After capturing last Saturday's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland with his star 3-year-old turfer Cambier Parc (Medaglia d'Oro), Chad Brown will dip into his 'B' team to start a trio of contenders in Friday's GIII Pin Oak Valley View S. for sophomore fillies on the Lexington lawn. Leading the charge for [...]

Team Valor International and WinStar Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Gouverneur Morris (Constitution), a distant runner-up in Saturday's GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland, will pass on a run in the GI TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Team Valor's Barry Irwin confirmed to TDN Tuesday. The story was first reported by Daily Racing Form. “I thought he [...]

With seven figures and a GI Breeders' Cup Mile spot up for grabs, a diverse field of 14 horses are set to do battle in Saturday's GI Shadwell Turf Mile S. at Keeneland, headed by e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Mike Ryan's undefeated sophomore Valid Point (Scat Daddy), who takes on elders for the first [...]

Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt's Mia Mischief (Into Mischief), a Grade I winner earlier this year, will look to bounce back from a pair of poor Saratoga efforts as a likely favorite in Saturday's GII Thoroughbred Club of America S. at Keeneland, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare [...]

It'll be a good, old-fashioned East Coast vs. West Coast battle when a loaded field of 14 fillies and mares line up in Saturday's GI First Lady S. at Keeneland, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. The two clear headliners in the one-mile test are the [...]

Michael Lund Petersen's Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man) may have passed on the Triple Crown races, but he proved this summer he can hang with the top 3-year-olds. Sunday night, he'll be the class of the field and a substantial favorite in the GIII Oklahoma Derby at Remington. Capturing the GIII Bob Hope S. and [...]

The brilliant and consistent McKinzie (Street Sense) will clash with the ascendant Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro) in Saturday's GI Awesome Again S. at Santa Anita, a “Win and You're In” race for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. 'TDN Rising Star' McKinzie has won seven times in 12 starts and was second, beaten less than a [...]

There has been a mighty shadow over the California filly and mare turf ranks for the past year in former claim Vasilika (Skipshot), the win machine who has picked off a remarkable eight graded stakes victories in SoCal since annexing last September's GII John C. Mabee S. at Del Mar. But the chestnut will vacate [...]

Phoenix Thoroughbreds went to $750,000 to secure IRREPRESSIBLE (Into Mischief) after the filly breezed a quarter-mile in :21 1/5 at OBS April, and she opens her career Thursday evening at Churchill. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the bay shows four consecutive five-furlong breezes at Saratoga, most recently going in 1:02 1/5 (13/15) over the Oklahoma dirt [...]

Michael Stinson's 'TDN Rising Star' King Jack (Jimmy Creed) may be short on experience, but he's proven to be long on talent, and the chestnut figures to be a significant favorite in Saturday's GII Gallant Bob S. at Parx, upgraded from a Grade III for this year's renewal. Debuting June 1 at Santa Anita, the [...]

Three Chimneys Farm's undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Guarana (Ghostzapper) will try to put a stranglehold on the 3-year-old filly championship hunt as the favorite in a layered 11-horse renewal of the GI Cotillion S. Saturday at Parx. Debuting as a 4-5 favorite Apr. 19 at Keeneland, the homebred ran to the money and then some, [...]

It was just four months ago that Gary Barber's War of Will (War Front), fresh off a satisfying GI Preakness S. success, appeared to be sitting firmly atop the 3-year-old male division. Two poor efforts since have mostly left the three-time graded stakes winner out of that conversation, but with the defection of Maximum Security [...]