After a winter, spring, and early summer back home with trainer Jeremy Noseda in England, Grandeur has returned to the United States, setting up shop at Arlington for a run on the Saturday in the Arlington Million.
Tiz Miz Sue, who has not run since winning the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont on Memorial Day, will skip the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga on Aug. 25, trainer Steve Hobby said Tuesday.
The four horses on the also-eligible look best in Thursday's feature at Del Mar, but if none gets in, the most likely beneficiary could be Vibrato Jazz, third in a similar race July 25.
Trainer Wesley Ward will have an opportunity to pick up a Group 1 victory in Europe when he sends No Nay Never to Deauville in France for Sunday’s Prix Morny.
Due Diligence took command early and never looked back, showing a powerful kick down the stretch to win his debut effort by 7 1/2 lengths on Monday at Saratoga Race Course.
Gantry is back on the work tab at his Evangeline Downs Training Center base, and a fall return is possible for the Grade 2-winning sprinter, trainer Ron Faucheux said.
The 5-year-old mares Bryan’s Jewel and Onepointhreekarats, who took turns beating each other in a pair of stakes earlier this season, square off for the third time since May in Thursday’s $50,000 Unbridled Belle Stakes at Delaware Park.
With King Kreesa having moved on to bigger and better things, the remainder of the New York-bred male turf division’s elite is set to meet Thursday in the $150,000 West Point Stakes at Saratoga.
Parx-based trainer Butch Reid looks back on the career of sprinter Poseidon's Warrior, who won five stakes, including the Grade 1 Alfred Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga.
Trainer Alan Goldberg will attempt to win the most prestigious turf race for males run at Saratoga when he sends out the filly Tannery in the Grade 1, $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational on Saturday.
