Track Reports
Santa Anita Stable Notes: Melatonin Set for Gold Cup
Santa Anita Handicap winner Melatonin, who worked five furlongs Tuesday in a bullet 1:11.80, is on course for the Grade I, $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita at 1 ¼ […]
Jared Welch
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Belmont Stakes News
Belmont Park Notes: Team McLaughlin Takes Aim at Belmont Racing Festival Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – While multiple graded stakes-winning 3-year-old Mohaymen gets some time off before launching a summer campaign, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will be busy with several stakes runners during the […] Read More
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Champion Beholder Cruises in G1 Vanity Mile for Eighth Consecutive Win
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2016)—There is simply no stopping the mighty Beholder. With three Eclipse Awards and a pair of Breeders’ Cup victories, she is already considered one the game’s […] Read More
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Midnight Storm Takes It to Heart to Heart, Wins G1, $400,000 Shoemaker Mile
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2016)—Breaking from the far outside in a field of six, Midnight Storm pressured eastern invader Heart to Heart in the run to the Club House turn […] Read More
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Camelot Kitten Takes G3 Pennine Ridge in Thrilling Finish
ELMONT, N.Y. – Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Camelot Kitten finished the longest race of his career with a late surge for a victory by a neck in Saturday’s Grade 3, […] Read More
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Alsvid All Heart in Grade 3, $100,000 Aristides, Beats Limousine Liberal by Head
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 4, 2016) – Black Hawk Stable’s 7-year-old millionaire Alsvid grabbed a narrow lead at the head of the stretch and gamely held on to beat 4-5 favorite Limousine Liberal by a head […] Read More
Track Reports
Santa Anita Stable Notes: Songbird Fires Bullet Work
Unbeaten and unchallenged champion Songbird worked six furlongs in 1:13 flat under regular rider Mike Smith Saturday morning for a possible start in the Grade II Summertime Oaks at 1 […] Read More
Track Reports
Belmont Park Notes: Flintshire ‘Gets Green Light’ for G1 Manhattan
ELMONT, N.Y. – Chad Brown confirmed that multiple Grade 1 winner Flintshire will make his seasonal debut in the Grade 1, $1 million Woodford Reserve Manhattan on Belmont Stakes Day […] Read More
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Energetic Nyquist Jogs Two Miles Saturday at Pimlico
BALTIMORE – Previously undefeated Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1) winner Nyquist spent his last morning on the main track at historic Pimlico Race Course with an energetic two-mile jog […] Read More
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Comebacking Lord Nelson Fires Fresh to Win Santa Anita Allowance in Rapid Time
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 3, 2016)—Idle since Dec. 26, Lord Nelson came back running on Friday at Santa Anita, taking the track’s $65,000 allowance feature by 3 ½ lengths while negotiating […] Read More