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Monday, October 10, 2022

Favored Philip My Dear used his patented stretch kick to beat a solid group of Canadian-bred 2-year-olds on Sunday in the 85th running of the $251,600 Cup and Saucer Stakes at Woodbine. A son of Silent Name, Philip My Dear earned $150,000 in his second stakes success for Raroma Stable. He captured the Soaring Free […]

Monday, October 3, 2022

Owner Michael Scheffres got his first stakes win, when Factor It In won the Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park by 2 3/4 lengths. Under Jorge Ruiz, the gray 6-year-old rated off the pace towards the inside, then split horses as they entered the stretch. He overhauled early leader Backnthewoods in the last eighth and drew […]

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Lightning finally struck for John D. Gunther and Tanya Gunther’s Love And Thunder (Ire), who captured her first graded stakes win with a last-to-first move, storming down the stretch to collar pacesetter Evvie Jets in the Athenia Stakes (G3) going 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf at the Belmont at the Big A fall […]

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Sendero became the second stakes winner and seventh winner overall for his freshman sire City of Light with a maiden-breaking victory in the $125,000 Jamestown S. at Colonial Downs. Sent off the 1-5 favorite, the bay colt was hustled out of the gate and rushed up to press the pace four wide down the backstretch […]

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Carpenters Call sat mid pack in the early stages of the $100,000 Peach Tree Stakes at Presque Isle Downs before surging to the lead and rolling on to a 1 1/4 length tally. The favored son of WinStar Farm´s Tourist earned a 113 Equibase Speed figure for the sterling effort, his 7th straight double-digit figure. […]

Monday, August 22, 2022

The Queen’s Plate is a race known for its great performances by fillies, and on Sunday at Woodbine, Moira put herself in the upper echelon of that list, winning the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown in track-record time. Moira was bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Devine […]

Two-year-old Philip My Dear was in the spotlight on Saturday as Woodbine showcased a pair of juvenile stakes including, the $150,000 Soaring Free Stakes. Rajendra Maharajh, the man behind Raroma Stables, paid $100,000 for the Adena Springs-bred son of Silent Name out of the Hidden Brook Farm consignment at last year’s Keeneland September Yearling Sale. […]

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s Bankit, expertly handled by Joel Rosario, arrived in the final stride to collar defending race champ Sea Foam in Friday’s $125,000 Evan Shipman Handicap, a one-mile test out of the Wilson Chute for New York-breds 3-years-old and up, at Saratoga Race Course. Bred in the Empire State by Hidden […]

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Although Brad Cox was the one wearing the baseball cap, Donegal Racing CEO Jerry Crawford offered a verbal tip of the hat to the trainer as he stood in the winner’s circle after the $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T). “Just for the record, Brad Cox did prove today that he […]

Monday, July 25, 2022

Moira, without hind shoes, made it look easy in taking the 67th running of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser July 24 at Woodbine. Trained by Kevin Attard for X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, and SF Racing, the 3-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper took the lead around the turn for home and glided to a 10 […]