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Trainer Chad Brown has five chances to capture his second renewal of Saratoga’s GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. Friday. Leading the Brown quintet is morning-line favorite Night Prowler (Giant’s Causeway), who missed by just a head to subsequent GI Belmont Derby winner Force the Pass (Speightstown) when last seen in the...
The four-time Grade I-placed Wonder Gal (Tiz Wonderful) will take another swing at the highest level in a loaded renewal of Saturday’s GI Test S. at Saratoga. Tabbed as a ‘TDN Rising Star’ after posting a double-digit debut score in the Lynbrook S. versus New York-breds last July, the dark bay has had her fair...
Juddmonte Farms’ Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}), runner-up to Main Sequence (Aldebaran) in last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Turf in his only other trip to the United States, is set for another trans-Atlantic journey for the GI Sword Dancer Invitational S. at Saratoga. The 12-furlong test is part of the monster Travers Day program Aug. 29....
When last seen at Saratoga Race Course, jockey Kerwin Clark was guiding a 55-1 longshot to a second-place finish in a Grade 1 race. He has fond memories of his ride in the historic GI Travers S. Ten days shy of 25 years later, Clark–he’s 56 now– will make his second career start at America’s...
Anderson Farms returns to the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale for the first time since 2010 when it sends hip 153, a filly by Street Cry (Ire), through the sales ring Tuesday evening. It will be a bittersweet moment for David Anderson, who took over the farm after the passing of his father Robert in 2011. Although...
In January, Horse Country Inc. was launched to promote and facilitate tours of Lexington’s horse farms, medical clinics and equine attractions. This fall, the upstart non-profit will play a central role entertaining fans when the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is held at Keeneland Oct. 30-31, and while organizers recognize the challenges, they’re excited to showcase...
Irish Jasper (First Defence) has passed every test owner and trainer Derek Ryan has thrown at her with flying colors. Boasting six wins from nine starts, including two graded stakes victories, the sophomore will take her first stab at the highest level Saturday in Saratoga’s GI Longines Test S. bearing the colors of new owners...
Dynasty Thoroughbreds, which made its debut with a one-horse consignment at the Fasig-Tipton July sale last month, will make its second sales appearance during next week’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale. The fledgling operation, which is run by Damon Ming, his father, veteran pinhooker Don, mother Beccie, and brother Jacob, will send two yearlings through...
A day after American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returned home to California, his trainer Bob Baffert said that the colt’s next start was still undecided. “I haven’t talked to Mr. Zayat about it,” said Baffert, negating speculation caused after owner Ahmed Zayat appeared on Steve Byk’s radio show Tuesday morning. “We’re just waiting to see how...
A muggy Monday in August seems like an unlikely time for a bit of fresh air to waft over the United States racing scene. But the hint of breeze that arrived in the form of a quirky, self-styled press release out of Maryland to start this week’s news cycle could blow into a more forceful...
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) left Monmouth Park Monday morning, a day after his dazzling victory in the GI William Hill Haskell Invitational, shipping back to the Del Mar base of trainer Bob Baffert. “He came out of the race perfect,” confirmed the colt’s regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez. “He wasn’t even blowing or anything,...
In six career starts for the late Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel and Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, Soothing Touch (Touch Gold) failed to find the winner’s circle. The $550,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, however, has quickly proven her worth as a broodmare. Her first foal Emollient (Empire Maker) immediately put the 11-year-old on the map...