#Matriarch Stakes

Edwin Maldonado / 6 John Velazquez / 6 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 14 Bob Baffert / 7 Doug O'Neill / 6 George Papaprodromou / 6 Peter Miller / 5 Saturday • $400000 Grade I Hollywood Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles (turf) • $100000 Grade III Jimmy Durante Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf) • $100000 Stormy Liberal Stakes, 3-year-olds and…

On the final Saturday of its Bing Crosby Season, Del Mar will offer a stakes tripleheader topped by the Grade 1, $400000 Hollywood Derby, a turf battle deluxe that has drawn an overflow field to the seaside track north of San Diego, Calif. Also on tap for the big afternoon will be the Grade 2, $250000 Seabiscuit Handicap for 3-year-olds and up on…

Ben and JD Hayes have put one of the most famous names in Australian racing back up in lights with Mr Brightside's fast-finishing win in the $3m Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The brothers scored their first Group 1 win as a training partnership when Mr Brightside finished too strongly for I'm Thunderstruck to lead home a…

Peter Brant's grand racemare Regal Glory Matriarch Stakes on closing day Sunday of the fall meet. The 6-year-old daughter of Animal Kingdom raced to a 5 1/4-length victory in the turf mile, and she ran it in 1:33.60, the second-fastest time for the headliner since it was shifted from Hollywood Park to Del Mar nine years ago. Regal Glory was handled…

Coast-to-coast Grade 1 stakes races are in the offing this weekend as Aqueduct and Del Mar start the month of December with a bang. Saturday's Grade 1 Cigar Mile in New York and Hollywood Derby in California will set the weekend table for Sunday's Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes on the west coast. It's a month on the racing calendar that will build to a…

Knicks Go warms up for Saturday's Pegasus World Cup. Photo by Lauren King, courtesy of Gulfstream Park Jan. 28 (UPI) -- It's only January, with lots of races yet to come, but it's possible the "race of the year" could be run Saturday in the $3 million Grade I Pegasus Stakes at Gulfstream Park as speedy Breeders' Cup champions Knicks Go and Life Is…

Tezzaray winning last year's Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes by a nose was a headline writer's dream - but somehow we all missed it. Durante may be best known to racing fans as the namesake for this race and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's grass course (the street that fronts the racetrack is also named for him), but those who remember his days in…

The Melbourne Cup Carnival is set to come to an end on Saturday and what a week it has been! From countless losing betting tickets, to more mystery trifecta's than you could count, some of still missed out on backing Gold Trip in his emphatic Melbourne Cup victory. However, today's Punt Drunk goes a little bit off broadway as we head to Pakenham's…

A stakes-packed weekend at Del Mar concludes on Sunday with the $400000 Matriarch Stakes. A field of six fillies and mares will travel one mile on the turf course in the final Grade 1 race for older female horses in the United States this year. There's no dominant speed horse in this race. As such, a slow early pace is very likely, which could put…

From the Belmont to the Breeders' Cup, Godolphin made its mark on the U.S. racing scene in 2021. Godolphin posted 25 graded-stakes wins last year, most of any owner. Essential Quality, Maxfield, Mystic Guide, and others won prominent events under jockeys wearing the trademark royal blue silks. Listed below are the top 10 owners from 2021 in terms…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's Champions' Day meeting at Flemington. BEST BET NATURE STRIP (Race 6, No.1) Beaten but not disgraced in The Everest. However, Nature Strip flies down the straight and can bounce back to square the ledger with Giga Kick on Saturday. VALUE BET LUNCIES (Race 4, No.9) Did it tough out…

Dynasties, on the quick back up, heads the Ladbrokes.com.au market for the Matriarch Stakes (2000m) this Saturday at Flemington for the Mares. The four year old ran on Tuesday and was good in defeat in the inferior ground in a clear forgive. Hard fit now and up to 2000m, she looks a leading chance, so much so she's favourite at $4.40. Atishu has…

Kerrin McEvoy is looking to become the second jockey this century to ride the Epsom-Metropolitan double when he partners Hinged and Durston. Picture: Getty Images Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy can claim the rare and coveted Epsom-Metropolitan Group 1 double with favoured duo Hinged and Durston at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Hinged heads TAB fixed…