Baffert Has a Strong Hand Going into 2016 Breeders' Cup

Sun Oct 09 2016D.S. Williamson

Hoppertunity, BC Classic This year's Jockey Club Gold Cup didn't offer the best of the best in the handicap division. Nobody would ever claim that it did, but Hoppertunity put in his usual strong closing run. It led to a win in the JC Gold Cup, whic ...
Lady Eli, other Brown runners exit Super Saturday in good order

Sun Oct 09 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Trainer Chad Brown said his entire contingent came out of Super Saturday in fine form. Brown won three stakes on the day, highlighted by Lady Eli's return to the winner's circle in taking the Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) to ...
Vyjack captures City of Hope Mile in record time

Sun Oct 09 2016Jen Caldwell

Vyjack was sent off the 4-1 third choice in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park but ran like a favorite when scoring by a half-length under jockey Flavien Prat. Vyjack settled in midpack on the inside as even-mo ...
Classic Empire overpowers Breeders’ Futurity foes

Sun Oct 09 2016James Scully

After rearing and dumping his jockey at the start of the September 5 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, Classic Empire rebounded in powerful fashion in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The Mark Casse-trained colt pulled his way to t ...
Miss Temple City turns Maker’s 46/Shadwell Turf Mile double

Sun Oct 09 2016Kellie Reilly

During Keeneland’s Spring Meet, Miss Temple City opted to face males, rather than Tepin, and the move paid off with a deserved first Grade 1 coup in the Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) . Back at the Lexington oval for FallStars Weekend, the same choice present ...
Super Saturday II Omnibus

Sun Oct 09 2016TwinSpires Staff

Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro The New York Racing Association didn’t luck out with the weather on the two big days of its fall meet this year, but at least Hurricane Matthew kept his distance, and the second of two Super Saturdays was buoyed ...

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Hoppertunity gives Baffert another shot at Classic gold

Sat Oct 08 2016TwinSpires Staff

Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro You have to go back to the last century to find Bob Baffert’s name on the list of winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup , but a game Hoppertunity gave the California trainer a second spot on that list, running pa ...
Desormeaux makes right ‘Call,’ shocks Tepin in First Lady

Sat Oct 08 2016Kellie Reilly

“If you were an opposing general trying to figure out how to neutralize the shock effect of Tepin’s acceleration, you’d order a ferocious early pace. Stretch out the battlefield, so to speak, and hope that the champion turf mare wouldn’t have quite t ...
Cross-country trip pays off for Hoppertunity in Jockey Club Gold Cup

Sat Oct 08 2016James Scully

Scratched from a match-up against California Chrome in last Saturday's Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, Hoppertunity made the most of the class relief and his first start at Belmont Park, rallying to win Saturday's $980,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G ...
Tepin's Loss Doesn't Dull Breeders' Cup Implications From FallStars Saturday at Keeneland

Sat Oct 08 2016Ed DeRosa

Tepin’s loss at 2-to-5 in the First Lady was by far the biggest upset on a five-stakes day at Keeneland where only two favorites got the job done, and on the surface those results might lead some to believe the Lexington track played as crazy as the ...
'Nervous horse owner' Hanley 'really, really, really happy' after Lady Eli's Flower Bowl win

Sat Oct 08 2016TwinSpires Staff

Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro For a man whose volubility makes him a terrific interview, Jay Hanley was curiously silent as he stood near the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Minutes earlier, his Lady Eli had won the Gr ...
Lord Nelson keeps rolling in Santa Anita Sprint Championship

Sat Oct 08 2016James Scully

Lord Nelson collared game pacesetter All Run with about a sixteenth of a mile remaining and surged clear to a 2 1/2-length decision in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1), improving to four-for-four in 2016 as he made a case for ...
Irish Jasper finishes fast in TCA to provide Farish with milestone Bowl

Sat Oct 08 2016James Scully

Irish Jasper overcame a slow start to easily prove best in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) , rallying boldly up the inside to win going away by 1 3/4 lengths. Along with notching an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly &a ...