Ian Wilkes

Champagne Anyone Pops Off In Gulfstream Park Oaks

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – After a pair of third-place finishes to start her 3-year-old campaign, Six Column Stables and Randall Bloch’s Champagne Anyone sported blinkers for the first time and popped off with a […]

Race Recaps

Molto Bella Monstrous in $125,000 Gasparilla

TAMPA, FL – Class relief proved to be exactly what Molto Bella needed as the Ian Wilkes-trained filly cruised to an impressive score in Saturday’s $125,000 Gasparilla Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. […] Read More

Race Recaps

Big Dollar Bill Upsets $100,000 Birdstone

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Dennis Farkas, Brett Franklin, and Cheryl Franklin’s Big Dollar Bill put forth a game stretch run for his first career stakes score and pull the upset in Thursday’s […] Read More

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Nessy Scores Big In G3 San Juan Capistrano

ARCADIA, CA – Sierra Farm’s homebred Nessy used a ground-saving trip to store energy that he used to launch a deep-stretch bid and score his first stakes victory in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 […] Read More

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Sonic Boom Wires G3 American Derby at Arlington Park

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – Lothenbach Stables’ Sonic Boom, unbothered by early pace pressure, opened a clear lead on the backstretch and held firm for a 1 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade […] Read More

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McCraken Back to Normal in G3 Matt Winn Victory

LOUISVILLE, KY – Fresh off of a disappointing eighth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s multiple stakes-winning homebred colt McCraken overcame an awkward start to comfortably win Saturday night’s […] Read More

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Walkabout Rallies to Take G3 Matron at Churchill Downs

LOUISVILLE, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s Walkabout ran down Improv in the final strides to post a neck victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000, Matron at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Brian […] Read More

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Roca Rojo Edges Believe in Bertie in G2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile

LOUISVILLE, KY – Roca Rojo edged a game Believe in Bertie to win the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile for fillies and mares. Trained by Chad Brown […] Read More

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Bird Song Gives Ian Wilkes Win in G2 Alysheba

LOUISVILLE, KY – Marylou Whitney Stables’ Bird Song won the chase to the first turn and never surrendered the lead, giving trainer Ian Wilkes a 1 1/2-length win in the 14th […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Update: McCraken, Fast and Accurate Work

LOUISVILLE, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 and Kendall Hansen, Skychai Racing, and Bode Miller’s Fast and Accurate worked five furlongs in 1:01.20 in company for the […] Read More