Auguste Rodin Takes Turf; Masters of The Sea Wins Mile; Inspiral Takes Filly & Mare Turf; Nobals Wins Turf Sprint Auguste Rodin found plenty of running room along the rail and cruised to victory i...
The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint was run for the first time in 2008 at about 6 ½ furlongs on Santa Anita’s signature downhill turf course. Now a grade 1, it was contested as an ungraded event until ...
By Ed McNamara There’s always a hangover after the Breeders’ Cup, the final exam for horseplayers. If you did well, you have happy memories. If not, like me, you soured on the game tempora...
By Ed McNamara The royal blue silks of Godolphin have dominated international racing since the Nineties. This weekend the blue wave became a tsunami with three victories at Del Mar, where “The T...
By Ed McNamara Poor Medina Spirit. Through no fault of his own, he’s been the center of controversy since his postrace drug positive for betamethasone came to light eight days after he finished ...
By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Sa...
By Maryjean Wall To the bow-tied, be-jeweled and be-hatted fans at the 2015 Breeders’ Cup, the little group which had arrived at Keeneland from Mongolia appeared as if dressed for a costume party. (...
Bucchero became the fifth horse to become a two-time winner of the Woodford Stakes (GIII) presented by Keeneland Select on Saturday, as the all-time leading Indiana-sired money leader defeated a field...
When writing my early preview for the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint, I didn’t expect that last year’s place and show horses would not draw into this year’s race and be relegated to the also-eligible ...
