ELMONT, N.Y. – A change of surface may have altered the significance – and for the time the being graded status – of Sunday’s Pilgrim and Miss Grillo stakes, but it didn’t alter the satisfaction of trainer Todd Pletcher when he swept both races at Belmont Park.
In the $154,500 Pilgrim for 2-year-old males, Eskendereya rallied [...]
ARCADIA, Calif. — Get used to it, folks.
Lookin at Lucky continues to win important races, and doesn’t mind throwing in a touch of drama in the stretch.
Sunday at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meet, Lookin at Lucky extended his unbeaten streak to four with a vital win in the $299,000 Norfolk Stakes for 2-year-olds, the colt’s [...]
STICKNEY, Ill. — The last time Awesome Gem shipped out of California to run 1 1/4 miles in mud it was the fall 2007. Awesome Gem ran well, finishing third in the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic to Horse of the Year, Curlin. Suffice it to say: There were no Curlins in the Hawthorne Gold Cup [...]
ELMONT, N.Y. — Summer Bird stated his case for being crowned 3-year-old champion while trying to enter the conversation for Horse of the Year with an easier-than-it looked one-length victory over Quality Road in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.
Summer Bird added the Jockey Club Gold Cup to victories earlier [...]
PARIS — Sea the Stars set Longchamp alight on Sunday with a thrilling two-length victory in the $5.8 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
In winning his sixth Group 1 race of the season against all the best that Europe could send against him, the 3-year-old Sea the Stars was repeating the victory of his dam [...]