GI Just A Game Stakes

Group 2 winner Godspeed (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}) is targeting the GI Just A Game Stakes at Saratoga on June 6, co-owner Peter Bradley told Jour de Galop on Wednesday. Trained by Carlos and Yann Lerner, the filly is owned by Bradley, F & O Hinderze Racing and Ecurie JML Racing. Since taking the G2 Prix de Sandringham in June of 2025, the daughter of Mary's Precedent (Storming Home) ran fourth in the G1 Prix Rothschild in August and seventh in her three-year-old finale--the G1 Prix de la Foret in...

Grade I winners Excellent Truth (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) and Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) went out Sunday morning and worked five furlongs together over the Oklahoma turf training track as the former continues preparations for an expected tilt in the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes Aug. 16 at Woodbine.. With the turf training track listed as firm, the pair cleared the five panels in 1:02.13 and left their conditioner very happy with what he saw from them. "They did a little five-eighths on the turf, really outstanding,"...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victories of Sapphire Beach and Hey Nay Nay. No Nay Never Sires Pair Of Juvenile Debut Winners Sapphire Beach, flying the flag for Three Diamonds Farm, won a five-furlong sprint over a sloppy Churchill main track on May 30 (video). Trained by George "Rusty" Arnold, the Charlie Brooks-bred re-rallied to finish second after being cut off by the winner, and the placings were reversed in...