Turf

September 11, 2011
Sarafina tunes up for Arc by beating males in Prix Foy
Sarafina won her third race in a row, bulling between horses deep in the stretch run to win the Prix Foy by a head over the Japanese horse Hiruno d’Amour and cement her position as one of the favorites for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in ...
September 03, 2011
Leopardstown: So You Think beats Snow Fairy in Irish Champion
So You Think won his third Group 1 race of the year, but his manner of victory in the Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday at Leopardstown in Ireland did not match up with his overwhelming favoritism in the race.
June 26, 2011
Earnestly upsets Takarazuka Kinen, earns berth in Breeders' Cup Turf
Earnestly won the first Grade 1 race of his career in a 12-1 upset in Sunday’s $3.2 million Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan, earning an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs in November.
November 06, 2010
Dangerous Midge upsets in Breeders' Cup Turf
Dangerous Midge had at the top of his résumé one lonely Group 3 win as he came to Churchill Downs for the Breeders' Cup Turf. But his trainer, Brian Meehan, had long considered the 4-year-old top-class material, and Dangerous Midge ...