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As the traveling circus of the Triple Crown moves to New York, Maryland comes along seeking a bit of the spotlight. The lightly-raced and unbeaten Maryland-bred Mindframe runs in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga; two races prior, fellow statebred Post Time, a multiple graded stakes winner, starts in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap.
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The first runner and winner for the Crestwood Farm stallion Caracaro – Grade 1-placed in his four starts before being retired – is West Memorial, winner of the Kentucky Juvenile against colts last month at Churchill Downs. West Memorial goes in the $150,000 Astoria Stakes on Thursday at Saratoga.
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Horse of the Year Authentic, tabbed as one of the top prospects in this year’s freshman sire class, got his first winner on May 31, as Adeera dueled and drove clear for a 3 3/4-length victory in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden at Churchill Downs.
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Triple Crown winner Justify notched another international accomplishment in his blazing early stallion career as his son City of Troy won the Epsom Derby on Saturday.
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With every passing year, the depth of the loss of champion Arrogate, who died at age 7 after just three seasons at stud, becomes more pronounced. His first crop was led by Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath; his second by Belmont and Travers winner and champion Arcangelo. His third crop includes Seize the Grey, front-running victor of last Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
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Can history repeat itself? That's one question for Santa Anita Derby runner-up Imagination in the Preakness Stakes. The colt races for many of the same connections as last year's Preakness winner, National Treasure, and is from the same extended female family as that colt – one that has had a great deal of success throughout racing history.
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Uncle Mo is, in less than a decade with runners on the track, already an accomplished classic influence as the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal. He'll now have a chance to add to his résumé with Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna and Muth, the likely favorite for the Preakness Stakes.
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Mugatu was foaled in Kentucky and trains at Belterra Park in Ohio. But in some ways, he'll be coming home when he runs in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The colt was conceived in Maryland, as he is sired by Blofeld, a prominent young sire in the state who stands at Murmur Farm in Darlington.
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Nest, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2022 and a four-time Grade 1 winner, has been retired from racing, her owner Mike Repole said Wednesday.
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Thorpedo Anna dominated last Friday's Kentucky Oaks as the second betting choice. But in some ways, the filly was the biggest of longshots. Her mere existence is a credit to breeder and co-owner Judy Hicks, as Thorpedo Anna's dam, Sataves, had a premature and troubled start to life and required painstaking care.
