Horse Racing

Stronach Stables’ homebred Silent Poet turned in a track record performance under jockey Gary Boulanger, winning the $175,000 Play The King Stakes (Grade 2) on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack. Trained by Nicholas Gonzalez, the four-year-old Silent Name-Cara Bella gelding set a new E.P. Taylor Turf Course record of 1:19.22 for seven furlongs. Soaring Free’s former […]

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 29th consecutive racing day Saturday at Gulfstream Park, producing a carryover jackpot of $888,014.88 for Sunday’s program. Multiple tickets Saturday with six winners were each worth $1,650.66. The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On […]

It had been 21 years since his third and most recent victory in the Grade 1 Travers, but trainer Claude “Shug” McGaughey proved this Saturday that he still knows how to put a horse in that revered winner’s circle at Saratoga. He saddled W.S. Farish’s homebred Code of Honor to cross the wire in third […]

Stephanie Seymour Brant’s Significant Form got a perfect trip from Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez to win Saturday’s Grade 2 Ballston Spa by a neck, posting a 7-1 upset in the afternoon’s first turf stakes. The 4-year-old daughter of Creative Cause, trained by Chad Brown, covered 1 1/16 miles over Saratoga’s firm course in […]

Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ Mind Control posted an upset in Saratoga’s Grade 1 Hopeful as a 2-year-old, and now the sophomore son of Stay Thirsty has another upset win at the Spa on his resume with a 10-1 shocker in Saturday’s G1 H. Allen Jerkens. Sitting in a perfect tracking position in third […]

The National Thoroughbred Welfare Organization (NTWO) announces that multi-million dollar earner Imperative will be retiring to its farm to begin a new career in the show world. “I want Imperative to be the poster boy for racing,” said owner Ron Paolucci. “I am grateful to Old Friends for being willing to take him in retirement, […]

Blue Devil Racing Stable’s homebred Come Dancing did just that in Saturday’s Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes, despite missing the break and going wide throughout the seven-furlong contest. The 5-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon still managed to dominate her rivals by 3 1/2 lengths, stopping the clock in 1:21.48 over Saratoga’s fast main track. Trained by […]

His seven-race win streak may have come to an end last out when defeated in the Grade 1 Vanderbilt, but William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Mitole got back on track this Saturday with a dominant performance in the Grade 1 Forego. The 4-year-old son of Eskendereya broke on top but settle just off the pace of […]

The victory with Lady Suebee in Friday’s Tranquility Lake Stakes was stakes win No. 99 at Del Mar for Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza and No. 7 this season for trainer John Sadler. His second stakes victory of the meeting moved Espinoza to within one of tying fellow Hall of Famer Gary Stevens for […]

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt was on hand for the Opening Night of the Remington Park Thoroughbred Season to present the trophy to the winner of the $175,000 Governor’s Cup. He handed the hardware to Mocito Rojo, a horse that has been hoarding the trophies from three different states. The Governor’s Cup was the 5-year-old horse’s […]