Full or half siblings to the likes of classic/group 1 stars Jan Brueghel , Desert Crown , and Emily Upjohn feature in a quality packed Goffs Orby Book 1 catalog this autumn. Among the standout lots are a Mehmas half sister to Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) winner Dubai Mile (Lot 43); a Frankel half brother to 2022 Epsom Derby…
Kentucky Downs will host its annual “King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge” on Sept. 6 and has added a presenting sponsor, Race Lens, the interactive past performance product from Equibase, the Thoroughbred industry’s official database for racing information and statistics. Race Lens also is sponsoring Kentucky Downs’ pair of online, live-money play-in tournaments on the…
The ultra-talented Nysos attempts to stretch his speed in his longest test in the $300,000, 1 1/16-mile San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar. Arguably one of the best horses currently in training to have never won a grade 1 race, a victory in the San Diego could prepare the colt for top-level glory in…
Striving for back-to-back graded stakes victories, Fondly is set to battle six other 3-year-old fillies in the $250,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3), a 1 1/16-mile race July 26 on dirt at Monmouth Park. A bay filly by Upstart trained by Graham Motion and representing Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Madaket Stables, Fondly returns following a June 14 Delaware Oaks…
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown may have the deepest lineup of high-quality turf females over short and middle-distance routes, but trainer Miguel Clement is loaded in the long-distance female turf category. Clement, who took over head training duties from his father Christophe following the latter’s death May 25, trains three of the eight grass entries…
Bettors may feel a sense of déjà vu when trying to make their selections for the July 27 Eddie Read Stakes (G2T). Five of the eight starters have a history with the 1 1/8-mile Del Mar turf race, three of them having run in it the past two years and two making their second appearances….
Chancer McPatrick wasn’t the buzz horse in the $135,000 Curlin Stakes; it was stablemate Strategic Focus , the race’s 3-5 favorite. But following a dramatic finish to the 1 1/8-mile dirt race July 24 at Saratoga Race Course, it was Chancer McPatrick owning the head victory over So Sandy , who finished a half-length in front of third-place…
The Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC), in partnership with the Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management (OEM), recently hosted campers from the HERoes on the HERizon program for a morning at Laurel Park. HERoes on the HERizon is an annual free week-long summer program designed to encourage young women in high school and college to…
The rematch between 4-year-olds Jan Brueghel and Calandagan is officially on after both big guns were among the final field for the July 26 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse. Jan Brueghel came out on top against his rival in last month’s Coronation Cup (G1) at Epsom Downs Racecourse, adding to his…
In the spring of 1973, 18-year-old Perry Ouzts began his jockey career that has lasted him a lifetime. After some convincing from his cousins, Earlie and Jackie Fires, who were jockeys, a teenage Ouzts left Rivervale, Ark., fresh out of high school, traveling from his rural hometown, and would make his riding debut at Beulah…
