6th-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m, 3:18 p.m. CLEVER MISS (Gun Runner), a daughter of 2014 champion 3-year-old filly Untapable, debuts Sunday at Churchill Downs for owner/breeder Winchell Thoroughbreds and trainer Steve Asmussen. The connections are well familiar with the…
Reigning champion 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) put in a solo breeze Saturday morning at Belmont Park ahead of a projected next start in the GII Beldame Stakes Sept. 25. Taking to the track around 8:30 a.m., Nitrogen worked four…
There was a shock ending to Saturday's G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes as the unlikely duo Hotazhell (Too Darn Hot) and Wimbledon Hawkeye (Kameko) fought out the finish with the Jessica Harrington runner a nose ahead where it counts.…
Hindered by the draw in Saturday's G1 Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes, Juddmonte's Blue Bolt (Blue Point) did what she always does and delivered at the top table once again. Dealing with the differing tests of the Duke of Cambridge,…
John Neocleous's blue-and-white colours bear an eerily striking resemblance to those of Secretariat and, carried aboard Highwayman (Persian King) in Saturday's 250th anniversary G1 Betfred St Leger, jockey Saffie Osborne summoned the spirit of that icon to become the first…
Back to what is probably his ideal trip in Saturday's G2 Park Stakes, More Thunder (Night Of Thunder) revived his fortunes to regain the winning thread. Lining up for Doncaster's seven-furlong contest on the back of a rare unplaced effort…
Continuing an early-afternoon blitz of Saturday's black-type contests by TDN Rising Stars, impressive Curragh maiden winner Darkness Falls (Camelot) turned Leopardstown's recalibrated G1 HKJC World Pool Golden Fleece Stakes into a procession with another wide-margin success for a career high.…
Godolphin homebred Desert Castle (Frankel), a G1 Dewhurst entry, followed up a taking TDN Rising Star debut over seven furlongs at Newmarket last month with an equally-impressive effort for Billy Loughnane in Saturday's G2 Betfred Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. “We…
Leopardstown's Irish Champions Day opener came down to a battle between the TDN Rising Stars in the line-up and it was Juddmonte's Maire Rua (Frankel) who subdued Timeless Tale (Sioux Nation) for success in the Listed Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF…