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McPeek eyes stakes for victorious youngsters
Trainer Kenny McPeek sent out 2-year-old winners for three consecutive days in Saratoga and is now pointing that trio to stakes at Aqueduct this fall.
David GreningSep 01, 2025
Trainer Kenny McPeek sent out 2-year-old winners for three consecutive days in Saratoga and is now pointing that trio to stakes at Aqueduct this fall.
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Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year who won a thrilling renewal of the Grade 1 Personal Ensign by a nose on Aug. 23, will most likely make her next start in the Grade 1 Spinster on Oct. 4 at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek said Sunday.
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Jockey Edgard Zayas was originally scheduled to spend this past weekend at Kentucky Downs. But a chain of events that began with John Velazquez taking himself off Be Your Best in the Flower Bowl here Saturday to ride Fierceness in the Pacific Classic instead led Zayas to Saratoga, where he won four races over a two-day span.
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Though he won two Grade 1 stakes with his older dirt males over the weekend, trainer Todd Pletcher's biggest victory may be the fact Mindframe was unharmed during a scary incident in the opening stages of Sunday's $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 9/2 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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When Be Your Best finished a well beaten third Saturday at Saratoga after running out to a big lead in the Flower Bowl Stakes, her trainer, Saffie Joseph Jr., praised the way the mare was ridden. For her best chance, Be Your Best needed to press her advantage as the race's lone speed horse. Well, here we go again. The Joseph-trained No Mo Candy can control the pace Thursday at Kentucky Downs in the $500,000 One Dreamer Stakes.
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The new racing season will kick off at Sha Tin Racecourse on 7 September, with the Club offering HK$28 million in jackpot prizes, alongside the first-ever HK$80 million Mark Six Season Opening Snowball draw. Customers* will have the chance to win prizes totalling an estimated HK$108 million.
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It was business as usual for Ka Ying Rising at Sha Tin this evening (Saturday, 30 August). Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year (2024/25) strode confidently through another eye-catching barrier trial ahead of his highly anticipated return to racing next weekend (Sunday, 7 September) at the 2025/26 Season Opener.
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Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2024/25) Ka Ying Rising breezed effortlessly through his first official barrier trial this morning (Friday, 22 August) on Sha Tin’s dirt course ahead of a return to racing on Sunday, 7 September followed by his historic bid to scale the world’s richest turf race in Australia.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Tuesday 9/2 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.