Embroidery Stitches Together Two Thirds of Triple Crown

Embroidery Stitches Together Two Thirds of Triple Crown

As they turned for the money in the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 19 at Kyoto Racecourse, Embroidery again was asked the distance question that had humbled her in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks-G1) five months earlier. This time, the Admire Mars filly had the right answer, gliding smoothly alongside pacesetting Erika Express, then edging by…

Borealis Trail Runs Down Mansetti to Win Ontario Derby

Borealis Trail Runs Down Mansetti to Win Ontario Derby

King’s Plate Stakes winner Mansetti  led for most of the race, but it was Chiefswood Stables’ homebred Borealis Trail  who finished strongest of all to take the $124,304 Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine. The winner, a 3-year-old Quality Road   gelding, was making his sixth lifetime start and was coming off a head loss in the…

Reid’s Pennsylvania Filly Kappa Kappa Upsets Raven Run

Reid’s Pennsylvania Filly Kappa Kappa Upsets Raven Run

Parx Racing-based trainer Butch Reid resides in Pennsylvania, but Kentucky is his apparent home away from home. He won the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland with Vequist , added the $1.3 million Ladies Marathon Stakes (G3T) last year at Kentucky Downs with Neecie Marie , and Oct. 18 at Keeneland landed the $334,688 Raven Run…

Kalpana Earns Redeeming Win on British Champions Day

Kalpana Earns Redeeming Win on British Champions Day

A season of near-misses and frustration ended with sheer joy and elation for the team behind Kalpana  after she defended her crown in the 1 1/2-mile British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse. After hitting the crossbar on several occasions this season, and also finishing a disappointing seventh in this…

Calandagan Defeats Top Field in Champion Stakes

Calandagan Defeats Top Field in Champion Stakes

The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1)-winning team of Mickael Barzalona, Francis Graffard, and Aga Khan Studs continued their awesome autumn when Calandagan  landed the Champion Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse.  In a race in which Godolphin and Coolmore pacemakers ensured an honest gallop, Calandagan picked up best from the rear of the field…

Old Friends Announces Partnership With MyRacehorse

Old Friends Announces Partnership With MyRacehorse

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce a new partnership with MyRacehorse that brings together the passionate supporters of two organizations dedicated to celebrating the sport of Thoroughbred Racing and its athletes. “I believe MyRacehorse and Old Friends represent all that is good about the sport of Thoroughbred Racing,”…

Farewell to ‘Anna’ Fits With Tradition of Send-Offs

Farewell to ‘Anna’ Fits With Tradition of Send-Offs

The funeral of Elizabeth II in September of 2022 prompted 10 days of official mourning, included 3,000 military personnel, and cost an estimated $300 million. That’s how you say goodbye to a queen. The farewell for Thorpedo Anna  has been somewhat more subdued, but no less heartfelt. She was a racehorse for everyone, a Thoroughbred…