3 Things You Might Not Know About: Burnham Square

Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Westerberg’s Precise  put in a sterling performance Sept. 14 to deny stablemate Beautify  by three-quarters of a length to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) at The Curragh in a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series race for an automatic position into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf…

Steve Landers Racing’s Destino d’Oro  sat a perfect trip and drew off with authority to win the $399,400 Pucker Up Stakes (G3T) Aug. 3 at Ellis Park. Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Luan Machado, Destino d’Oro completed the 1 1/8-mile turf contest in 1:45.64 to earn her first graded stakes victory. It was…

A quiet week for the top level of racing led to little change in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Top Thoroughbred Poll released June 17, with the Top 10 horses remaining the same group with some minor changes in their order. Yuesheng Zhang and Craig Dado’s Raging Torrent  retained his top spot in the rankings voted…

A day after Gin Gin  lit up the toteboard at odds of 38-1 in the Doubledogdare Stakes (G3), Utah Beach  delivered another healthy stakes payoff for the Keeneland crowd with an 11-1 upset victory in the $394,188 Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) April 19. While the betting public may not have expected the win, for the connections…

Kilwin  looked like she had a most impossible task ahead of her when the gates opened for the 100th running of the Aug. 2 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. The daughter of Lane’s End stallion Twirling Candy   went to her knees with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard in the $500,000 Test and trailed the field…

The seventh race at Aqueduct Racetrack April 27, a one-turn allowance optional claiming mile for sophomores, will feature the well-regarded $1.1 million purchase Cornucopian  as part of an eight-horse field that includes graded stakes-placed New York-bred Sand Devil . Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, the son of Into Mischief   made his first two starts…