It’ll be Stellar Wind vs. Vale Dori, Round III, when the 47th running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes is presented on Sunday at Del Mar. Stellar Wind […]
Defending TVG Pacific Classic champion Beholder breezed five furlongs in 59 seconds Wednesday morning under Gary Stevens, 10 days away from the signature race of the Del Mar summer meeting. […] Read More
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 […] 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
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IT’S A WORKMANLIKE WORK FOR CHAMPION BEHOLDER Champion mare Beholder went through a solid workout Sunday morning covering seven furlongs in company in 1:27 under gray skies with the Hall […] Read More
Superstar filly Songbird, who reels off fractions with the rhythmical precision of a metronome, worked six furlongs on Santa Anita’s main track Saturday morning in 1:13.40, breezing, as the undefeated […] Read More
Three Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Lady of Fifty (KY) – She had been knocking on the door against these types of horses, and on Saturday in the Clement L Hirsch […] Read More
Three Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Points Offthebench (CA) – It’s not often you see a horse go from an Allowance race to a Grade 1 Stakes victory, but Points […] Read More
3 Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Know More (KY) – A first time starter is not supposed to win a Grade 2 stakes, but Know More did on Sunday. He handled everything […] Read More
3 Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Amazombie (CA) – Much like last week, this weeks first star was an easy choice. Amazombie is one of the most classy and likable horses in training, […] Read More