Less than 24 hours after the sports world celebrated the sensational triumph of American Pharoah in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, some intriguing young prospects went to work Sunday to attain their own degrees of racing fame.
Little Talks overcame a commotion at the starting gate to win the first stakes of her career Sunday in the $1,049,350 Golden State Million for 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Tuesday afternoon 11/3 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Though trainer Chad Brown was in Kentucky at the Breeders' Cup, his stable didn’t miss a beat Saturday, winning a pair of stakes at Belmont Park, to put the wrap on a phenomenal fall meet.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin hopes to rinse the taste of a bad Breeders’ Cup out of his mouth Wednesday when he sends out the promising Mohaymen in the Grade 2, $200,000 Nashua, one of two stakes for juveniles on the opening-day card at Aqueduct. The Nashua shares billing with the Grade 3, $200,000 Tempted Stakes for juvenile fillies.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah took the short van ride to his second career on Monday morning, arriving at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., where he will begin stallion duty next spring.
Colonial Flag and Comedy, both in foal to leading sire Tapit, quickly became the first two offerings of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale to reach seven figures, both bringing the hammer down for high-ticket prices during the sale's opening hour.
What we've seen over the last month with the ascension of Freaky Feet Pete in the 3-year-old pacing class says more about the way we race our horses these days than it does about the ability of either "Pete" or Wiggle It Jiggleit.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Hoosier, Yonkers and others.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
