Cabo Spirit, Sorrento Sky Win Santa Anita Grass Stakes
As the longest shot on the board, Cabo Spirit leads throughout to capture the City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T) and earn an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T).
Dragoon Guard Storms Home in Lukas Classic Stakes
Dragoon Guard rolls by 3 1/4 lengths in taking the Lukas Classic Stakes (G2) Sept. 26 at Churchill Downs and gives jockey Tyler Gaffalione his sixth winner on the day.
Mastering a Mile: Bishops Bay Takes Ack Ack
Some horses can leave their trainers scratching their heads, wondering which type of race suits them best. Then there's one as easy to grasp as Bishops Bay, who is now 5-2-0 in seven starts at a mile after winning the…
Forged Steel Earns Classic Entry After Winning Goodwood
After crushing the field in the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G2) in late May, Forged Steel returns Sept. 26 to Santa Anita Park and wins once again, this time in the Goodwood Stakes (G1).
Forged Steel Upsets ‘WAYI’ Goodwood, Becomes First Grade I Winner for Vekoma
Romping winner of the GII Hollywood Gold Cup earlier this year, FORGED STEEL (c, 4, Vekoma–Scorecard, by Tale of the Cat) was no better than a 12-1 chance in Saturday's Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' GI Goodwood Stakes at…
‘Spectacular Success’: Another Record-Setting Keeneland September Sale Concludes
The 2026 Keeneland September Yearling Sale had a tough act to follow after the record-setting double-digit gains of a year ago, but the 12-day auction concluded Saturday with new highwater marks at every metric. The September gross, which surpassed the…
Bishops Bay Battles Bravely To Take Ack Ack For White-Hot Gaffalione
The ultra hard-knocking 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo) was there for the taking in the final 100 yards of Saturday's $400,000 GIII Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill Downs, but he knuckled down gamely with rivals…
Elder Statesman Cabo Spirit Wires City of Hope, Stamps Ticket to World Championships
Evergreen Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) went right to the lead and refused to be run down late, taking the GII City of Hope Mile with a gate-to-wire effort and stamping his plane ticket to Keeneland in the fall for…
Plutarch Back to Winning Ways with Stylish Bourbon Flight Victory
Run during National Bourbon Heritage month, the Bourbon Flight Stakes was celebrated with a parade marshaled by Grade I-placed Plutarch (Into Mischief) in a stylish return to the races at Churchill Downs. Gone since his win in the GIII Robert…
Liam’s Map’s Staunch Puts Away Churchill Rivals at Second Asking
STAUNCH (c, 2, Liam's Map–Future Show, by Malibu Moon) was called on for more late in the lane, and did not disappoint his backers with a smart kick that propelled him to a maiden graduation at second asking at Churchill.…