Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand NYRA Press Release: Fields are taking shape for Travers Day this Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, comprised of seven graded stakes and anchored by the traditional summer showcase of the nation’s top 3-year-olds, the Grade 1, … Continued
Frosted has long been a talented colt, flashing significant ability ever since he finished second in the Remsen Stakes (gr. II) as a two-year-old in 2014. He was even good enough to finish second behind American Pharoah in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, … Continued
Photo by Reed Palmer/Churchill Downs Ellis Park Press Release: Stoneway Farm’s Ahh Chocolate, possible favorite for what shapes up as one of the deepest runnings ever of Ellis Park’s Grade 3 Groupie Doll, had her final major piece of training at … Continued
Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Thirteen fillies and mares were entered Sunday for Saturday’s $100,000, Grade 3 Groupie Doll Stakes at Ellis Park. Ahh Chocolate, Stoneway Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winner and the likely favorite, drew post 6 and will be … Continued
Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: Mark Casse worked several of his Grade 1 stakes stars Friday morning, as Tepin and World Approval worked on the Oklahoma turf course within minutes of each other, shortly after Noble Bird went a sharp half-mile … Continued
Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Unraced since his fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby May 7, Shadwell Stable’s multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen breezed four furlongs Friday morning in anticipation of his next start in the Grade 2 Jim … Continued
Athena winning the Roxelana Stakes at Churchill Downs – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Trainer Helen Pitts-Blasi is considering the Aug. 6 Groupie Doll for both Athena and Academic Break. Athena won Churchill Downs’ six-furlong Roxelana Stakes over I’m A … Continued
Spelling Again winning the Princess Rooney Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park – Coglianese Photography Ellis Park Press Release: After her gutsy victory Saturday in Gulfstream Park’s $250,000 Princess Rooney, Seajay Racing’s 5-year-old mare Spelling Again will be under strong consideration … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: The fields are coming together for the third annual Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, which features six graded stakes worth nearly $4 million, anchored by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont … Continued
Although it’s only a listed stakes race, the $150,000 Jersey Girl Stakes on Friday at Belmont Park has drawn a strong field of seven three-year-old fillies, and it wouldn’t be at all surprising in runners from this race wide up … Continued