Sunday, October 20, 2019
What separates good horses from great ones is consistency. And Peter Brant’s five-year-old New York-bred mare Fifty Five is a shining example.
On Saturday on Empire Showcase Day at Belmont Park, Fifty Five backed up her 1-5 odds un…
Monday, October 7, 2019
Nay Lady Nay overcame some trouble at the start and rallied from last to notch a good-lookin score in the Parx Fall Oaks on October 7 at the Bensalem, Pennsylvania oval.
The cleverly-named filly by No Nay Never was purchased for th…
Monday, September 30, 2019
The $200,000 Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes on September 29 at Santa Anita Park belonged to John Shirreffs, the trainer of the great mare for which the race is named, when Paradise Woods outran early leader Secret Spice to win the contest, a “W…
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At the top of the short Charles Town homestretch, four 2-year-old fillies had any sort of chance to win the $100,000 Dickie Moore Stakes. Colby would’ve easily been the longest price among them at that moment.
Colby had …
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Peter Brant’s Fifty Five continued to find a comfort level at Belmont Park, staying off the speed before overtaking Wish Upon at the top of the stretch and fending off War Canoe’s late challenge to win the $125,000 John Hettinger for New…
Read MoreSaturday, September 21, 2019
A change in distance resulted in a change of fortune for Hidden Brook Farm sales grad Cleon Jones in the $145,000 Bertram F. Bongard Stakes for New York-bred Juveniles September 10 at Belmont Park.
A beaten second behind City Man i…
Friday, August 23, 2019
Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano won a pair of stakes, including a sentimental win aboard 7-year-old veteran Offering Plan, on Friday at Saratoga Race Course on New York Breeders’ Showcase Day.
Owned by Michael Dubb, Nantucket…
Monday, August 19, 2019
Carotari dueled through very quick early splits but kept finding to lower the Saratoga course record by two hundredths of a second a course record set by Leinster in the GIII Troy S. two weeks ago.
The 3-year-old son of Artie Schil…
Monday, August 5, 2019
Bettors had debut winner Amalfi Sunrise favored at 3-5 over graded stakes winner Comical in the $200,531 Sorrento Stakes (G2) August 3 at Del Mar, and the 2-year-old Constitution filly rewarded her backers when she drew off by six length…
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Two course records were set at Ellis Park on August 4 when the Henderson, Kentucky oval hosted the rich Kentucky Downs Preview Day card and Kallio came within a tick of making it three.
Five turf stakes, each with a $100,000 purse,…