Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Ellis Park Press Release: Trainer Kenny McPeek has used Ellis Park’s maiden races for 2-year-olds to great effect as a launching pad to future stakes races. And his barn thinks he might have another one on his hands as Honor … Continued
© Benoit Photo NYRA Press Release: Fox Hill Farm’s Songbird will soon be heading to Saratoga Race Course, now that the undefeated star filly has been confirmed to target the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on Sunday, July 24. … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand NYRA Press Release: Trainer Mark Hennig said Strike Charmer has been looking good as she prepares for the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana on July 23 at Saratoga Race Course. The 6-year-old bay mare won the Grade 3 Beaugay … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © NYRA Press Release: Robert E. Masterson’s Champion Turf Mare Tepin is set to depart from trainer Mark Casse’s Churchill Downs base midweek to settle into her summer digs at Saratoga Race Course, according to Norm Casse, the head assistant for … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen stretched his legs over the Saratoga main track for the first time since returning to the work tab in late June. Working solo, the gray colt breezed a half-mile in 48.87 seconds ahead … Continued
© Benoit Photo By Ed Golden, Santa Anita Publicity: Superstar filly Songbird, who always gives her all even though she has yet to be asked for it, worked five furlongs on Santa Anita’s main track in 1:01 early Saturday morning as she … Continued
Camelot Kitten (inside) working at Keeneland in October 2015 – Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: Trainer Chad Brown is getting his stable ready for the Stars & Stripes Festival on July 9. Both of his expected entries for the Grade … Continued
Ivy’s College Fund broke her maiden by 11 3/4 lengths on July 3rd at Ellis Park – Coady Photography Ellis Park Press Release: Ellis Park expects its 2-year-old racing to be a hallmark of the 2016 summer meet. And Sunday’s … Continued
Ellis Park Press Release: Retired Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel, whose two Ellis Park riding titles are one fewer than his Kentucky Derby triumphs, has been in Louisville the few days visiting friends and staying with trainer Buff Bradley. Borel, … 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