Nyquist Filly Leads Home 1-2 for Cox in Aristocrat Juvenile Fillies

Recharge (Gun Runner) wound up banking 20 points in her Kentucky Oaks checking account after she got the money at Sunland Park on Sunday afternoon. The homebred arrived in El Paso with two wins to her credit in as many races. Breaking her maiden by nine lengths in mid-December at Remington Park, the filly shipped to Houston and passed the two-turn…

All eyes were on Eclipse Award and runaway GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile hero Fierceness (City of Light) making his seasonal debut in Saturday's GIII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park. The tote read 1-5 on the champ, but the Repole homebred and'TDN Rising Star' was out of gas when push came to shove, and, in a bit of an oddly run race, D J Stable and…

Dropping out of a pair of Grade I races, Repole Stables and Todd Pletcher's Life Talk (Gun Runner) earned 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks with an impressive win in the GII Demoiselle S. Second by a head to future GISP Alys Beach (Omaha Beach) on debut, Life Talk came back with a 6 1/2-length win at second asking upstate in August.…

Crown Imperial wears the crown in the Untapable Sep. 13 at Kentucky Downs (Grace Clark/Kentucky Downs) By Amber Joyce LEXINGTON, Ky.- Much of the attention Friday at Keeneland will be on undefeated Brightwork in the Darley Alcibiades (G1), but trainer John Ortiz has an extra shot to win big with a two-year-old filly when he sends out Crown…

V V's Dream (Mitole) already is showing an affinity for Churchill Downs. She picked up her second victory over the track in the GIII Pocahontas S., earning the first 10 points available on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Debuted sprinting as the favorite over the dirt May 19, the gray filly earned' TDN Rising Star' status with a 6 1/2-length win…

Crown Imperial (f, 2, Classic Empire -Mi Fiori, by Congrats), beaten just a nose by the streaking Amidst Waves (Midshipman) in Saratoga's Bolton Landing S. Aug. 20, delivered a 13-1 upset in Wednesday's $500000 Pepsi Untapable S. at Kentucky Downs. She was outsprinted in eighth through scorching early fractions of:20.79 and:44.32, and, after diving…

Big Dreaming winning a 2021 allowance race at Ellis Park under Corey Lanerie. (Coady Photography) Kentucky Downs Press Release FRANKLIN, Ky. -Given a name like Big Dreaming, you know a lot was expected when the horse owned and bred by Frank Calabrese was born in 2017. Big Dreaming was the last live foal produced from the mare Dreaming of Anna, who…

Salute the Stars looks to return to his winning ways when he headlines a field of nine sophomore colts entered in Tuesday's Grade 3 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx. Trained by Brad Cox, the bay colt by Candy Ride had a three-race winning streak snapped last time when he faded out of contention in the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park. He had some…

Wet Paint is primed for an encore at Saratoga Race Course in the $600000 Alabama (G1) on Saturday, four weeks after winning the thrilling Coaching Club American Oaks (G1). Among the nation's top-rated 3-year-old fillies, Wet Paint is the 2-1 favorite in a competitive field of 10. Sacred Wish, the 10-1 shot edged out by a neck in the final strides…

Ellis Park's "Super Sunday" Coming Up: Interstatedaydream Headlines Field for Groupie Doll Stakes (Interstatedaydream after winning the Indiana Oaks / All Photos by Coady Photography) From the Ellis Park Media Team / Kevin Kerstein: Flurry Racing Stable's ultra-consistent Interstatedaydream will attempt another stakes score against 10 filly and…

By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.- Godolphin's Kentucky homebred Wet Paint will look to regain winning form for conditioner Brad Cox in Saturday's Grade 1, $500000 Coaching Club American Oaks, a nine-furlong main track route for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. The bay daughter of Blame enters from a rallying…

Taxed had an easy time of it in the $300000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, cruising past Hoosier Philly in the stretch for a 3 ¾-length victory with odds-on favorite Faiza third. Sent off at 11-1 in a field of nine 3-year-old fillies the day before the $1.65 million Preakness (G1), Taxed bided her time in mid-pack under…

