Ready to Jam solved a season of seconditis with a victory in Sunday’s $150,000 Autumn Days Stakes for older female turf sprinters at Aqueduct. Sitting a sweet trip under Junior Alvarado, Ready to Jam rallied from midpack to outfinish a late-running Johanny to win by three-quarters of a length. It was another half-length back to […]

Newtown Anner Stud Farm’s Praying a 21-1 upset winner of the GIII Prioress S. at Saratoga Aug. 30, backed up that breakout performance with a half-length victory over her elders in Saturday’s ‘Win and You’re In’ GII Thoroughbred Club of America S. at Keeneland. Favored Grade 1 winner Vahva was second,Zeitlos was third. “It’s surreal,” […]

The story is familiar: trainer Mike Maker heads to Kentucky Downs with a turf marathoner, frequently with one he claimed, and walks away with a victory in the Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T). Five times it happened from 2015-22, and now the winningest trainer in Kentucky Cup history has extended his tally to six. […]