GI Summer Stakes

A few hours after winning this year's GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes with World Beater (Oscar Performance), Riley Mott was home with his family eating takeout pizza. He shared a beer with his father, Bill, and was in bed by 9 p.m. The celebration was quiet, almost ordinary, but the milestone was anything but. Less than three years after going out on his own, Mott, age 33, had claimed his first Grade I win at the track that he had once called his playground and the town where he had...

The 166th King's Plate will crown the Canadian racing season at Woodbine, set to go Saturday, Aug. 16, and will top a full stakes schedule, the track announced Monday afternoon. With 39 graded contests--five at the elite level--set for this season, Woodbine will kick off the 2025 Road to the Canadian Triple Crown with the annual running of their Classic Aug. 16, and will then move to Fort Erie Race Track for the Prince of Wales Sept. 9 before concluding in the Breeders' Stakes Sept. 28 at the venue. Of...

   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 victory of New Century at Woodbine on Saturday. Kameko Reaches Milestone Top-Level Winner In The Great White North Qatar Racing's New Century (GB) (Kameko) made his North American debut in style, running out a 1 1/4-length winner of the GI Summer Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday (video) for trainer Andrew Balding. Bred by the Potent Embrace Partnership, the dark bay is a half-brother to G3...