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Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner of Speedway Stable went to $1.5 million to secure 2014 GI Jenny Wiley S. winner Hard Not to Like (Hard Spun) at last year’s Keeneland November Sale (click here for story), and their investment paid dividends once again as the 6-1 shot rallied resolutely to nip Tepin (Bernstein) in Saturday’s...
Led by a pair of last out Grade I winners, Sunday’s Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga has plenty to offer. Curalina (Curlin) returns after posting an improbable win in Belmont’s GI Acorn S. June 6. The chestnut rallied smartly to get there by a neck after getting squeezed badly at the start. She posted...
PLEASURE POSTPONED In a rain-blighted renewal marred by the withdrawal not only of its chief protagonist Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) but also of the interesting contender The Corsican (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the solid Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Saturday’s G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. was at least partly salvaged by...
Mrs McDougal was rated off a slow pace for the opening three-quarters of a mile, but came out four wide into the stretch and ran down the pacesetting duo of Feathered and Cara Marie to take Friday’s GII Lake George S. at Saratoga. Favored in each of her first three career starts, Mrs McDougal graduated...
Robert Masterson’s Tepin (Bernstein) seeks her fourth-straight victory against a well-matched group in Saturday’s GI Diana S. at Saratoga. The Mark Casse pupil kicked off her 4-year-old campaign with a win in a Gulfstream optional claimer Mar. 21, and stole the GII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill Downs over GISW Coffee Clique (Medaglia d’Oro) May...
Prior to 10 a.m. Friday, the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.–a Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ qualifier for the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf–had a straightforward look to it with Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) understandably at prohibitive odds to maintain his perfect tally, but constant rain has blighted the track...
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert was more than pleased with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)’s six-furlong bullet in 1:11 flat at Del Mar Thursday. “I think he’s getting faster,” Baffert said. “He gives me goosebumps.” With jockey Martin Garcia in the irons, the bay was clocked in splits of :12.40, :24, :36.20...
Moment Is Right (Medaglia d’Oro), a smart wire-to-wire winner after gamely turning back favored Decked Out (Street Boss) in Belmont’s Astoria S. June 4, headlines Friday’s opening day co-featured GIII Schuylerville S. at Saratoga. Trainer Wesley Ward will also be represented by Banree (Macho Uno), a dazzling debut winner over the boys at Keeneland Apr....
Stonestreet Stables and WinStar Farm’s dual Grade I winner Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway–Rebridled Dreams, by Unbridled’s Song) has been retired from racing due to a knee chip and will stand stud at WinStar Farm in 2016. “Carpe Diem was a standout physical at the 2-year-olds-in-training sales, and quickly demonstrated his precocious speed, breaking his maiden...
When Saratoga Race Course reopened in 1946 after being closed for three years during World War II, residents of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. were giddy. Many had feared the sport, which had been so important to the little upstate city since the 1860s, was gone for good. On Monday, Aug 5, the Saratogian newspaper carried the...
After pulling off a monumental upset at 36-1 with Poseidon’s Warrior (Speightstown) in the 2012 GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H., Thomas McGrath’s Swilcan Stable returns to the Spa with another intriguing Parx invader for Friday’s opening day co-feature. Little Miss Miss (Mineshaft), a five-length debut winner in a scratched-down field of three in Bensalem June...
In an effort to provide steroid-free assurance and as a means to help international buyers meet new British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) testing guidelines for horses they plan on exporting, Keeneland Association, Inc., announced a new sales condition on Wednesday. At the time of sale, the buyer will check the appropriate box for BHA testing...