raging bull

Godolphin homebred Maxfield came into his seasonal bow carrying the burdens of high anticipation and lofty expectations upon his dark bay shoulders. After validating both with a one-length victory in the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs May 23, the son of Street Sense took another step forward when he moved up into […]

In a race that looked oh-so-close on paper, French-bred Raging Bull turned Monday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Shoemaker Mile into a grassy walk in the Santa Anita Park, as he wheeled six-wide turning for home en route to a comfortable 2 1/4-length score under Joel Rosario.  Trained by Chad Brown and owned by Peter M. Brant, […]

Gary Barber’s War of Will, a winner of last year’s Grade I Preakness Stakes and idle since well beaten in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Classic, squares off with sharp veteran turf miler River Boyne, top French-bred miler Raging Bull and others, as they head an outstanding field of 11 three-year-olds and up in Monday’s […]

The movie “Raging Bull,” screened in 1980, was the story of boxer Jake LaMotta, portrayed by Robert De Niro in an Academy Award-winning performance. The horse Raging Bull figures to have a serious fight on his hands when he attempts to turn the tables on the filly, Got Stormy, in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million […]

Trainer Chad Brown saddled the first three finishers in Saturday’s Grade 1 Manhattan on the Belmont Stakes undercard, and it was Seth Klarman and William Lawrence’s Bricks and Mortar who top his stablemates Robert Bruce and Raging Bull by 1 1/2 lengths on the wire. The winner of the Pegasus World Cup Turf back in […]

In search of a fifth win in the Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan, conditioner Chad Brown entered a quartet of accomplished runners to compete in the 147th running of one of the most prestigious turf races of the Belmont Park spring/summer meet and the prelude to the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by […]

Despite a slow early pace that should have compromised him, Seth Klarman and William Lawrence’s Bricks and Mortar proved his class in Saturday’s Grade 1 Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard. Off as the even-money favorite, the 5-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway came from mid-pack to hit the wire a head in front of […]

In the race preceding Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Bricks and Mortar will shoot for his fourth consecutive victory as he heads a field of 13 4-year-olds and up in the 33rd running of the $1 million Old Forester Turf Classic (GI). The 1 1/8-mile test has a post time of 5:25 p.m. Trained […]

Terry Hamilton’s popular Keeneland standout Heart to Heart will make his fourth start in the Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) when he takes on seven rivals in the 31st running of the $300,000 prestigious grass test on Friday at Keeneland. Twice a runner-up in the race before breaking through last year, Heart to Heart will seek […]