Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella was calm and, to borrow a Del Mar marketing phrase, “cool as ever” Sunday morning, about 12 hours after Beholder’s hard-fought loss to Stellar […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Grade 2 Jim Dandy winner Laoban has emerged from his breakthrough maiden victory in good order, trainer Eric Guillot reported Sunday morning. “Everything’s good. He ate […] Read More
In a stunning upset, Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind, the Eclipse Award winner as champion three-year-old filly of 2015, outran 1-9 favored Beholder in the stretch to win the featured Grade […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Burnishing the “Graveyard of Favorites” lore, Laoban went to the front at the start and never looked back en route to a shocking 27-1 upset of […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Making his first start since capturing the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan on June 11 at Belmont Park, Juddmonte Farms’ multiple stakes winner Flintshire did not […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Arnaud Delacour earned the first Grade 1 victory of his training career Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course, saddling Green Lantern Stable’s homebred A.P. Indian to […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Mind Your Biscuits looked strong in his graded stakes debut, overtaking Maniacal in the stretch for a 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Amsterdam […] Read More
I’m not sure it’s possible to top what we saw last weekend with California Chrome and Dortmund at Del Mar or Songbird at Saratoga, but the racing gods are sure […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown could be holding a strong hand for next month’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers following an impressive one-two finish in the $100,000 Curlin […] Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Eclipse Award-winning mare Tepin will bypass the Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap against males on August 13 and instead be pointed to the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford […] Read More