Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up…
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Naomis at Saratoga. Naomis Shines A Light On Placid Waters Chad Brown recorded…
Liam's Law (Colonel Liam) led through easy fractions and dug down gamely in the stretch to hold off his unlucky and favored Todd Pletcher-trained stablemate Bold Leadership (Not This Time) by a neck in the scratched-down GIII With Anticipation S.…
Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland With the 2023 mating season approaching, Barry Irwin and his wife Kathleen drew up a plan for their mare Spangled Banner (Tiz Wonderful), who they had acquired for $225,000 in the Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale the…
A trio from the juvenile division of Doug O'Neill will try to de-throne a powerhouse duo from the Bob Baffert barn in a bid for elite-level black type in Sunday's GI Del Mar Futurity less than an hour after Saratoga…
Bouncing back from a forgettable effort in the July Cup, Shadwell's Almeraq (Dark Angel) turned Haydock's G1 Betfair Sprint Cup into a procession with soft ground to suit on Saturday. Always travelling with supreme ease as Tom Marquand had the…
Ahmad Alkhallafi's homebred Moonrise (Churchill) made light work of a three-pound penalty for annexing July's G3 Princess Margaret Stakes and the Listed Windsor Castle runner-up led from pillar to post, doubling her Group-race tally, in Saturday's G3 William Hill Sirenia…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With temperatures expected to hover from the high 80s to the low 90s for the next week in Louisville, Kentucky, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse decided to keep his star filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) out…
Godolphin's 1-million guineas Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate First Law (Too Darn Hot), a G1 Dewhurst entry, backed up a debut victory at Sandown last month with a black-type breakthrough in Saturday's Listed Betfair Celebrates Bow Echo Ascendant Stakes at…
Hungary's Kincsem Park hosts its major international festival this Sunday which is headlined by the Kincsem Stakes, the most prestigious race run in the country. Returning to defend his crown in the big race is Jane Chapple-Hyam's Claymore (New Bay),…