Two years ago, for the first time since 1982 and only the second time ever, all three winners of the spring Classics met up in the GI Travers S., only for none of them to come out on top as West Coast (Flatter) started his blitz to champion 3-year-old honors. This Saturday at Saratoga, zero [...]

He doesn't run often, but when he does, he's usually brilliant, and Annals of Time (Temple City) will shoot for his second Grade I triumph, over 2 1/2 years removed from his first one, in Saturday's GI Sword Dancer S. at Saratoga. Debuting with a sharp success in November of 2015, the bay had his [...]

Four-time Grade I winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) was expected to be a heavy favorite in Saturday's GII Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa S. at Saratoga, but trainer Chad Brown decided to scratch the filly after a subpar breeze this week. Such is the life of America's perennial leading trainer that [...]

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Stetson Racing's Point of Honor (Curlin), a stakes winner twice in her first four starts, came within a length of Grade I glory when second to undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' and Chad Brown trainee Guarana (Ghostzapper) in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks July 21 at Saratoga. Saturday, the impressive chestnut [...]

After finishing first and second of an all-Chad Brown trio in the GIII Lake George S. July 19 at Saratoga, Paul Pompa's Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) and Peter Brant's Blowout (GB) (Dansili {GB}) will re-oppose Saturday at the Spa, with six others signed on this time, in the GII Lake Placid S.. Graduating powerfully on [...]

Arlington's GI Secretariat S., contested at a mile and a quarter since 1985, has been turned back in distance to a one-mile event this year, and drew a competitive nine-horse field for Saturday's running at the Chicago area oval. True to form, Chad Brown has a pair of imposing runners in Peter Brant's Fog of [...]

When stablemates Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway) and Robert Bruce (Chi) (Fast Company {Ire}) first met in the June 8 GI Manhattan S. at Belmont, division-leading Bricks and Mortar got the jump while Robert Bruce was stuck in some midstretch traffic, and kicked away to a 1 1/2-length conquest. Saturday, the two will reconvene at [...]

Champion and win machine Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) looms large as she looks to defend her title in an expected seven-horse renewal of Saturday's GI Beverly D. S., the first of three Grade Is at Arlington. A winner of three of four to start her career in France, the bay earned a trip to America [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–When the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame revealed its 2019 inductees, one name stood out even amongst a slew of legendary ones in the Pillars of the Turf category: Marylou Whitney. That induction took on even greater and solemn significance in light of the recent passing of the “Queen of [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–Horsemen and fans of New York racing are well familiar with the name Gary Gullo. The veteran trainer is consistently potent with claiming types and can get the right horse ready to win first out of the box. On the national scene, his name is much less recognizable, but that changed this year [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–Back when the New York Racing Association announced its bold new initiative for 3-year-old turf horses in the summer, a trio of big-money events dubbed the “Turf Trinity,” many quipped that it would quickly be reconsidered as the “Chad Brown Trinity”, due to the perennial leading trainer's particular dominance with grass horses. It [...]

When the dust finally settled on a topsy-turvy and controversial Triple Crown, it appeared that Gary Barber's War of Will (War Front) came out of the scrum with a slight lead in the race for champion 3-year-old male. After last weekend's heroics from Maximum Security (New Year's Day) in the GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational though, [...]