#Hronis Racing

Country Grammer, reunited with Frankie Dettori for the first time since winning the G1 Dubai World Cup in March, strode home an easy winner of the GII San Antonio S. at Santa Anita Monday. Sent off the 3-5 favorite, Country Grammer was hustled from his outside post by Dettori, but was unable to match the speed of his inside rivals and was caught…

A delicious confrontation between two of the aces from this year's Triple Crown events will unfold at Del Mar Sunday when Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Kentucky Derby/Belmont Stakes competitor Rock Your World match strides over a mile in the 47th running of the $100000 Shared Belief Stakes. Six in all have entered the headliner for…

The top-rated racehorse on the planet has raced for the last time. John Sadler-trained Flightline has been retired to stud just hours after landing the Breeders' Cup Classic. It marked a sixth successive career victory for Flightline at Keeneland, with the $6m race helping to boost his total career earnings to well over $4.5m. Jockey Flavien Prat…

In the crazy business model of thoroughbred racing, a horse is more valuable not racing then they are on the track. So, with that in mind, the sport's latest superstar, Flightline, was retired on Sunday, one day after a dominating record-setting win the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course. It was expected that Flightline would never race…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - No one was coming for Flightline, and Flavien Prat knew it. He looked over his shoulder on the far turn. Six horses were struggling to keep up. Life is Good was ahead of him by a couple of lengths. So what? Prat and his colt looked like a couple of Secret Service agents jogging alongside "The Beast," as the presidential limousine…

Lone Star Park hosts its "Million Day" on Memorial Day... it should be a great day for wagering and watching! Our turfman has you covered with free picks, and some targeted analysis. The Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile anchors the card...

GOT a few million burning a hole in your back pocket and fancy making a whole load more over the next few years? Then you might be interested in buying a 2.5 per cent share in Flightline - the world's best horse who's set to make his owners around £32million a year. Sent off at a suicidal pace, the John Sadler-trained four-year-old breezed past…

Never televised in prime time and hardly known outside racing circles, the 4-year-old is favored for a grand opening, and grand finale, in Saturday's Breeders' Cup. Outlined against an orange-pink October sky, the horseman rode again. Juan Leyva, the only exercise rider for perhaps the greatest American racehorse of the 21st century, spurred his…

Outlined against an orange-pink October sky, the horseman rode again. Juan Leyva, the only exercise rider for perhaps the greatest American racehorse of the 21st century, spurred his mount from a trot into a gallop at the five-eighths pole on the Keeneland Race Course backstretch and was gone. The sunrise that was painting the eastern sky had not…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - As far as great horse racing debates go, this one is civil and wholly welcome. Is Flightline one of the sport's all-time greats? Should he be regarded alongside Secretariat, Man o' War and a couple of dozen others who have captured the public's imagination throughout the years? Those who don't love or play the horses may answer…

For bettors who enjoy competitive fields with high quality, the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday looks like a great race to study. This edition of the 1 1/4-mile dirt race for older horses features nine well-matched horses. The 3-1 morning line favorite Express Train is a capable horse, as well as a consistent one with 10…

Breeders' Cup Notebook: A Look-In at Classic Contenders (Epicenter on Thursday morning at Keeneland / All Photos by Coady Photography) From the Breeders' Cup Media Team: Classic Look-In: Epicenter - Winchell Thoroughbreds' Epicenter continues to thrive in his training as he had another strong gallop Thursday morning under Roberto Howell leading…

Epicenter - Winchell Thoroughbreds' Epicenter continued to impress in his gallops as he went out shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday at Keeneland. The 3-year-old went 1 1/2 miles under regular exercise rider Roberto Howell. "He's just a fabulous horse," said trainer Steve Asmussen, who is seeking a third Longines Breeders' Cup Classic victory. "I…

Flightline is the undisputed star of this weekend's 39th Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. The brilliant colt, who may go off as the largest betting favorite in the history of the Breeders' Cup Classic, has never lost in five career races. He's frequently mentioned in the same sentence as the legendary Secretariat. So why is this…

Epicenter in his Oct. 30 work at Keeneland. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes LEXINGTON, Ky.-Keeneland is a busy place this week with horses getting in gallops and schooling in the gate and paddock. Epicenter, Flightline, Happy Saver, Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, Rich Strike and Taiba were all out and about. Epicenter - Winchell…

Diego Herrera / 27 Abel Cedillo / 21 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 27 Bob Baffert / 25 Doug O'Neill / 23 John Sadler / 17 Richard Baltas / 16 Saturday • $100000 Irish O'Brien Stakes, fillies and mares bred in CA, 4-year-olds and up, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf course Sunday • $100000 Sensational Star Stakes, 4-year-olds and up bred in CA, 6 1/2…

DEL MAR, Calif.- Spurred by strong support from horsemen and women from California and around the country, Del Mar set new records for average daily handle and field size during its 83rd summer season that concluded Sunday, September 11. The track also continued its exemplary safety record for the fourth consecutive year. Del Mar reported no…

Bet with the Racing Dudes TODAY using our friends at BetPTC and get a $200 new member bonus! Enter promo code DUDES! The track press release: Hronis Racing and partners' undefeated Flightline has been made the 1/5 favorite against five rivals in Saturday's 32nd running of the $1-million TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar. The 4-year-old son of Tapit,…