Super Screener: Finding value in the 5-horse Personal Ensign

In 2022, Hill'n' Dale's super sire Curlin got a record-setting three winners on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card. In 2023, the remarkable sire equaled that as Juddmonte homebred Idiomatic (Curlin -Lockdown, by First Defence) gave her sire a hard-fought victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff sandwiched between the encore wins by Cody's Wish in the GI…

Saratoga has brought out Nest's best. The champion filly aims for another big stakes score there Friday. Nest is the 4-5 morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $500000 Personal Ensign Stakes. Post time from Saratoga is 5:44 p.m. EDT, with FS2 showing the 1 1/8-mile race for 4-and-up fillies and mares. The Personal Ensign is annually an important…

Dr. Miranda previews the 2023 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) from Saratoga, then gives her top picks & long shots. Top older females Nest & Clairiere are set for a rematch following the local Shuvee Stakes (G2) that Nest won last time out. Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Michael House's Nest will look to keep her perfect Saratoga Race…

Nest struts her stuff in the Shuvee (G2) July 23 at Saratoga (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.- Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Michael House's Nest will look to keep her perfect Saratoga Race Course record intact in Friday's Grade 1, $500000 Personal Ensign. Trained by Hall of…

Nest (Curlin), off since finishing fourth in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, was second in the betting to Clairiere (Curlin)-who already had a pair of Grade I victories to her credit this termr-but it was the returning champion who sailed under the wire first in the GII Shuvee S. at Saratoga Sunday. Sent off at 4-5, Nest broke on top, but…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Breeders' Cup (BC) undercard Saturday includes a number of talented thoroughbreds on Day Two of the world championships at Keeneland Race Course. Nine Breeders' Cup races means a full schedule of betting opportunities on tap. The Breeders' Cup will be televised live on NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV (formerly known…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - First the dark of night lifted, then the thick mist of a dense fog, which reduced the racehorses to ghostlike silhouettes on Thursday morning, also lifted. All clear, we are set for takeoff. It's perhaps a measure of a horse's mystique when his rival connections are more effusive than his own trainer is. Or maybe John Sadler just…

Awake At Midnyte - With her first Breeders' Cup start quickly approaching, Reddam Racing's Awake At Midnyte continues to train well, galloping 1 1/8 miles Thursday morning at Keeneland under exercise rider Connor Murray. Trainer Doug O'Neill is sending the filly out into a star-studded Longines Distaff field on Saturday where she will be running…

Blue Stripe capturing the Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar Aug. 7. Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff Notes LEXINGTON, Ky.-The ladies are getting ready to throw it down in theLongines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) breezing, walking the shedrow, schooling in the paddock and just getting used to Keeneland (unless the won a race…

Awake at Midnyte - Trainer Doug O'Neill reported "all good" for his Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) contender Awake At Midnyte after she galloped 1 1/8 miles under exercise rider Connor Murray Tuesday morning at Keeneland. She is a 3-year-old daughter of champion Nyquist who was also trained by O'Neill to Breeders' Cup success in the 2015…

What's in store for the 2022 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1)? Pre-entries won't be announced until Oct. 26, but the likely runners are fierce. A couple of contenders who just missed in last year's Distaff will return to finish what they started. Add to that a filly who took on the males in the 2022 Triple Crown, finishing second in the Belmont (G1). The…

With trainer Todd Pletcher winning both final preps for this year's Breeders' Cup Distaff, he'll send out the likely favorite the first weekend in November. The question is, will that be Malathaat or Nest? Handicappers Ed DeRosa and Sara Elbadwi weigh in on which of these fillies has a better chance to win, as well as who else might complete the…

While the Saratoga meet has come to an end, there is still plenty of high-class action on this weekend from around North America, most notably at Kentucky Downs and Del Mar. This week's Super Screener provides in-depth analysis and wagering strategies for seven graded stakes from those two tracks, plus suggested plays for the late Pick 4 at…

The son of Not This Time finally chose a time and a place for his first Grade 1 victory, Saturday's $1.25 million Run Happy Travers Stakes at Saratoga. With his convincing five-length closing cruise over Cyberknife, Zandon and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike, the Jim Dwyer (G2) victor immediately shot to the top of a three-year-old male…

In this biweekly series, racing analyst Keeler Johnson shares promising horses from his handicapping watch list, reviewing runners who have recently caught his eye and previewing horses scheduled to run back in the near future. Upcoming Entries Victorious in the Raven Run (G2) at Keeneland last fall, Caramel Swirl kicked off 2022 with a flashy 3…

Epicenter, shown training before his second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, meets the winner of that race, Rich Strike, again Saturday in the Grade I Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The "Midsummer Derby" at Saratoga pits the first three finishers from the Kentucky Derby against one another again in…

The 153rd running of the Travers headlines the biggest day of the summer at Saratoga. Six graded stakes including five Grade 1 races highlight the 13 race card. The $1.25 million Travers drew a very competitive field of eight runners for the'Midsummer Derby', and post time for the 1 1/4 mile Travers is 5:44 p.m. ET and Race 11 on the card. The…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Stonestreet Stables' dual Grade 1-winner Clairiere came home the best of four to once again defeat her familiar opponent, reigning Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Malathaat, in a thrilling edition of the Grade 2, $200000 Shuvee on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. The Shuvee marked the sixth renewal of an exciting rivalry between the two…

Malathaat, shown winning the 2021 Kentucky Oaks, faces old rival Clairiere in Saturday's Shuvee Stakes at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 22 (UPI) -- The battle for year-end honors is hotter than the weather, as weekend horse racing has Clairiere versus Malathaat at Saratoga, top 3-year-olds in the Haskell at Monmouth and a rematch…

Trainer Todd Pletcher holds a strong pair when he sends out Nest and Malathaat to top a field of eight set for Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland. The younger of the two, Nest, figures to go favored. After running second to Secret Oath in a 14-horse field for the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, the 3-year-old daughter of Curlin…

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…

Every year, seemingly without fail, the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff draws a stellar field worthy of its championship status. The 2021 renewal is no exception, with a deep and competitive field shaping up for the Nov. 6 showdown at Del Mar. Peer through the list of possible starters, and you'll see at least 10 graded stakes winners and…

Stonestreet homebred Clairiere (Curlin) kicked home convincingly in Saturday's GI Cotillion S. at Parx to earn a first highest-level victory and snap a five-race winless streak while capping an exacta for her sire. A neck winner of the GII Rachel Alexandra S. in February, the Steve Asmussen pupil was second best to familiar foe Travel Column…

Friday at Churchill Downs is dedicated to the fillies, and the marquee race on the card is the 2021 Kentucky Oaks. Thirteen fillies will leave the starting gate after a 14th, Ava's Grace, scratched from the race. The Kentucky Oaks 2021 features an evenly-matched field with the top three favorites tightly grouped. The Todd Pletcher-trained Malathaat…

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