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Texas Red (Afleet Alex) emerged from his victory in Saturday’s GII Jim Dandy S. in fine shape, according to Julie Clark, assistant to trainer Keith Desormeaux. “I went to the test barn with him [after the race] and he wasn’t blowing very hard,” Clark said Sunday morning. “He recovered really quickly, he was really content....
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), proving the rigors of his historic Triple Crown sweep had taken nothing out of him, returned to action with a devastating victory in the GI William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Sunday. The victory drew awed praise from his trainer. “What I saw was amazing,” Bob Baffert, winning a...
Causing a stir when taking the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. at Royal Ascot June 17 before proving that was no fluke when adding the G1 Falmouth S. to her tally at Newmarket July 10, Sir Robert Ogden’s Amazing Maria (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) confirmed her permanent stay at the top table when extending her sequence...
The irrepressible Zenyatta won the race formerly known as the GI Lady’s Secret S. in consecutive years between 2008 and 2010. Beholder, victorious in the same race–now named in honor of the near-perfect mare–in 2013 and 2014, could attempt to match the feat of Big Z, but, following a stirring success in Saturday’s GI Clement...
He doesn’t run often, but when he does, he runs fast, and Rock Fall laid claim to the title of nation’s best sprinter with a tough-as-nails victory in the Vanderbilt. The progressive short-tracker followed in the hoofprints of his sire, who gave trainer Todd Pletcher his only other Vanderbilt winner 11 summers ago. Accorded TDN...
Zayat Stable’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) already cemented his name in history when he became only the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown, but the bay looks to add to his legacy Sunday in the GI Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park. This will be the Bob Baffert trainee’s first start since his...
While the most talked about race for 3-year-olds this weekend will certainly be Sunday’s GI Haskell Invitational S. featuring the return of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), Saratoga’s GII Jim Dandy S. Saturday still offers a $600,000 purse and the opportunity to prep locally for the Aug. 29 GI Travers S. Favored...
The speedy Beholder (Henny Hughes) seeks her fourth consecutive win in Del Mar’s GI Clement Hirsch S., a ‘Win and You’re In’ for the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff. The Spendthrift colorbearer closed out last term with a victory in the GI Zenyatta S. in Arcadia Sept. 27. She returned from her winter hiatus to annex...
It was a bit of an unusual scene on the Monmouth Park backside just before 7:00 a.m. as a crowd began to form outside of trainer Kelly Breen’s Barn 12. Onlookers leaned around each other and ducked under rails to try and get a glimpse of the great American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) being saddled...
Zayat Stables’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) drew post four in what will be his first start since his historic sweep of the Triple Crown in Sunday’s GI Willliam Hill Haskell Invtiational S., which is a “Win and You’re In” event for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Oct. 31. Monmouth Park’s oddsmaker Brad...
Forced to race under a three-pound penalty as a result of his success in the G2 July S. at Newmarket July 9, Shalaa made light of the burden to significantly enhance his reputation with a command performance in this renewal which remained competitive despite the scratching of another Ballydoyle raider in the G2 Coventry S....
Wednesday, July 31, 1985, dawned a normal midsummer morning in Arlington Heights, Illinois, some 45 minutes from downtown Chicago. I was an 18-year-old high school graduate from nearby Wheeling High School, fresh from a homesick-shortened trip to Germany (I studied the language in school) and a handful of days from packing up my belongings to...