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A new horse from the class of 2023 now wears the crown, and while it was not an earthquake that brought him to the top, Magnitude, exponentially better this summer than last, has steadily risen to become a mountain of a racehorse.
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The $275,000 American Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs was, theoretically, preceded by a local prep in the Audubon Stakes on the designated Stephen Foster Preview Day card on May 30.
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When the 4-year-old gelding Hymn rocketed home to win the $175,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash on Saturday at Laurel Park, it meant more to trainer Ron Moquett than a purse or a steppingstone.
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Golden Tempo, the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, will miss a planned start in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 1 due to a bacterial infection, trainer Cherie DeVaux said Saturday.
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Runaway Again, the 2025 Prince of Wales winner, hugged a live rail until the stretch and then ran down Paramount Prince on the wire to take the Grade 3 Dominion Day on Saturday at Woodbine.
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Coming off a red-hot Colonial meet last summer, trainer Robert Bailes got right back to business when War Humor kicked clear to win the $125,000 Edward P. Evans Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs.
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Luminous Beauty, a 6 1/4-length maiden winner at Saratoga during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, will look to kick off the elongated 46-day Saratoga summer meet in similar fashion when she heads a field of eight entered in Friday’s $200,000 Schuylerville, one of three stakes carded for the 11-race opening-day program.
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For all of the statistics and patterns that shape horse racing, the sport is nevertheless still subject to the demeanors of its competitors. For instance, the 4-year-old gelding Barbadian Runner seems to love nothing more than a stretch battle, and there is very little that could have stopped him from winning the $125,000 Deputed Testamony Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park.
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Trainer Michael Tomlinson claimed Harrodsburg, on behalf of owners Rod Hatfield and Bud Hatfield, for $50,000 in May 2024. Harrodsburg has not run for a claiming tag since, and on Saturday he won the Grade 3 Bango Stakes by three-quarters of a length over Built.
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If Waralo takes to the new turf course at Belmont Park this fall like he has the soon-to-be-closed grass course at Aqueduct, he could have a few more productive years.
