Stakes Recap: Apple Blossom and Count Fleet

Gary Barber’s No Time  flew home to take the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks July 20, to give trainer Mark Casse his fifth win in the race, tying trainer Jim Day’s record. Her two stablemates—Shifty  and Winterberry  finished second and third, respectively. The 3-year-old daughter of Not This Time   stalked the pacesetters under Hall of Fame jockey…

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…

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…

Although the holiday weekend featured a lot of racing, the three days included just two grade 1 events that were both on turf, at Santa Anita Park on Memorial Day, and won by European-bred runners. The nine-furlong Gamely Stakes (G1T) was dominated from start to finish by Be Your Best , who hit the wire with…

Despite not participating in the Breeders’ Cup after spiking a fever, Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty  still reigned supreme in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Top Thoroughbred Poll released Nov. 4. The poll, which is voted on by the national media, is designed to give a glimpse at the Horse of…

As group 2 races go, the Hardwicke Stakes (G2) is the best in Britain and perhaps among the best in the world. The average winning Racing Post Rating is 120, the sort of figure handed to the winner of a modest open-company group 1. The latest renewal at Royal Ascot takes place June 21. The…