Stakes Recap: Paradise Creek & Cliff Hanger
Sara Elbadwi looks back at the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont at the Big A and the Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth.
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Sara Elbadwi looks back at the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont at the Big A and the Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth.
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Draw a line through it. That turned out to be the simple explanation for Fondly ‘s 11th-place finish on a sloppy track in the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) as she bounced back as good as new in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3) at Delaware Park June 14. Fondly, b, 3/f Upstart — Lifetime Memory, by Istan …
After finishing second-best to a filly in his first start in a stakes, Blinging It Back will try again—this time strictly against the boys. Trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse, Blinging It Back will face five rivals July 5 in the $175,000 Sanford Stakes (G3) for 2-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course as he bids…
Image: Bradley Photos Stakes placegetter Dream Side spearheads her stable’s three-pronged assault on the Percy Sykes Stakes. Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are hoping Grand Eagle’s midweek win at Hawkesbury is a portent of things to come from their team of juveniles on day two of The Championships. Having his third start, Grand Eagle delivered on…
On the second and final day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale March 25, a colt from the first Southern Hemisphere crop of 2019 champion European juvenile male Pinatubo topped the sale when selling for AU$290,000 (US$182,700, US$1=AU$0.63). The sale, delayed by two weeks because of weather, saw similar numbers to 2024 as…
Shares in leading young stallions Ole Kirk and Southport Tycoon, both by Written Tycoon , dominated bidding in the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale, finishing as the two highest-priced lots when the sale closed Sept. 10. The Ole Kirk share topped the sale, selling to Eric Yeung for AU$600,000 (US$397,086, AU$1=US$0.66). The 1% share result saw Ole…
Charm Stone advertised her spring credentials when she returned from a spell with a brilliant victory in the Sept. 26 Manikato Stakes (G1) over 1,200 meters (about six furlongs) at Moonee Valley Racecourse, her second taste of group 1 honors. Having won the Sangster Stakes (G1) against her own sex in Adelaide last season, the daughter…