June 15, 2013
Kitten's Dumplings was much the best, winning the Regret at Churchill Downs by 2 1/4 lengths as the heavy favorite Saturday night.
Rendering his two season-opening efforts a distant memory, Fort Larned returned to his Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning form Saturday night with a dominating wire-to-wire triumph in the 32nd running of the Grade 1, $536,300 Stephen Foster Handicap at ...
At times this spring, trainer Bob Baffert viewed Code West as his Belmont horse, but ultimately, he chose to not run Code West in the race. Instead, Code West turned into his Matt Winn horse, winning the Grade 3, $113,100 race Saturday evening at ...
At times this spring, trainer Bob Baffert viewed Code West as his Belmont horse, but ultimately, he chose to not run Code West in the race. Instead, Code West turned into his Matt Winn horse, winning the Grade 3, $113,100 race Saturday evening at ...
Eoyal Delta, the defending champion older female, finished a distant second to Funny Proposition, a wire-to-wire winner of the 1 1/8-mile Fleur de Lis Handicap on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
There is a pick-six carryover at Betfair Hollywood Park of $130,527 for Sunday’s nine-race program.
Byrama scored an upset win in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap for fillies and mares over 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park.
The first-time starter Kobe’s Back had such a lofty reputation among the 2-year-olds trained at Betfair Hollywood Park that he was the 9-5 favorite in Saturday’s $101,000 Willard Proctor Memorial Stakes.
A pair of juveniles turned in the fastest time for an eighth of a mile during the second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age pre-sale under-tack show.
E F Five won the $35,000 Aspen at Arapahoe Park for the second time in three years on Saturday, when he defeated defending champ and favorite Wally Van by three-quarters of a length. E F Five also won the Aspen in 2011.
It all came together for Ju Ju Eyeballs as she extended her winning streak to four in the $62,400 Crank It Up Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf Saturday at Monmouth Park.
Skydreamin, an $80,000 purchase at the Ocala March 2-year-olds-in-training sale, proved gamest in the lane as he captured the $55,000 Lost in the Fog Stakes in his racing debut Saturday at Golden Gate Fields.
Sprouts won the first stakes of the year for 2-year-old fillies in Southern California in Saturday’s $100,250 Cinderella, a milestone win for trainer Edward Freeman.
One week after winning the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes with Palace Malice and the Grade 2 Woody Stephens with Forty Tales, Pletcher captured the Grade 3, $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park with Notacatbutallama.
At Fair Grounds last winter, Coalport gave the impression of a horse whose best races might have come early in his career. That impression is changing.
A week after scoring by 3 3/4 lengths in the off-the-turf John Rooney Memorial, the 5-year-old Bryan’s Jewel outfought 10-1 outsider And Why Not to win the Grade 3, $109,125 Obeah Stakes for fillies and mares Saturday at Delaware Park.
Ultimate Destiny ($9.50) edged out Good Better Best to notch his first stakes victory Saturday at Woodbine in the $125,800 Steady Growth.
The Illinois-bred filly La Tia was a good 3-year-old, stepping out of statebred-restricted competition to win the Grade 3 Arlington Oaks and the $153,000 La Lorgnette at Woodbine. But from the appearance of things, she might be even better at 4.
Returning to New York for the first time in 17 months, Dance to Bristol rolled to a 2 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Bed o’ Roses Handicap at Belmont Park.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Tuesday 6/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.