Trainer Wesley Ward flies to England June 5 for the upcoming Royal Ascot meet, days after his usual assortment of speedy 2-year-olds traveled overseas. Yet, Ward didn’t empty his juvenile cupboard.
He won the $144,000 Astoria Stakes Ju…
Promise Keeper made short work of a short field May 8 in the $194,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park, easily fending off a challenge from Nova Rags to earn his first graded score. The Constitution colt won two in a row for tra…
Read More > Whether she is running in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) or during the Oaks Day undercard, Shedaresthedevil always seems to win at Churchill Downs.
Winner of the COVID-19-postponed Oaks last September, Shedaresthedevil returned trium…
Airdrie Stud’s American Freedom kicked off his freshman year in the best way possible, siring his first winner from his first starter when his daughter American Bound won a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight at Keeneland in front-ru…
Read More >One week after teaming to win one of Oaklawn Park’s longest races—the 1 1/2-mile Temperence Hill Stakes—with Carlos L., trainer Mac Robertson and jockey Alex Canchari were back in the winner’s circle March 20 after taking the $150,000 …
Read More >Between Hall of Famer Bill Mott and 2021 Hall of Fame finalist and all-but-certain inductee Todd Pletcher, the two trainers have combined to win the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) seven times, including five times over the last ei…
Read More > Front-running tactics were partially responsible for Channel Maker’s 2020 success, but it was his late surge—over the season, not within his races—that propelled him to an Eclipse Award as outstanding male turf horse.
Winless over his …
Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow) came out of his wire-to-wire victory in Saturday’s GIII Lecomte S. in fine shape, Scott Blasi, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen, said Sunday. The Winchell Thoroughbreds runner is expected to start next in t…
Read More > Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon made a triumphant season debut Jan. 16 in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Unraced since a third-place finish in the Oct. 10 Champagne Stakes (G1) behind…
Louis Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion, a juvenile stakes winner on both turf and dirt, dueled from start to finish with a stubborn Maythehorsebwithu before prevailing by a neck Jan. 16 in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Sta…
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