Play the Music Pulls Away in Whimsical
Glassman Racing's Play the Music and rider Patrick Husbands had to be patient through the far turn of the $102,305 Whimsical Stakes (G3) May 4 at Woodbine, but once they saw open space they made it count.
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Glassman Racing's Play the Music and rider Patrick Husbands had to be patient through the far turn of the $102,305 Whimsical Stakes (G3) May 4 at Woodbine, but once they saw open space they made it count.
The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby (G1) delivered one of the race's great finishes as Mystik Dan just held off a late charge from Sierra Leone to win the $5 million classic May 4 at Churchill Downs.
After leading from the start, Klaravich Stables' Randomized weakened in the final furlong and wound up second to 24-1 shot Soul of an Angel in the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) May 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Fallen Angel attempts to give Karl Burke his first British classic victory in the One Thousand Guineas (G1) at Newmarket May 5, and the trainer believes his star filly is the one they all have to beat.
When giving a debrief while still basking in the afterglow of his victory in the GI Kentucky Oaks with 'TDN Rising Star' Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna), trainer Ken McPeek pondered out loud: 'An Oaks-Derby double?' before making the sign of…
PROGRAM TRADING (GB) (r, 4, Lope de Vega {Ire}–Dreamlike {GB}, by Oasis Dream {GB}) gave Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown a fourth winner of the GI Old Forester Turf Classic S. in the last six years, fighting…
Three Chimneys Farm homebred Gun Pilot (Gun Runner) punched through from in between horses in the final furlong after sitting a midfield trip and skipped clear at odds of 5-1 to give his sire a sweep of the afternoon's seven-furlong…
California-based Umberto Rispoli was set to ride Amerman Racing's Endlessly (Oscar Performance) in the GI Kentucky Derby about three hours later, and he got the partnership off to a fortuitous beginning on the Derby undercard, guiding Trikari (Oscar Performance) to…
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales…
The first British fillies' Classic of the season sees a fairly even split of homebreds versus sales graduates. The latter group features a seven-figure filly–Ylang Ylang–all the way down to a €20,000 purchase in Tamfana. Several of these are also…