Breeders' Cup Preps on Both Coasts Revealing

Sun Oct 02 2016Ted Black

A seven-year-old Distorted Humor gelding owned and trained by Charlton Baker, Joking benefited from an early speed duel that doomed XY Jet and rallied widest of all to overhaul Stallwalin' Dude in the lane for his third straight stakes score and four ...
Frosh-Trotter Bluegrass Blast At $29 In $62 Exacta; Origado Nails Dayton Derby; Sandbetweenurtoes Envy Of Ellamony

Sun Oct 02 2016TwinSpires Staff

Grand Circuit week during the first weeks of autumn at The Red Mile ruled our features, mostly with two-year-olds in Bluegrass Stakes. But the best featured hits came at the beginning of our weekend, Thursday in our sister blog: BREEDERS CRO ...
How to bet the Arc at Chantilly on TwinSpires

Sun Oct 02 2016Kellie Reilly

Befitting one of the world’s elite races, Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) is loaded with proper contenders. You can make a case for at least half of the 16-horse field, and there’s no shortage of potential value plays. It’s easy to succumb ...
Arc at Chantilly: Postponed with a strong dash of Savoir Vivre

Sun Oct 02 2016Vance Hanson

Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) is a bit of a brain-teaser, not least because its temporary home of Chantilly is rather different from Longchamp . Postponed is the deserving favorite and most likely winner, but even with six consecutive ...
Noted and Quoted proves best in Chandelier

Sun Oct 02 2016Jen Caldwell

Speedway Stable LLC’s Noted and Quoted pulled off a half-length victory in the $302,070 Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday with jockey Rafael Bejarano aboard. The juvenile miss and With Honors dueled throughout the 1 1/16-mil ...
Avenge handles another step in trip in Rodeo Drive

Sun Oct 02 2016Kellie Reilly

Ramona Bass’s Avenge successfully tackled nine furlongs in the September 4 John C. Mabee (G2) at Del Mar , and had no problem tacking on another furlong in Saturday’s $302,415 Rodeo Drive (G1) at Santa Anita. By wiring the 1 1/4-mile event in a sn ...

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Stellar Wind just holds Beholder to take Zenyatta

Sun Oct 02 2016Jen Caldwell

Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind now holds the advantage over Beholder with two wins to her rival’s one after capturing the $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. The 1 1/16-mile contest was the third straight time Stellar Wi ...
California Chrome makes it look effortless taking Awesome Again

Sun Oct 02 2016James Scully

California Chrome shrugged off early pressure from Dortmund by the far turn and galloped home much the best in Saturday’s $300,000 Awesome Again (G1) , capturing his final Breeders’ Cup prep by 2 ¼ lengths at Santa Anita. The 1 1/8-mile race served ...
Baker, Nevin to join familiar stables out west for Breeders' Cup

Sat Oct 01 2016TwinSpires Staff

by TERESA GENARO The first of two Belmont Park "Super Saturday" cards packed with Breeders' Cup implications yielded some familiar faces that will head west to Santa Anita in a few weeks, while also offering trainers light on Breeders' Cup experi ...
Forever Unbridled too classy for Beldame rivals

Sat Oct 01 2016Jen Caldwell

Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Forever Unbridled easily proved best by 2 1/4 lengths in the $400,000 Beldame Stakes (G1) on the first of two Super Saturdays at Belmont Park. With jockey Joel Rosario in the irons, the four-year-old lass tracked in f ...
Oscar Performance gives another star turn in Pilgrim

Sat Oct 01 2016Kellie Reilly

Amerman Racing’s homebred Oscar Performance, who stamped himself a hot prospect in a 10-length tour de force at Saratoga, confirmed that impression with another front-running rout in Saturday’s $200,000 Pilgrim (G3) at Belmont Park. The Brian Lynch ...
Gormley upsets Klimt in eventful FrontRunner

Sat Oct 01 2016Vance Hanson

On a day of upsets across the country, Gormley turned in his own knocking off odds-on favorite Klimt in Saturday's $300,000 FrontRunner (G1) at Santa Anita. Winner of his Del Mar debut by 4 1/4 lengths, the Malibu Moon colt successfully stretch ...
Tom’s Ready upsets Ack Ack as Runhappy weakens to fourth; Noble Bird wires Lukas Classic

Sat Oct 01 2016James Scully

Saturday’s $100,000 Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs did not turn out as many expected, with sprint champion Runhappy going down to defeat as the 1-5 favorite in his 2016 bow, and Tom’s Ready played the role of spoiler as he rallied to a half-length ...