Claiborne Stallion Seasons and Bloodstock Manager Jacob West speaks on Mindframe‘s win the $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, June 28. The win earned him an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar, Nov. 1 through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win And You’re In.
Journalism may be in the record books as the seventh straight beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but that doesn’t mean trainer Michael McCarthy has lost any faith in his grade 1-winning 3-year-old colt. “I’ve lost zero confidence in him,” McCarthy said about the son of Curlin . “When he worked on the Sunday before the…
The dominant story on Oaklawn Park‘s Road to the Kentucky Derby has been Coal Battle and his small-time connections. That team of owner Robbie Norman, trainer Lonnie Briley, and jockey Juan Vargas will aim to write a satisfying finale March 29 as their 3-year-old colt takes on eight rivals in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1)….
Fourth in his only prior stakes try, Gas Me Up would not be denied in his second attempt, rallying to score in the CA$150,000 King Edward Stakes (G2T) Aug. 16 at Woodbine. A lot had changed for 5-year-old Gas Me Up since his stakes debut in the Zuma Beach Stakes as a juvenile at Gulfstream…
After delivering a memorable runner-up performance in his first try on dirt, 10-time grade/group 1 winner Romantic Warrior will return to grass racing when he starts in the $5 million Dubai Turf (G1T) April 5 at Meydan Racecourse. The Dubai Turf is one of four grass races planned for Saturday’s Dubai World Cup (G1) card….
The assignment this week for all writers of a certain age is to wax nostalgic about the building located at 5201 Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, soon to be mercifully demolished. Memories have gushed forth in a bittersweet flood of happy days and horror stories involving the Pimlico Race Course grandstand and adjacent clubhouse. Human…
The mighty Gimme A Nother recently confirmed herself as a leading contender for big races in the United States this year when she ran second in the Hillsborough Stakes (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs. Undefeated in South Africa, champion Gimme A Nother tried gallantly but just fell short of catching Saffron Moon at the finish….
