Batten Down tops Bourbon Flight; Oaks trail alumnae return in Seneca Overnight
A quartet of stakes for sophomores highlights the Saturday card at Churchill Downs. […]
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Skippylongstocking repeats in Charles Town Classic; Mystic Lake takes the Oaks
The stakes-packed Friday evening card at Charles Town provided a chance for proven stakes winners to add rich victories to their decorated resumes. […]
World Record responds to aggressive tactics in Amsterdam
Friday’s Amsterdam (G2) shaped up as a competitive affair on paper, but Siena Farm and WinStar Farm’s World Record ran his rivals ragged at Saratoga. […]
Valentine Candy brings more experience than potential to Amsterdam
Valentine Candy enters Friday’s $200,000 Amsterdam (G2) at Saratoga with five career wins, four of which have been stakes. With 10 starts, he’s run nearly as much as his four opponents have combined. Despite those […]
Book’em Danno takes WooYdy Stephens; Baby Yoda earns first stakes win in True North
Saturday’s Belmont S. (G1) at Saratoga undercard featured a pair of graded sprints on the main track, the $500,000 Woody Stephens (G1) for three-year-olds and $350,000 True North (G2) for older horses. […]
White Abarrio looks to rebound in Met Mile; Idiomatic tops Ogden Phipps
More than three months after White Abarrio failed to fire in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1), trainer Rick Dutrow still can’t pinpoint a reason why last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Whitney (G1) […]
Valentine Candy escapes traffic in Renaissance; Ice Cold up in time in Year’s End
Valentine Candy crowned a four-win day for Steve Asmussen in the Renaissance S., and Ice Cold toppled odds-on favorite Denim and Pearls in the Year’s End S. for fillies. […]
Pirate breaks outside 10 Hopeful rivals
In a case of perhaps saving the best for last, the $300,000 Hopeful (G1) for two-year-olds has come up a fascinating end-of-meet feature on closing day of the Saratoga stand on Monday. Although the field […]