The classy Channel Maker, making his fourth appearance in the $250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) at Belmont Park, won the race for a second time with a frontrunning victory.
Owned by Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, R. A. Hill …
On an otherwise quiet day devoid of its usual throng of raucous fans, the Churchill Downs paddock looked curiously populated ahead of the Sept. 4 running of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Owners—and a few media person…
To most observers, Necker Island will be little more than a longshot when he takes his spot in the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Facing a brace of graded stakes winne…
A clear early lead and a liking for a turf course softened by an afternoon thunderstorm Aug. 29 was a recipe for success for Channel Maker in the $500,000 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course.
The 6-year-old English Channe…
Colebrook Farms’ Exceed fought to the wire to break his maiden by a neck in a Woodbine maiden optional claiming test for Ontario-breds July 26, becoming the first winner for freshman sire Ami’s Holiday.
Making just his second start for…
Just as one of the champions in trainer Brad Cox’s barn nears a return to the races, the other is heading to the sidelines for a few months.
British Idiom, last year’s champion 2-year-old filly, has been diagnosed with a chip in her ri…
After having her perfect record snapped in the first start of the 2020 season, British Idiom will look to kick off a new winning streak May 1 when she takes on 13 competitors in the $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
“She’s…
Wells Bayou (Lookin at Lucky) returned to the work tab for the first time since his Mar. 21 GII Louisiana Derby victory with a four-furlong drill in :49.80 (32/56) at Oaklawn Park Monday. With the GI Kentucky Derby postponed until Sept…
Read More > In a world changing by the minute, the champion juvenile filly of 2019 took strides toward an uncertain future March 28 at Oaklawn Park.
A four-furlong drill in :48 2/5 may have been business as usual for British Idiom, a level-headed …
A year ago, it would have been the kind of day that filled trainer Brad Cox with rosy feelings about the first weekend in May.
He won the $400,000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2), a Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying race, wi…
