#Trapeze Stakes

Olivia Twist's victory in the $100000 Trapeze Stakes on Saturday at Remington Park kept the 2-year-old filly undefeated after three starts for trainer Todd Fincher. Fincher has now won the top local races for 2-year-old fillies and also for 2-year-old colts/geldings, winning the $400000 Springboard Mile with Senor Buscador in 2020. Olivia Twist, a…

Winning connections celebrate after the inaugural running of the Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club's $150000 Pitons Cup on Friday. Photo courtesy of Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club Dec. 16 (UPI) -- On a horse racing weekend when "new" was the watchword from Japan all the way to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, Instilled Regard and War Story provided a hint of…

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Practical Move upset three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the weekend's feature race, the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity, adding his name into the mix of candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Things went a bit more to expectations among the Japanese 2-year-olds as the three favorites reported 1-2-3 in Sunday's Grade 1…

Derma Sotogake (4) wins the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun on Wednesday -- the second leg of the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby." Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Candidates for next year's Kentucky Derby take center stage again in a weekend horse racing schedule that also includes the first "Win and You're In" race for the 2023…

OKLAHOMA CITY- The locals prevailed in most of the stakes races on Oklahoma Derby Day including the biggest upset of the day in the Grade 3, $210000 Remington Park Oaks with Hits Pricey Legacy taking down Grade 1 winner Juju's Map. Juju's Map, who won the Grade 1, $400000 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland as a 2-year-old and then ran second to Echo…