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Monday, August 4, 2025

D. J. Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and Kenneth Freirich’s Ewing kept a perfect 2-for-2 record intact while besting graded stakes winner Obliteration by one length in the August 2 Saratoga Special (G2) for 2-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, the Knicks Go colt entered the 6 1/2-furlong sprint […]

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Befitting its name, Hidden Brook Farm may not be the flashiest Thoroughbred nursery in the Bluegrass, yet it turns out a steady stream of top-level Saturday performers. Its commitment to top-tier horsemanship is being proven once again with the emergence of Dr. Venkman , who seeks his first grade 1 victory July 26 in the […]

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Lottie Margaret was a three-length winner of the $75,000 New York Oaks for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies. She completed the 1 1/16-mile distance in a time of 1:46.53 Trainer Brad Cox and jockey Manuel Franco teamed up to win the event for the second consecutive year. A daughter of Street Sense – Theory of Change, […]

Friday, July 11, 2025

John D. Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services’ Deep Satin arrived in time to capture the first of two divisions of the Listed $135,000 De La Rose, going a flat mile inner turf course on Thursday’s Opening Day card at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Cherie DeVaux, the 4-year-old daughter of American Pharoah rebounded from a […]

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Taking the vast majority of the pari-mutuel activity, D J Stable, West Point Thorougbreds and Kenneth Frierich’s Ewing made light work of his rivals, streaking through the final furlong under mild urging to score by a dozen lengths en route to ‘TDN Rising Star’ honors in the Saturday opener from Saratoga. Watch Race Favored at […]

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Sheldon Russell notched his second stakes victory on the card after brilliantly nursing Woflie’s Dynaghost on the lead in the $125,000 Prince George’s County for 3-year-olds and upward at 1 1/8 miles on turf. Woflie’s Dynaghost, a half-brother to Grade 1-winning millionaire Sadler’s Joy, went right to the front under Russell, set uncontested fractions of […]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s been St. Benedicts Prep’s motto since she started campaigning in stakes races last fall. In her first eight starts against stakes and graded stakes company, St. Benedicts Prep finished second four times and third once. Her perseverance paid off in the $125,000 Alma North Stakes […]

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Rebel Red (GB) had one horse beat during the early stages of Saturday’s third running of the $170,000 Chorleywood at Churchill Downs but he closed with a rush down the center of the turf course to upset 2-1 favorite Highway Robber by two lengths and collect his first career stakes win. Trained by Cherie DeVaux, […]

Thursday, June 5, 2025

A surprisingly easy lead produced a surprisingly easy victory for Spinning Colors in the $200,000 Mount Vernon Stakes on a Stakes-packed Wednesday card that kicked off the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga. “She definitely has to have things her own way,” said trainer Mark Hennig. In the Mount Vernon, Spinning Colors had things her own […]

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Hidden Brook Farm sold a pair of juveniles for over half a million dollars during the first two days of the OBS April Two-Year-Old in Training sale. Late in Session 1, C R K Racing was the winning bidder at $675,000 on Hip #300, a filly by Constitution who breezed :21.1 the previous week. She […]