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Ballerina d’Oro  justified trainer Chad Brown’s belief that she wanted more distance, needing every inch of the 1 1/8 miles of the $200,000 Gazelle Stakes (G3) to secure the victory April 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Campaigned by Rodeo Creek Racing, who acquired the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro   for $320,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale in 2023, Ballerina d’Oro was […]

6th-Fair Grounds, $55,000, Msw, 2-15, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.43, ft, 1 1/2 lengths. AHAVAH (f, 3, City of Light–Holiday Soiree {SW & GISP, $405,642}, by Harlan’s Holiday) overcame a bit of a sluggish dispatch and held off a persistent late challenge from fellow well-tried first-starter Unwavering Trust (Nyquist) to take the second division of the 3-year-old filly […]

As North America’s all-time winningest trainer, Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen has won just about every type of race, from a low-level claimer to grade 1 stakes, topped by the Preakness Stakes (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1), and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Among major races, only the Kentucky Derby (G1)—the deepest and most challenging race in the […]

With an eye toward the biggest prize in the sport—stallion prospects—John Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock bought a pair of seven-figure yearling colts Aug. 5 on opening night of Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale. Stewart went to $1.7 million for Hip 75, a Gun Runner  half to grade 1 winner and sire Leofric , from Bluewater Sales, agent. Earlier in the night, Stewart bid […]

There is no shortage of active pedigrees at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, but this year Warrendale Sales has a draft of eight yearlings that includes several particularly eye-catching updates. Hunter Simms, Warrendale’s Director of Bloodstock Service, can attest that landing a buzz horse in a yearling’s pedigree is exactly what you’re hoping for in the […]

Albaugh Family Stables’ Catching Freedom , the Kentucky Derby (G1) fourth-place finisher, will run in the May 18 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, trainer Brad Cox said May 12. Cox’s initial reaction was not to run Catching Freedom back in two weeks after the hard race the Louisiana Derby (G2) winner had in […]

Albaugh Family Stables, a regular presence in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with six starters since 2016 and their best finish coming last year with third-place Angel of Empire , are on the Derby Trail again. The Iowa-headed stable—led by Dennis Albaugh and his son-in-law and racing manager Jason Loutsch—kicked off 2024 with a stakes victory from their […]

Albaugh Family Stables’ Catching Freedom, the 8-5 favorite, kicked off his sophomore campaign in style with a late-running victory in the Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park Monday. Favored for his third-straight start, the bay colt was unhurried early Monday and settled well off the pace behind fractions of :23.02 and :47.01. He inched closer […]

Snapping a six-race slide and returning to the winner’s enclosure for the first-time since his GII Gotham S. win in the spring, Raise Cain (c, 3, Violence–Lemon Belle, by Lemon Drop Kid) nipped Dr. Venkman (Ghostzapper) in the shadow of the wire to score in the Perryville S. The aforementioned GI Kentucky Derby prep race has been his only victory […]

Bishops Bay (c, 3, Uncle Mo–Catch My Drift, {SW & GISP, $280,540}, by Pioneerof the Nile) posted a noteworthy 97 Beyer Speed Figure on debut Feb. 18 at the Fair Grounds, defeating next-out ‘Rising Star’ First Mission (Street Sense) in the process and showed his own ‘TDN Rising Star’-worthy determination Sunday at the venue in his first […]