King Reviews Lexington, Works From Sandman, Coal Battle

There is a lot of alliteration surrounding the co-feature event at Colonial Downs Aug. 9. While Be Your Best  brings the credentials to be the likely favorite, Beach Bomb  boasts the brilliance to beware of in the Beverly D. Stakes (G2T).  One of the flagship races that originated at Arlington Park and is now run at…

Nacho Problem  broke her maiden June 29 at Belmont at the Big A and with it gave her sire, Waiting  , his first winner.  Breaking from the outside in a field of eight 2-year-old fillies, the chestnut led throughout the six-furlong turf challenge for New York-breds. Jockey Christopher Elliott rode her three-wide, building a 3 1/2-length…

Fasig-Tipton is raising the upset price for all the company’s live and digital auctions going forward, the auction house announced March 12. The upset price, or minimum bid that can be made for a Thoroughbred offered at Fasig-Tipton auctions, will now be $2,500. The company’s previous upset price of $1,000 had been in place since 2000….

The Sept. 28 renewal of the Sprinters Stakes (G1) at Nakayama Racecourse featured the winners from each of the last two years, the winner of Japan’s only other top-level sprint race, and a former Hong Kong champion sprinter—but they all bowed to 8-year-old, first-time grade 1 winner Win Carnelian . The outcome was a shocker as the…

Kentucky-bred Ruling Court , a son of Justify  , continued Godolphin’s brilliant recent record in the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) May 3 with victory for Charlie Appleby and William Buick. He was positioned in midfield and began his charge widest on the stands’ side, enduring a battle with stablemate Shadow of Light  heading into the final furlong…

Ozara  has a long way to go to match Fourstardave or even Casa Creed as a Saratoga Race Course legend, but she is certainly moving in the right direction. Cheyenne Stables’ 4-year-old daughter of Lope de Vega   improved to a perfect 3-for-3 at the Spa Aug. 8 as she thundered down the stretch to take…