Shisospicy Training Up to Breeders' Cup Defense
Morplay Racing's 4-year-old filly Shisospicy, last year's champion female sprinter, continues to train forwardly for a planned return trip to the Breeders' Cup.
Fire and Wine Embarrasses Rivals in Breeders’ Stakes
With jockey Jalon Samuel perfectly executing a frontrunning ride, Fire and Wine took the final jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown Sept. 27 in the $353,539 Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine.
Super Corredora Returns with Wire-to-Wire ‘WAYI’ Zenyatta Win
Off for the past six months after struggling to find her footing early this year following her GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies win last October, Super Corredora (f, 3, Gun Runner–Super Simple, by Super Saver) came roaring back Sunday with…
Shisospicy Targeting Breeders’ Cup Return
Eclipse champion female sprinter Shisospicy (Mitole), a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' and winner over the boys last year in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, is targeting the Breeders' Cup in just under five weeks for her return…
Listenupshance Makes It Two in a Row, Wins ‘WAYI’ Santa Anita Sprint Championship
In a GI Bing Crosby Stakes redux, Great Friends Stables and Run Fast Racing's Listenupshance (g, 4, Shancelot–Listenupnow, by Hard Spun) outfinished Maximum Bourbon (Maximum Security) Sunday in the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes. Contested over six furlongs at…
Week in Review: $2,500 Bargain Yearling Now Grinding Away at His Next Million in Earnings
Chunk of Gold (Preservationist), who hammered for the bargain price of $2,500 as a FTKOCT yearling, is an easy horse to root for. On Saturday, the overachieving gray edged his lifetime earnings over the million-dollar mark with a runner-up finish…
Puro Magic Casts A Spell Over Sprinters Stakes Rivals, Star Anise Fourth
The thriving Puro Magic (Asia Express) led from pillar to post to cause a mild upset when making her Group 1 breakthrough in Sunday's Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama, with Classic heroine Star Anise (Drefong) running a race full of promise…
Foxiest, Daughter of Champion Covfefe, Earns ‘Rising Star’ Honors at Churchill
A stumble took her out of contention on debut, but there was no such trouble for Foxiest (Gun Runner) this time, and the daughter of champion Covfefe strolled home at second-asking to win as easily as she pleased to earn…
Sept. 28 Insights: Upstart Filly from Female Family of Maxfield, Grandson of Havre de Grace Debut at Horseshoe
2nd-IND, $43k, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m, 2:41p.m. ET Horseshoe Indianapolis is known for occasionally having debuting racehorses from heavy-hitting outfits, and this second contest on the card is packed with fillies from classy families. Lining up against a field of…
Into Mischief’s Yacht Master Gamely Denies Hazy Horizon in Churchill Graduation
YACHT MASTER (c, 2, Into Mischief–Pathetique, by Uncle Mo) was outfooted to the lead on this debut, but set up shop from just off the early scramble as the leader posted an opening quarter in :22.24 and a half-mile in…