Glory finds niche in turf sprint, d'Amato sends out a couple of horses to watch at Santa Anita

Tue Oct 06 2015John Mucciolo

SANTA ANITA NOTEBOOK A trio of graded races took place this past weekend at Santa Anita.    Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. (G1) : Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer et al’s WILD DUDE (Wildcat Heir) took a short lead with a sixteenth-of- ...
Ageless, Lady Shipman square off in Franklin County

Tue Oct 06 2015Vance Hanson

The six-year-old mare Ageless was beaten less than a length in last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita, and will look to get back into that race on October 31 following a course-and-distance prep in Friday's $100,000 Franklin Co ...
Five Takeaways from October 2-4 Weekend

Tue Oct 06 2015James Scully

Impressive but slow starts a concern : Last of 11 horses three jumps out of the starting gate, Runhappy recorded a remarkable victory in the Phoenix Stakes (G3) at Keeneland last Friday. Fortunately for him, no rival came over to impede as the ...
Tuesday cards offer youth and experience

Tue Oct 06 2015Ted Black

At two standardbred tracks on opposite sides of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Tuesday night, both Harrington Raceway in Delaware and Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland will offer cards that highlight opposing age groups. Tuesday evening Harrington will ho ...
BC works videos: Liam's Map, Rachel's Valentina & Stopchargingmaria

Mon Oct 05 2015TwinSpires Staff

Three members of trainer Todd Pletcher's Breeders' Cup team turned in works at Keeneland Monday morning. Woodward (G1) romper Liam's Map breezed a half-mile, with connections still weighing the Dirt Mile (G1) versus the Classic (G1). Jockey Javier ...
Harmonize leads packed field in Jessamine

Mon Oct 05 2015Vance Hanson

The Breeders' Cup "Win & You're In" Challenge prep seasons winds down Wednesday when Keeneland hosts the $150,000 Jessamine (G3) , a 1 1/16-mile prep for the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). Fourteen are in the main body of the field, with two als ...

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Got Lucky gets the win, and Distaff berth, in Spinster

Sun Oct 04 2015Jen Caldwell

Got Lucky just overtook champion and 8-5 favorite Untapable by a neck to capture Sunday’s $500,000 Spinster S. (G1) at Keeneland. This win, her first at the Grade 1 level, earned Got Lucky an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) ove ...
Airoforce takes flight in Bourbon

Sun Oct 04 2015Kellie Reilly

Trainer Mark Casse already had one Breeders' Cup Challenge winner assured of a spot in the Juvenile Turf (G1) -- Summer (G2) hero Conquest Daddyo. In Sunday's $250,000 Bourbon (G3) , he added to his squadron as Airoforce landed the final "Win and Yo ...
Riker earns Kentucky Derby points, shot at Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with Grey win

Sun Oct 04 2015Jen Caldwell

The connections of undefeated Riker are dreaming big after the Include colt wired Sunday’s $114,045 Grey S. (Can-G3) at Woodbine by 1 1/2 lengths. The Tucci Stable colorbearer grabbed command soon after the start and never looked back, drawing o ...
Gamble’s Ghost appears on Mazarine wire, Kentucky Oaks leaderboard

Sun Oct 04 2015Jen Caldwell

Gamble’s Ghost was sent off the 2-5 favorite in Sunday’s $136,169 Mazarine S. (Can-G3) at Woodbine, and the Josie Carroll pupil needed every bit of her class to get the win after a troubled trip. Gamble’s Ghost and jockey Luis Contreras found th ...
Golden Horn
Jockey Frankie Dettori provides Arc storyline

Sun Oct 04 2015Ron Flatter

Appropriately, there was even the hint of a sprinkle from the gloomy sky the moment that Trêve failed in her bid to be the first three-time winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Foret hero Make Believe enters Breeders' Cup Mile picture

Sun Oct 04 2015Kellie Reilly

Four of the six Group 1s on the Arc undercard figure to have Breeders' Cup implications, chief among them the Prix de la Foret (G1). The about seven-furlong test has been known to yield clues for the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), and may do so again. Afte ...
Golden Horn could be headed to BC Turf after gleaming in Arc

Sun Oct 04 2015Kellie Reilly

Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) witnessed the eclipse of one legend, as Treve finished a lackluster fourth in her three-peat attempt, but it might have propelled another into that rarefied status. Star three-year-old colt Golden Horn added th ...