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Trainer Graham Motion has had to sit and wait four months for Soleil Volant to finally seal the deal for his first stakes victory. His patience paid off in the $150,000 Kent on Saturday, when the 3-year-old gelding closed from sixth on a soft Delaware Park turf course to win a thrilling stretch run by a nose.
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Michael Campbell told anybody who would listen that Patriot Spirit was going to run a big race in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Vosburgh Stakes at Aqueduct.
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Lennilu kept her U.S. record unblemished and in the process earned herself a starting berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on Oct. 31 at Del Mar by registering a 1 1/2-length victory over The Princess Bro in Saturday’s $75,000 Hollywood Beach at Gulfstream Park.
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Johannes rebounded from a ninth-place finish in his 2025 debut in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 2 with a cozy win as a heavy favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2 City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita.
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Adios champion Prince Hal Hanover, who was unable to advance out of his elimination to the final of the Little Brown Jug in his last outing, returned to his winning ways in a Bluegrass Series division for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile.
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Ultimate Love might have been stepping up to stakes company for the first time at Laurel Park on Saturday, but the result remained the same. In her third straight victory for trainer Mike Trombetta, the juvenile filly was overwhelming again and rocketed home to win by four lengths in the $150,000 Selima Stakes.
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Mystik Dan, regardless of who’s riding him, simply loves Churchill Downs. He won the 2024 Kentucky Derby there, won the Blame Stakes earlier this year, and on Saturday bravely burst through a minuscule gap at the three-sixteenths pole to win the Grade 2, $500,000 Lukas Classic.
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When Locked romped to an 8 1/2-length victory in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March, it was not a stretch to think he could be the best older dirt male horse in training.
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Lucas Wallin trainee Delaney Hanover pushed through a gap at the pylons off a pocket trip to out-sprint first-over 1-5 favorite Yo Tillie and hand her the first defeat of her season in a 1:50 2/5 mile to win the last of four divisions for the $294,200 Bluegrass 3-Year-Old Filly Trot - a division sponsored by Marvin Katz - on Saturday (Sept. 27) at The Red Mile.
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The $250,000 Gallant Bloom Stakes was not in trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s original plans for his speedy filly R Disaster. But a couple of unforeseen circumstances not only put R Disaster in the starting gate for the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom, it also put her in the winner’s circle following her impressive and popular 3 1/2-length victory over the 27-1 Patricia Ann in the 6 1/2-furlong filly and mare sprint fixture Saturday at Aqueduct.
