‘It Was Easy For Her’: In Italian Cruises Gate To Wire, Lowers Saratoga Course Record In Diana

Gina Romanticabests In Italian in the First Lady (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Keeneland Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky.- It was a Peter Brant- Chad Brown exacta in the 26 running of the First Lady (G1) Presented by UK HealthCare as Gina Romantica collared defending champion and stablemate In Italian (GB) in deep stretch to win by a head. Ridden by…

Gina Romantica won the 2023 First Lady Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, defeating defending champion In Italian to give trainer Chad Brown & owner Peter Brant the exacta. It was a Peter Brant-Chad Brown exacta in the 26 running of the First Lady (G1) Presented by UK HealthCare as Gina Romantica collared defending champion and stablemate In Italian (GB) in…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In her second start following a nine-month layoff, Klaravich Stables' horse-for-course Technical Analysis returned to the site of three of her six lifetime wins, adding another meaningful victory to her resume in Wednesday's $135000 De La Rose, restricted to older fillies and mares who have not won a graded sweepstakes in…

Tom Amoss raised the topic on the "Saratoga Live" telecast Thursdayon Fox. "I can't recall a big race, a Grade 1," he said, "where onetrainer had 80 percent of the field." It was an acknowledgment of the attendant muttering andgrumbling about Chad Brown's monopolizing of the Diana Stakes. It has gottenlouder this week than the snoring that Mrs.…

Klaravich Stables' Marketsegmentation broke through at the top flight with a gate-to-wire score in Friday's Grade 1, $600000 New York, a 10-furong inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Belmont Park. 2023 Belmont Stakes Betting Bible, featuring the EXACT race-by-race wagering plans from the two founders of RacingDudes.com. See how they're…

Owner Peter Brant enjoyed success for a second consecutive year in the race named for his 1980 Champion Grass Mare Just a Game when In Italian won the Grade 1 turf mile worth $500000 for older and fillies and mares traveling one-mile on the Widener turf course at Belmont Park. 2023 Belmont Stakes Betting Bible, featuring the EXACT race-by-race…

Not much went wrong for odds-on favorite In Italian onSaturday in the Grade 1, $600000 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland. Irad Ortiz Jr. got her out of the gate quickly, and sheraced to an early lead that she never relinquished. "That was pretty nice," Ortiz said. "She's always nice whenI get on her. She always gives you that feeling. What can I…

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. captured both of Saturday's turf stakes at Keeneland aboard favorites. Odds-on In Italian controlled the $511125 Jenny Wiley (G1) from start to finish, and Twilight Gleaming revealed a new tactical dimension in the $214650 Giant's Causeway S. Just denied in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) in her 2022 finale over this…

Rougir was full of run late to take top prize in the Grade 1, $751900 E.P.?Taylor?Stakes Saturday at Woodbine. The well-travelled 4-year-old chestnut filly's first appearance at Woodbine turned out to be equal parts impressive and dramatic. It was Adventuring, riding a two-race win streak, who went to the front in the 1 ¼-mile turf race for fillies…

Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 4:58 pm |Back to: Top News In Italian (right) leads home Regal Glory in the First Lady | Coady By'TDN Rising Star' In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) capped a monumental week both at the track and in the Tattersalls sales ring for her world-renowned sire, with a front-running defeat of her commonly owned'Rising…

Peter Brant's In Italian (GB) led all the way to win the 25 running of the $750000 First Lady (G1) Presented by UK HealthCare for fillies and mares, prevailing by a length over her favored stablemate, Regal Glory. Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Joel Rosario, In Italian covered the mile on a firm turf course in 1:33.22. In Italian's victory…

Last week, Chocolate Gelato won as the favorite over slop in the Frizette Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct, while the Champagne Stakes (G1) favorite Gulfport hung in the stretch for a third-place finish one day before. Note how Gulfport lost once again after losing as the favorite twice in a row. Looking ahead to the Grade 1, $600000 Breeders' Futurity at…

Three-time Grade 1 winner Regal Glory tops a formidable trio for trainer Chad Brown, as they headline a field of six fillies and mares set for the $750000 First Lady on Saturday at Keeneland. A winner of three graded stakes this year, Regal Glory has become a regular in Grade 1 turf races at Keeneland. A solid second in this race last year, she…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - After trying two turns, Jack Christopher returned on Saturday to what he is - an exceptional 3-year-old sprinter. In his first start since a third-place finish in the nine-furlong Haskell at Monmouth Park last month, Jack Christopher cut back in distance impressively with a 1 1/4-length victory in the Grade I Allen Jerkens run at…

There is high-quality racing action at Churchill Downs this weekend, as the Beverly D. Stakes is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge. This weekend's race is run over 1 1/8 miles on the turf, and a talented field of five fillies and mares will go to post. Find the latest Beverly D. Stakes odds and trends here. When: Saturday, August 132022 at 3:01…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown brought a quartet of talented fillies to the Grade 1, $500000 Diana with the undefeated Bleecker Street looking to pounce upon a hot pace set by stablemate In Italian. But In Italian's course-record performance proved too much for even her talented stablemates as she and…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The superfecta in the Grade I Diana consisted entirely of horses trained by Chad Brown on Saturday. And, somehow, that wasn't even the surprising part. Brown saddled four of the six horses in the field, and they finished 1-2-3-4, respectively, but it was the longest shot on the tote board among them, In Italian, who finished…

Today is Day 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m. RECENT STORIES FROM THE DAILY GAZETTE AT THE TRACK Trainer Chad Brown is so dominant in the Grade I Diana that he even gets horses who didn't look like they were meant for races like this into the Diana. And not just into the field, but into the role of favorite. That's the…

Trainer Chad Brown has exited a fruitful Belmont Stakes Racing Festival well-armed to launch his annual summer assault on graded stakes throughout the country. Many in his arsenal landed a blow this weekend, but arguably none more impressive than Jack Christopher, who smashed the Grade 1 Woody Stephens by 10 lengths under a Jose Ortiz hand…

Owner Peter Brant and trainer Chad Brown were in the winner's circle after the Grade 1, $750000 New York Stakes on Friday at Belmont Park, but it wasn't with the entrant the tote board might have suggested. The French-bred Rougir was the 1-2 favorite off her $3.4 million purchase price and winning U.S. debut in last month's G3 Beaugay, but it was…

Trainer Chad Brown and owner Peter Brant's Bleecker Street remained unblemished on Friday at Belmont Park, closing furiously down the center of the inner turf course to overcome a soft pace and capture the $750000 New York Stakes in its inaugural year as a Grade 1 event. Brown and Brant, who previously teamed up to win the New York in 2019 with…

A total of nine Grade 1 races highlight this weekend's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, N.Y., with one Friday and eight on Saturday's blockbuster card. Though the field sizes may leave something to be desired, there is no shortage of stars lined up to show off for horse racing fans. Among the top matchups is that of the Met Mile, featuring…

New York takes center stage of the racing world this weekend. Belmont Park hosts 14 graded stakes between its Friday and Saturday cards, including nine at the Grade 1 level, culminating in the 2022 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Rougir (6-5) is morning-line favorite for the first of those Grade 1 affairs, the $750000 New York Stakes. Post…

ELMONT, N.Y. - After making the competition blush in her stateside debut, Rougir returns in Friday's featured Grade 1, $750000 New York, a 10-furlong inner turf test for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will saddle four entrants - all owned fully or in part by Peter Brant - in Rougir,…