The Thoroughbred, Joell Dunlap fervently maintains, wants to please. People in the autism community, she equally believes, are looking for ways to connect. The place where both needs are met, for the horses and people, is Square Peg, the Northern California-based charity she has run for more than 20 years. Square Peg, which receives financial…
Paramount Prince , Canada’s champion 3-year-old male of 2023 and champion older main track male of 2024, seeks to win the Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) for the second year in a row Aug. 2. The CA$150,000 race for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles is over his preferred synthetic surface, the Tapeta at Woodbine. The Mark…
Lady Iman earned a starting berth into this year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) after her dominating victory in the July 30 Molecomb Stakes (G3) at Goodwood Racecourse. The 2-year-old Starman filly, owned by Mrs. A. F. O’Callaghan, becomes just the second Irish-trained winner of this race in the last 10 years. Video Lady Iman, 3-for-4 in…
During the running of the Grade 3 Lake George on July 26 at Saratoga Race Course, the Mike Maker-trained Aterradora was pulled up by jockey Ricardo Santana, Jr. in the gallop out after finishing fifth. The horse was immediately attended to by on-track veterinarians, who transported Aterradora to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital for further…
July 30, 2025 2:58 PM 1:50 Ready to make his first start of the 2025 season, trainer Tim Yakteen gives an update on grade 1 winner Johannes after he shipped from California to Saratoga Race Course for the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 2. …
For long-standing owner/breeder Jeff Smith, it doesn’t get better than this. A homebred with a leading chance in a Glorious Goodwood group 1 is the pinnacle for a man who has achieved so much success at the meeting. The July 31 Nassau Stakes (G1) is the one notable Goodwood race to have eluded the Hampshire-based Smith,…
East Avenue is fresh off a short break when he pursues a second consecutive graded stakes win in the $400,000 West Virginia Derby Aug. 3. The $400,000 contest drew eight 3-year-olds to race 1 1/8 miles on the main track at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort. A homebred Medaglia d’Oro colt owned by Godolphin and trained by Brendan…
A quartet of European runners made the trip across the Atlantic Ocean to take on a quintet of United States-based turf horses Aug. 2 in the $750,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. The Saratoga Derby will be run at 1 3/16 miles on a Mellon Turf Course that may have…
One of only two grade 1 races restricted to 3-year-old fillies around one turn in North America, the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 2 will be exactly as the name describes. Eight fillies are set to line up in search of their first top-level victory. “The Test always comes up tough,”…
Field of Gold ‘s pacemaker Qirat caused a momentous upset when holding off Rosallion in the July 30 Sussex Stakes (G1) at Glorious Goodwood. In front of a stunned crowd, Qirat, whose role in the race was to ensure a decent pace for Field of Gold, took up the running under Richard Kingscote from the Aidan…
