Two weeks ago, trainer Joe Sharp proudly stood in the Churchill Downs winner’s circle with his wife, former jockey Rosie Napravnik, and kids by his side while accepting his first leading trainer title at the historic Louisville, Ky., track. “It was great, I’m obviously extremely proud of the whole team and they’re extremely proud of the…
Resolute Racing’s Excellent Truth outdueled post-time favorite She Feels Pretty late to land her first top-level victory while securing trainer Chad Brown a record-extending 10th score in the $485,000 Diana Stakes (G1T), a 1 1/8-mile Mellon turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course July 12. READ: Excellent Truth Outduels She Feels Pretty to…
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Diana Stakes and the Bowling Green Stakes at Saratoga. Source link
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that the mandatory quarantine covering horses previously stabled in Barn 66 at Saratoga Race Course has been lifted by the New York State Department of Agriculture (NYSDA) effective immediately. To minimize any impact on the general horse population at Saratoga, and to allow for Barn 66…
A new era dawns at the JRHA Select Sale July 15 as the first foals of Equinox , crowned the world’s best racehorse in 2023, are set to come under the hammer at Northern Horse Park. In total 25 foals by the highest-rated Japanese horse since the current rankings began have been cataloged for Tuesday’s auction,…
Godolphin’s Kentucky Oaks (G1)-winning homebred Good Cheer breezed a half-mile in :50.66, according to New York Racing Association clockers July 13 over the Saratoga Race Course main track as she prepares for the 1 1/4-mile $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) Aug. 16 at the Spa. Trained by dual Eclipse award-winner Brad Cox, the Medaglia d’Oro bay…
The $485,000 Diana Stakes (G1T) drew some of the best that the filly and mare turf division has to offer July 12, and down the stretch it was Excellent Truth and She Feels Pretty who were putting on a show for the Saratoga Race Course crowd. As the grandstand roared, it was Excellent Truth who outlasted…
Even before Christophe Clement’s death from cancer May 25, LSU Stables’ Far Bridge was a revered horse in the barn for his career accomplishments, including having won five races and four graded stakes in 2024-25 in the waning years of the trainer’s life. As the final horse Clement saddled for a race before his health deteriorated,…
If you watch the replay of the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course July 11, you’ll start to hear some shrieking shortly after the field of 2-year-old maidens hits the quarter pole. The shrieking intensified as No. 3 Dr. Agne and Jose Ortiz first tried to find some room along the rail to move up from…
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott discusses Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty after his five-furlong workout July 12 in 1:02.18. Source link
