ELMONT, N.Y. - Unrivaled Belle broke her withers when she fell backward waiting to be saddled for Saturday’s Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park and was subsequently retired from racing, her connections announced early Saturday evening.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Unrivaled Belle broke her withers when she fell backward waiting to be saddled for Saturday’s Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park and was subsequently retired from racing, her connections announced early Saturday evening.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Ken McPeek didn’t have a starter in Saturday’s Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes – lucky for those owners and trainers who did have horses compete in the race.
McPeek was that hot Saturday at Churchill Downs, winning two stakes on the Foster undercard, taking the Grade 3 Regret with Bizzy Caroline and Grade 3 Matt Winn with Scotus in the races immediately before the Foster.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Those who failed to hit Wednesday’s rich pick six at Belmont Park will get another shot at a large payday Sunday. Though the carryover isn’t seven figures as it was going into Wednesday’s card, it still will be a healthy $169,081 after the wager went unhit for a second straight card Saturday.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Another Saturday, another 3-year-old stakes win for owners George and Lori Hall and trainer Kelly Breen.
One week ago, they pulled off a Belmont Stakes shocker with Ruler On Ice at 24-1.
The latest victory was a 3-5 triumph by Pants On Fire in the Grade 3, $195,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Awesome Maria continued her ascent up the ladder in the extremely deep older filly and mare division with a three-length victory over Payton d’Oro in Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park.
Pletcher also finished third and fourth with Super Espresso and Life At Ten, the defending Phipps winner. Absinthe Minded finished last.
ELMONT, N.Y. – There is good news for horsemen with New York-breds competing in the 3-year-old turf division. You won’t have to see Street Game again anytime soon.
Street Game, a New York-bred son of Street Cry, passed his open-company stakes audition with flying colors Saturday at Belmont Park, assuming the lead soon after the start and taking the field all the way en route to a 7 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes.
She Be Classy and Thundering Emilia, the two most successful runners on dirt with a combined seven victories, capitalized when Saturday’s $75,000 John Rooney Memorial Stakes was transferred from turf to Delaware Park’s main track by running one-two in the 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It might seem unreasonable for a trainer to repeatedly slap his program and get all excited about his 1-5 shot drawing off as a clear winner, but Tom Proctor is extremely wary about what can happen in short fields.
Horse-for-the-course El Churruca, making just his third start since October 2009, withstood a furious late rally by Maryland shipper Ben’s Cat to register the biggest win of his 30-race career in Saturday’s $200,000 Parx Dash Handicap at Parx Racing.