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‘TDN Rising Star’ Mr. Jordan (Kantharos) headlines a field of eight in Sunday’s GIII Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park as he makes his first start since being disqualified from first to second in Gulfstream’s Tarpon S. Apr. 25. A head-turning debut winner for Eddie Plesa sprinting here last September, the grey added a pair of stakes...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was back on the track jogging at Santa Anita Sunday morning. “He jogged today,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “The weather is still pretty hot, but he’ll probably start galloping tomorrow. He’ll parade here Saturday, but he won’t breeze.” Baffert’s other top sophomore Dortmund (Big Brown) breezed a half-mile in :47.40 in...
The fallout from Royal ascot continues as with every winner invariably there are many more losers. Two strongly fancied horses that both failed to perform to their best ability were Hootenanny (Quality Road) and Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Wesley Ward’s Breeders’ Cup winner was favorite for the G1 Commonwealth Cup but never featured and his trainer is at a loss...
The connections of 35 3-year-old colts and geldings have been extended invitations to the GI William Hill Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park Aug. 2, headed by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile). The Zayat homebred, who was winning his seventh consecutive race when besting Frosted (Tapit) to secure the Triple Crown in the GI Belmont S....
After wins in the 11-furlong Prix de la Seine at Longchamp May 10 and Chantilly’s G3 Prix de Royaumont three weeks later, His Highness The Aga Khan’s Kataniya (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) bids to maintain the winning sequence as she continues to scale the heights in Sunday’s G2 Prix de Malleret at Saint-Cloud. Despite having just a neck...
Dual Group 1-winning juvenile Pride Of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) has returned to the stable of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden after taking a winter spell. The Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed al Maktoum homebred broke his maiden in Victoria’s most important 2-year-old race–the G1 Blue Diamond S.–in his third start, after which Coolmore bought into him....
4th-GPX, $42,000, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50 1/5, ft. TONALIST, c, 3, by Tapit 1st Dam: Settling Mist, by Pleasant Colony 2nd Dam: Toll Fee, by Topsider 3rd Dam: Toll Booth, by Buckpasser Tonalist finished fourth on debut behind two fellow Tapits, Matterhorn and Harpoon, going a mile at the Big A Nov. 16. Adding...
By Catlyn Spivey The Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured 260 people on Apr. 15 shook America, but no one was more effected than the New England residents. Since that time, funds have been developed for victims, and many have rallied together to restore the city. With the anniversary of the tragedy fast...
6th-SAX, $57,750, Msw, 3yo, f, a6 1/2fT, 1:13, fm. +DIVERSY HARBOR, f, 3, by Curlin 1st Dam: Motokiks, by Storm Cat 2nd Dam: Matoki, by Hail to Reason 3rd Dam: Salmon Lake, by Tom Fool Diversy Harbor, sent off at 5-1 in this unveiling, was shuffled back in the field going down the hill while racing...
6th-AQU, $65,000, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 1:40 1/5, ft. EMPOWER (c, 3, Distorted Humor–Magnificience {GSW, $163,378}, by Stormy Atlantic) took action all the way into 5-2 for his six-furlong debut at Gulfstream Park Dec. 19, but little went right that day, as he was wide and trailed in ninth. He found himself on a van back to New...
3rd-TAM, $21,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($75,000), NW1X, 3yo, 7f, 1:24, ft. GIANCARLO (c, 3, Tapit–Glitzen Glory {SP, $102,710}, by Honour and Glory), a 6 1/2-length maiden winner in his second outing at Calder Dec. 7, finished third in the Pasco S. here Jan. 4 and was a well-beaten second last time in Calder allowance company Jan....
Honors Stable Corp’s Wildcat Red (D’wildcat)–a runaway winner of the seven-furlong GIII Hutcheson S. Feb. 1, proved all heart on the stretch out in distance by defeating General a Rod (Roman Ruler) by a head over a course playing kind to speed in yesterday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream. General a Rod previously defeated Wildcat...