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Monday, September 9, 2024

In a nail-biting edition of the $250,000 Woodford Reserve Virginia Oaks on Saturday at Colonial Downs, Cheyenne Stable’s Style Points and John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services’ Deep Satin dueled down the stretch and were declared dead heat winners. Trained by Christophe Clement, Style Points was piloted by Manny Franco, who won five stakes and […]

Monday, August 26, 2024

One fantastic day made up for six weeks of frustration this summer for trainer Jorge Abreu, who won three races on Saratoga’s New York Showcase Day program on Sunday capped by a 13-1 upset recorded by Moonage Daydream in the $200,000 Yaddo Stakes. Moonage Daydream, coming out of a fourth-place finish in the Perfect Sting […]

Friday, August 16, 2024

Sackatoga Stable’s Courtly Banker dug in gamely down the stretch to get his head down over the pacesetting Fidelightcayut in Thursday’s $125,000 Rick Violette, a 1 1/16-mile Mellon turf route for New York-bred sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course. Bred in the Empire State by John Eaton and Steve Laymon, Courtly Banker is out of the […]

Monday, August 12, 2024

In the final stages of Sunday’s $500,000 Beverly D. at Colonial Downs, Lanni Bloodstock, Madaket Stables, and SF Racing’s Moira laid her heart on the line to beat out the defending winner Fev Rover by a head. Moira, Canada’s Horse of the Year of 2022, returned $3.40 for the win. With her Beverly D. victory, […]

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Red White and Blue Racing’s Neat came with a late surge to win the Grade 2, $500,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on August 1 at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Rob Atras, the Constitution chestnut leveled up from a pair of Grade 3 scores this year, including the one-mile Manila in June […]

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Versatility runs in Dr. Venkman ‘s blood. Like his sire Ghostzapper did two decades before, the speedy Dr. Venkman showed he was just as capable around two turns as he was around one with a commanding victory in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) July 27 at Del Mar. Bred in Kentucky by Ghostzapper Syndicate […]

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Back at the site of his GII Los Alamitos Futurity score last December, Wynstock returned to the Los Alamitos winner’s circle Saturday after the $100,000 Los Al Derby. One of two Bob Baffert runners in the Derby, Wynstock had previously done his best running from the front. But he was outrun to the front by […]

Neat delivered a blistering turn of foot at the top of the lane en route to a comfortable score in the June 29 $242,500 Manila Stakes (G3T) at the Belmont at the Big A meet. Trained by Rob Atras for Randy Gullatt’s Red White and Blue Racing partnership, Neat returned to the winner’s circle for […]

Saturday, May 25, 2024

By Katie Petrunyak The first thing you notice as you pull up to Hidden Brook Farm’s yearling division is how, on either side of the doors leading into the indoor walker, dozens and dozens of nameplates are lined in neat rows, serving as the honor roll of horses bred, foaled, raised or sold by Hidden Brook. […]

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Program Trading, a Chad Brown-trained 4-year-old colt by Lope de Vega, finished the 1 1/8 miles on good turf in 1:50.30 in his first race since a victory in the Hollywood Derby (G1T) Dec. 2 at Del Mar. Program Trading and Naval Power raced virtually side by side behind pacesetting Never Surprised  until the field […]