Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
The remarkable Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, who has won the Darley Irish Oaks (Ire-I) four times, will send out a strong group of fillies to compete in the 2015 renewal of the race at the Curragh racecourse. The 1 1/2-mile Irish classic has attracted a … Continued
Cozmic One, the first foal out of the legendary 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, is scheduled to make the second start of his career on July 8th at Belmont Park. Trained by John Shirreffs and owned by Jerry and … Continued
With a terrific weekend of racing on schedule, it could be easy to overlook an unheralded grade III race at Monmouth Park, but if you’re looking for bragging rights and would like to find a future star runner before the majority of racing … Continued
Investec Derby (Eng-I) winner Golden Horn will take on a small but talented field of older horses in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Eng-I) on July 4th at Sandown racecourse in England. The unbeaten John Gosden-trainee drew post position one in a field of … Continued
Investec Derby (Eng-I) runner-up Jack Hobbs will face seven rivals when he starts as the heavy favorite in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Ire-I) on June 27th at the Curragh. Trained by John Gosden, Jack Hobbs will be ridden by William Buick … Continued
The $125,000 Iowa Sprint Handicap on June 26th at Prairie Meadows has drawn a small but very talented field of six, led by the multiple graded stakes winner Delaunay. Trained by Tom Amoss for owner Maggi Moss, Delaunay won six straight races during late … Continued
2015 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) starters Far Right, War Story, Tencendur, and Mr. Z, as well as Preakness Stakes (gr. I) runners Divining Rod and Bodhisattva, are among the nine horses that have been entered to run in the $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 20th at … Continued
2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I) winner Hootenanny, who won the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot last year, will make his second appearance at England’s most prestigious race meet when he faces seventeen rivals in the Commonwealth Cup (Eng-I). The inaugural … Continued
2014 U.S. Horse of the Year California Chrome has drawn post position six in the June 17th Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Eng-I) on the second day of the prestigious Royal Ascot meet. The son of Lucky Pulpit, who won the Kentucky … Continued
The remarkable Hong Kong-based miler Able Friend and the multiple group I-winning French star Solow will face off in a battle for supremacy in the June 16th Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I), the first race of the prestigious five-day Royal Ascot meet. Both of the five-year-old horses … Continued