Friday, May 5, 2023 at 1:02 pm |Back to: Top News Smile Happy | Coady Photo By LOUISVILLE, Ky. - 'TDN Rising Star' Smile Happy (Runhappy), eighth in last year's GI Kentucky Derby behind the re-opposing Rich Strike (Keen Ice), appears to have a very big season ahead of him after delivering a decisive 7-1 upset over a talented group of older horses…

With her undefeated record on the line, Shidabhuti earned 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks with a win in the Busher S. at Aqueduct Saturday. Dismissed at 5-1 behind heavily favored Asset Purchase, she was forced back after contact at the break to track that favorite from third. Racing alongside Capella up the backstretch, Shidabhuti…

A last-out winner against optional claimers over the Tapeta at Golden Gate Dec. 30 by a tidy 7 1/2-lengths, Chase the Chaos (Astern {Aus}) broke his maiden under Robertino Diodoro at second-asking Sept. 17 at Canterbury Park. Switching to the Moger barn he was an outkicked third in the Golden Nugget S. Nov. 12 and caught late in the Gold Rush S.…

Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:59 pm |Back to: Top News Stonewall Star | Susie Raisher A 4 1/2-length winner against state-bred fillies at second asking Sept. 22, Stonewall Star returned to take on the boys last time out, coming in a game third beaten only a length behind Acoustic Ave (Maclean's Music) and GSP Andiamo a Firenze (Speightstown) in…

Juddmonte's Elite Power (Curlin) showed a new dimension and continued his ascension while punching his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint in Saturday's'Win and You're In' GII Vosburgh S. at Belmont at the Big A. Heavily favored at 1-2 to win his fourth straight over just four rivals in this belated stakes debut, Elite Power broke on top and…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Echo Zulu Returns in Saturday's G3 Dogwood Stakes (Echo Zulu / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churhcill Downs Media Team: L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds' three-time Grade I-winning filly Echo Zulu will make her first start since finishing fourth in this year's $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade…

Former claimer Lady Scarlet recorded a career-high victory Friday when coming from off the pace to take the GIII Miss Preakness S. at Pimlico. Allowed to survey the pace in third early as 4-5 favorite Happy Soul, prompted by Gimmick, led the way through opening fractions of:23.01 and:45.58, the dark bay was given the cue by Irad Ortiz, Jr. while…

The question everyone wants to know in Saturday's $400000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) in New Orleans, La.: what will 2021 juvenile filly champion Echo Zulu do for an encore in 2022? Since hitting the racetrack last summer at Saratoga, the Gun Runner filly has been everything and more for her owners, L & N Racing and Winchell…

LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 24, 2022) - L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds' champion Echo Zulu, who capped off a perfect 2021 campaign with a victory in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, and Dawn and Ike Thrash's Turnerloose, winner of the Rachel Alexandra (G2) last Saturday at Fair Grounds in her dirt debut, headline the…

Ike and Dawn Thrash's Turnerloose moved to the top of the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard on Saturday with a 17-1 upset of the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La. Ridden by Florent Geroux for trainer Brad Cox, the 3-year-old filly by Nyquist earned 50 qualifying points for the G1 Kentucky Oaks, assuring her a spot in the…

Potential Breeders' Cup Horses Work Lexus Raven Run Winner Caramel Swirl Returns To Churchill Downs Conditioner Cox's "Cool Little Horse" Perryville Winner He'smyhoneybadger LEXINGTON, Ky. - Charles Fipke's undefeated Lady Speightspeare, scratched at the gate for the Oct. 16 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) Presented by Dixiana, at Keeneland…

Two Emmys wins Saturday's Grade I Mr. D. Stakes at Arlington Park, the final gasp of what once was the Arlington Million. Photo by Coach Photography, courtesy of Arlington Park Aug. 16 (UPI) -- There was something for everyone in Saturday's presumed final run of "Million Day" at Arlington Park with a victory for top international raiders and…

HENDERSON, Ky. - Trainer Tom Amoss finds a different scenario facing Sermononthemount in running Emil Cerullo's 3-year-old colt in Sunday's $200000 RUNHAPPY Ellis Park Derby than what awaited him in last month's Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand. The Grade 3 Indiana Derby had a heavy favorite in Churchill Downs' Matt Winn (G3) winner Fulsome. But the…