Ireland: Arizona Blaze gains BC Turf Sprint berth with Flying Five victory
This fall, Arizona Blaze, a speedy 3-year-old colt from Ireland, could be Del Mar-bound for a hot race after winning Sunday’s Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.
This fall, Arizona Blaze, a speedy 3-year-old colt from Ireland, could be Del Mar-bound for a hot race after winning Sunday’s Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.
Big Hug seized the stage during the Alberta Breeders’ Fall Classic program on Saturday night at Century Mile, where the reigning Alberta-bred of the year cruised home by 12 1/2 lengths in the $60,000 Distaff Handicap.
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The 2025 Eldorado Scioto Downs meet concluded Saturday (September 13) and the card did not disappoint with fast miles and a leading driver and trainer race that came down to the final hours.
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After back-to-back defeats to Sylvia Hanover and a month on the bench, Twin B Joe Fresh returned to the track a dynamo and set a stakes record and tied the Canadian record while crushing her peers for a repeat win in the Grade 2 C$210,000 Milton Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
This season's Canadian freshman pacing sensation Beau Jangles and stateside invader Frantic Hanover etched another win onto their unblemished card in taking their respective C$40,000 Metro Pace eliminations on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, while Loua Dipa claimed top billing from the two C$35,000 eliminations for the She's A Great Lady with a track- and Canadian record-equaling performance.
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Rondelito withstood a lengthy claim of foul to win his fifth consecutive race Saturday in the Grade 3, $125,000 British Columbia Derby at Hastings.
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Man O Rose won for the fifth time in 2024 in the E.B. Johnston Stakes at Los Alamitos last September. A year later, Man O Rose won the same race for statebred milers on dirt at Los Alamitos on Saturday, but this time the victory represented the start of his 2025 campaign.
The Keeneland September yearling sale continued to post major gains on Saturday as it moved into its Book 3 portion, with a $2 million Into Mischief colt leading multiple seven-figure horses traded in blockbuster results for this portion of the sale.
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The final Saturday of the season at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows showcased quite a card. Seven Keystone Classic events for sophomore ladies and gents of both gaits highlighted the action.
Favored Caitlinhergrtness returned to winning in Saturday’s Grade 3 Ontario Matron with an authoritative score while giving jockey Flavien Prat a stakes double on the Woodbine Mile undercard.