Turf Tiara, Friday’s $695,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational. […]
Comical gets last laugh in Schuylerville; Listing makes it a California double in Quick Call
Saratoga’s opening day festivities had a California flavor as West Coast shippers won both graded stakes on Thursday. After the Doug O’Neill-trained Comical prevailed in the $150,000 Schuylerville (G3), Ben Cecil sent out Listing to […]