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Multiple Group/Grade I hero Magnitude (Not This Time) completed his final prep for the GI Whitney Stakes Saturday morning on the Oklahoma training track, and left his connections in high spirits after the breeze. Out to work five furlongs for…
Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of…
You might be tempted to think that it's just luck or pure coincidence for a breeder to be represented by half-siblings in the same Classic two years running, and Rebecca Philipps might modestly agree with you. But that is not…
Sunday sees the return of Deauville's August Festival, with the Prix Rothschild the first of five Group 1s throughout the month. Last month's Falmouth one-two Blue Bolt (Blue Point) and Precise (Starspangledbanner) renew rivalry with no obvious reason for a…
In two starts since surging late to win last year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar, there is no doubt that Peter Brant's Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) has been extremely disappointing. But the 4-year-old can right…
4th-DMR, 80K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 6:30 p.m. Kretz Racing debuts SCORPY (Tapit) Sunday at Del Mar, a $1-million OBS April grad of 2025. A son of MGISP Palacio de Amor, he is a half-brother to SW/MGSP Threefiveindia (Street Hero)…
Juddmonte homebred Spirited Gesture (Kingman) scored low in some aspects of Saturday's Lodge At The National Stud EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes at Newmarket, but collected a TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, badge after delivering an impressive debut display in…
The Joseph O'Brien show carried over to Saturday at the Qatar Goodwood Festival as Goodie Two Shoes (Fastnet Rock) conjured a last-gasp success in the feature G2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes. Thrust a fraction of a nose in front of…
Former champion jockey Jim Crowley has announced his retirement from riding after recovering poorly from his injuries sustained during a fall at York in September. He is in the process of obtaining his training licence. Crowley told the Press Association,…