Field Of Gold (Kingman), who proved himself Europe's leading three-year-miler of 2025 with consecutive Group 1 wins in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes, has been retired from racing and will stand at Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Let's just hold off on handing the 2026 Eclipse Award for top jockey to Jose Ortiz. Says who? Says Ortiz. It's true that the 32-year-old Ortiz has had a phenomenal first half of the season with…
For as clear as the winner of the GI Belmont Oaks was just two races prior, the GI Belmont Derby was a diametrically opposed result. It came down to a desperate photo on the wire that ultimately went to Title…
One year ago, Phileas Fogg (Astern {Aus}) went to the lead and gutted it out late to take the GII Suburban Stakes in a photo finish. This year, he left no doubt. Once again on the front from the opening…
Elite-level turf races have more or less become synonymous with a member of the O'Brien clan and this time it was Donnacha O'Brien's Kensington Lane (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) who took home top prize in the GI Belmont Oaks. Her conditioner…
Antivenom (c, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}) fired three straight bullets at Mark Casse's Keeneland base and lived up to the billing as the 3-5 favorite on debut at Ellis Park Saturday. The $850,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall yearling and granddaughter of…
The 6-5 favorite in this scratched-down field, Booked (Yaupon) was untouchable late to claim his first black-type victory in the GIII Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. Booked debuted Apr. 28 beneath the Twin Spires, and gave himself a lot to do…
Summer in Saratoga is a great occasion to love that particular course, and Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) will look to avenge his third-place finish in last month's GIII Poker Stakes even as the two horses who beat him…
Mashallah (Maxfield) blew the doors off in her debut race, easily earning a 'TDN Rising Star' for her 3 3/4-length win which saw her garner a top-of-the-class 106 Beyer Speed Figure at Keeneland Apr. 23. Hammered down at Churchill facing…
Michael Bell hailed Motivator as an “exceptional racehorse” following the death of the Derby winner at the age of 24. It is 21 years since the son of Montjeu's career-defining victory at Epsom, with the manner of his five-length defeat…