When it comes to consistency on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail this season, Built has been the model. The Wayne Catalano-trained son of Hard Spun has hit the board in each of the first three prep races held at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, including a victory in December’s Gun Runner Stakes. However, the…
Coal Battle’s victory in the Rebel Stakes Feb. 23, which placed the colt atop the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, makes for an ideal time to revisit a BloodHorse magazine regional feature on one of the 3-year-old’s breeders. In the March 2024 issue, Denis Blake shone a light on Jay Adcock and Red River…
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Heavenly Prize at Aqueduct & Gulfstream Park Sprint at Gulfstream this weekend. Source link
Alexander Helios ‘ journey is not necessarily an unusual one; the 5-year-old son of Cairo Prince began his career in California before moving to the stable of trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. After another change in trainer, the horse has been reunited with Joseph since May 2024. While Alexander Helios had some previous success—hitting the board in…
Throughout the opening stages of the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Coal Battle has been recognized as a “feel-good” story of small-time connections aiming for an invite to the big dance at Churchill Downs. That story changed drastically in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 23 when Coal Battle elevated…
Quietside soared to her first graded stakes victory when she annexed the $500,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) Feb. 23 at Oaklawn Park, defeating Five G and even-money favorite Muhimma earning 50 points on the road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The Shortleaf Stable homebred daughter of Malibu Moon had finished on the board in four consecutive stakes…
