Princess Grace Repeats In Dr. James Penny Memorial At Parx

The most accomplished horse in the race, Skippylongstocking will look to bounce back from a disappointing result in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup when he heads a compact field of six older males set for Saturday's Grade 3 Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Before being pulled up in the Pegasus in January, the 5-year-old son of Exaggerator had…

Racing is filled with the disappointing tales of horses who are bought for a seven-figure price tag but never come close to repaying their owner for signing that huge check. Then there are horses like Royal Delta, who left her owner with no regrets about paying a king's ransom for her, even if she did not cover a humungous price tag. The story of…

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…

Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Churchill Downs is back in action this weekend for the first time since a dozen horse fatalities in the weeks before the Kentucky Derby prompted a premature shutdown of the track's showpiece spring meeting. Churchill Downs Inc., state regulators and the new Horseracing Integrity and Safety Administration conducted investigations…

Stakes-laden cards at Kentucky Downs and Colonial Downs, the end of the Del Mar summer meet, and the Irish Champions Festival highlight a busy weekend in racing as the Jury reconvenes this week. James Scully: #11 Therapist (7-2) in the Kentucky Turf Cup (G2) at Kentucky Downs. After racing exclusively at sprint or middle distances over his first…

Alms (#7 outside) wins the 2022 edition of the One Dreamer, beating Burning Ambition by a nose (Coady Photography) By Tim Wilkin for Kentucky Downs FRANKLIN, Ky.- Racing resumes at the FanDuel Meet Kentucky Downs Thursday with a 10-race program that features the $500000 Jeff Ruby One Dreamer Stakes. Post time for the opener at all-turf Kentucky…

KY Downs' First $2 Million Purse - Mint Millions - To Be Held This Saturday From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: (Photo: Gray's Fable winning Ellis Park's 2022 prep for Kentucky Downs' Mint Million, now the Mint Millions. Coady Photography) The first stakes offering a $2 million purse in Kentucky Downs history is all set as the Grade 3 mile…

KY Downs' Barn Notes: Kitodan Returns in Tapit Stakes (Kitodan / Photos by Coady Photography & Courtesy of KY Downs) From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: (Photo: Kitodan winning last year's Dueling Grounds Derby, when it was worth $750000 and sponsored by Big Ass Fans. Coady Photography) An overflow field that includes last year's…

KY Downs To Offer Allowance Races for Keeneland Sales Graduates From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: $250K allowance races for Keeneland September Sale grads return to Kentucky Downs on opening day, Aug. 31 For the second year, Kentucky Downs is offering a pair of $250000 allowance races restricted to 2-year-olds that went through the sales…

KY Downs' Barn Notes: Torres Excited About 1st Visit (Jockey Cristian Torres / Coady Photography) From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: Cristian Torres excited to ride at KY Downs for first time • Ortiz brothers to return to FanDuel Meet but probably after Saratoga • G2 Wise Dan winner Stitched headed to $2M Mint Millions on 9/3 (Jockey…

Princess Grace, a five-time graded-stakes winner in theU.S., has been racing for new owners this year in Australia. That is where she is a 14-1 long shot facing males and females in the Group 1, US$638606 Winx Stakes on whatis expected to be heavy turf this weekend at Sydney's Royal Randwick. The race is scheduled for Saturday at 1:45 a.m. EDT,…

James Scully, Kellie Reilly, and Vance Hanson recap the events of the weekend at Saratoga and Ellis Park in this edition of the Racing Roundtable. James Scully: White Abarrio smartly carried his form nine furlongs in a 6 1/4-length Whitney romp, but I question his threshold for 1 1/4 miles at Santa Anita. Three of six career wins have come at…

Don Alberto Stable's Forza Di Oro gets the honors of morning line favorite at 7-2 in the $100000 Tenacious Stakes Monday at Fair Grounds, but last year's Tenacious exacta returns in the form of Estate of James J. Coleman Jr.'s Chess Chief and Lothenbach's Happy American, who is cross-entered in the $100000 Buddy Diliberto three races earlier on the…

Keystone Field, owned by Kirk Wycoff's Three Diamonds Farm, swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1 favorite Intrepid Heart to win Saturday's $199875 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs - the most lucrative of eight starter allowance races for the nation's top…

Keystone Field swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1 favorite Intrepid Heart to win Saturday's $199875 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs by a half-length. The Jewel, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up that raced for a claiming price of $35000 or less…

A Group 1 winner in France, Rougir looks to give trainer Chad Brown a record seventh win in the Beverly D. when she headlines a compact but competitive field of five set for the Grade 1 turf race on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old French-bred won the Grade 3 Beaugay in her first start of the year, but has been beaten in her last two,…

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…

KY Downs' Sunday Program Features G3 Ladies Marathon & Return of Family Way (Family Way / Coady Photography) From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: Sunday's FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs racing program is headlined by three stakes: the $550000, Grade 3 AGS Ladies Marathon, $500000 Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey Music City for…

Two weeks after a Grade 1 win at Saratoga, trainer Christophe Clement is putting the star of his barn back in the starting gates. Gufo (7-5) is morning-line favorite Saturday for the Grade 2, $1 million Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes. Post time from Kentucky Downs is 5:45 p.m., with the race broadcast on both CNBC and FanDuel TV, the network formerly…

Dalaika, shown winning the Grade I Beverly D. at Churchill Downs, returns for the $1 million Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs Sept. 9 (UPI) -- It's all about the turf in weekend horse racing with Kentucky Downs staging an extravaganza unmatched anywhere in North America short of the Breeders' Cup World…

The Arlington Million, which has been rerouted to Churchill Downs following the sale of Arlington Park, is one of the big weekend graded-raced this Saturday. But we've also more top-notch contests at Saratoga and Del Mar to look forward to. Let's take a look at the best races this Saturday and the probable runners. We've three Grade 1 turf races to…

Cox Hopes That Set Piece Is "Set" For Saturday's G1 Arlington Million Stakes (Set Piece / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Set Piece (GB) arrived in the United States two years ago to the care of multiple Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox and since then owner Juddmonte has been rewarded with seven victories. The…

Churchill Downs' News: Santin, Smooth Like Strait May Be Showdown in Saturday's G1 Arlington Million (Santin / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Godolphin's Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Grade I) winner Santin will face six fellow turf specialists, including Cannon Thoroughbreds' 2021 Shoemaker Mile (GI)…

Just Cindy wins the Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Thursday's opening day at Saratoga. Photo by Chelsea Durand, Cognianese Photos, courtesy of New York Racing Association July 15 (UPI) -- Saratoga is back into action this weekend, with trainer Chad Brown ready to make a statement on the turf course and the usual top-self competition…

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…