Godolphin's €700,000 Arqana August graduate Quest For Stars (Sea The Stars) backed up victories at Doncaster and Sandown last month and provided Charlie Appleby with a fourth renewal of Wednesday's Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes when digging deep…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore weighs in on the Triple Crown, Tom Ryan discusses a new idea for the Belmont Stakes (G1), and Hugo Palmer talks about plans for Glacius, his first North American winner.
by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, which only a year ago surpassed $100 million in gross for the first time in its history, smashed through that barrier and recorded high-water marks in every category during an…
Last August, the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) voted to eliminate many coupled pari-mutuel entries. The commission accomplished this by changing the wording in rule 4025.10 so the operative term got switched to “may” be coupled instead of “must,”…
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. And if not rosebuds, then Hall of Fame trainers–or, come to that, Girvin foals. During his lifetime, some of us risked vexing the most self-effacing of trainers by suggesting that those preceding him to…
by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale had its first seven-figure result just 19 hips in when Amr Zedan bid $2 million for a colt by Curlin, and it produced the last of…
Tattersalls managing director Matthew Prior has hailed the “quality, depth and value” on offer during the second week of the October Yearling Sale following the publication of the catalogues for Books 2, 3 and 4. Book 2, which takes place…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A little after 7:00 Sunday morning, Bill Mott walked down the shedrow of his barn at the Oklahoma Training Track and peered into the stall of his comeback kid, Sovereignty (Into Mischief). “He's sleeping,” Mott said…
The Week in Review For years, it was clear to most that something needed to be done to revitalize the Triple Crown. With four of the last six GI Kentucky Derby winners, including the last two, passing on the GI…
After an ill-timed fever knocked him out of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic late last year, reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) reminded everyone just how much he loves Saratoga with a dominating come-from-behind victory in Saturday's 'Win…