Podcast BLINKERS OFF 316: The Magic Mike Show Recaps Stars & Stripes Day The Thoroughbred Racing Dudes’ Curtis “Magic Kalleward and Mike Somich, hosts of The Magic Mike Show, recap the Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park. Blinkers Off provides weekly insights into the world of horse…
Race Recaps Pacific Wind Earns First Stakes Score in G2 Ruffian ELMONT, NY – Pacific Wind flew down the stretch and hung her competition out to dry in the Grade 2, $250,000 Ruffian at Belmont Park on Sunday. This was the first stakes victory and second consecutive first-place finish for the four-year-old daughter of Curlin. Pacific Wind broke cleanly under jockey… Read More
News Mind Your Biscuits Romps in G2 Belmont Sprint, Earns Breeders’ Cup Berth ELMONT, NY – Multiple Grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits punched his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a 3 1/2-length victory in the Grade 2, $350,000 Belmont Sprint Championship on Stars & Stripes Day. The Belmont Sprint, carrying an all-fees-paid berth into the $1.5 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint… Read More
News Practical Joke Draws Away to Win Impressive G3 Dwyer ELMONT, NY – Making his first start since finishing fifth in the Kentucky Derby, Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Practical Joke drew away in the stretch for a solid victory in the Grade 3, $400,000 Dwyer on Saturday at Belmont Park. Breaking from post 3 as the 3-5 post-time favorite… Read More
News Seymourdini Dominates $100,000 State Dinner at Belmont Park ELMONT, NY – Iris Smith Stable’s Seymourdini dominated his first career stakes race, capturing the second running of the $100,000 State Dinner for 4-year-olds and up by an impressive 10 1/2 lengths on Monday at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old son of Bernardini went to the front with Ocean Knight, setting… Read More
News Ballagh Rocks Holds Off Projected, Wins G3 Poker ELMONT, NY – Donegal Racing’s Ballagh Rocks picked up the first stakes win of his career with a hard-fought score over even-money favorite Projected in the Grade 3, $300,000 Poker for 4-year-olds and up at Belmont Park. Under Jose Lezcano, Ballagh Rocks settled close to the pace on the outside… Read More
News Ascend, Motion Pull 27-1 Shocker in G1 Manhattan ELMONT, NY – One race before saddling the favorite in the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes, trainer Graham Motion played the role of upsetter when his Ascend pulled away in the stretch of the Grade 1, $1 million Woodford Reserve Manhattan to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths at odds… Read More
News Mor Spirit Rolls in G1 Met Mile, Caps Massive Day for Baffert, Smith ELMONT, NY – Michael Petersen’s Mor Spirit put an exclamation point on a magical afternoon for Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and Mike Smith, powering down the stretch to a dominant 6 1/4-length victory in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. The 124th running… Read More
News Antonoe Charges Up Rail to Win G1 Just a Game ELMONT, NY – In her first stakes attempt since Juddmonte Farms sent her to the United States under the care of Chad Brown, the 4-year-old filly Antonoe charged up the rail to dominate Saturday’s 24th running of the Grade 1, $700,000 Longines Just a Game for older females on a… Read More
News American Anthem Explodes to Win G2 Woody Stephens ELMONT, NY – American Anthem hit all the right notes on his way to a stirring victory in the 33rd edition of the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park on Saturday. The win gave jockey Mike Smith a quartet of graded stakes wins in as many tries and… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 282: Santa Anita Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview TVG’s Caleb Keller joins the Magic Mike Show guys to… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 504: Churchill Downs Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Racing Dudes preview and give their picks for Saturday’s… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 281: Royal Ascot Preview The Magic Mike Show guys are joined by Aaron Halterman… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 280: Churchill Downs Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview Magic and Michael preview and give their picks for Saturday’s… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 503: Belmont Stakes Analysis and Summer Racing Preview The Racing Dudes recap Saturday’s 153rd running of the $1.5… Read More
Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: Let’s Hear it for the Girls Sunday might have been Father’s Day, but this past weekend’s… Read More
Oleksandra Cashes Big One Last Time In Poker ELMONT, NY – Team Valor International homebred Oleksandra cashed big… Read More
Souper Stonehenge Denies Pink Lloyd In Jacques Cartier TORONTO, ON – Live Oak Plantation homebred Souper Stonehenge denied… Read More
Bell’s the One Out-Kicks Sconsin in Roxelana LOUISVILLE, KY – Bell’s the One, winner of the $500,000… Read More
Acclimate Wires San Juan Capistrano ARCADIA, CA – Trainer Phil D’Amato’s Acclimate ended a 22-month… Read More
