Woodslane Farm's Grade I winner Sadler's Joy (Kitten's Joy), third by a half-length in the GII Bowling Green S. in both 2017 and 2018, will get a chance to break through in the 11-furlong event as one of a host of contenders in a 13-horse war while making his 6-year-old debut Saturday at Saratoga. Parlaying [...]

There was little doubt as to the talent level of Bill and Corrine Heiligbrodt's Mitole (Eskendereya) last year, when he was blitzing through nearly every sprinter that dared challenge him at his home base of Oaklawn. The questions that lingered, if any, were about the colt's ability to stretch out his speed and replicate his [...]

A field of 10 juvenile fillies will contest this turf sprint as racing resumes Sunday at Saratoga, headed by Coolmore's SEQUIN (Bayern), who makes her career bow from the outside draw for Wesley Ward. Expectations are undoubtedly high for the dark bay considering she hammered for $500,000, easily the highest price for a progeny of [...]

A diverse mix of shippers and local hopes will line up in the one-mile GIII Ontario Colleen S. for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Woodbine. One of only two graded/group winners in the field, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds' Seek and Destroy (Verrazano) has been given the slight nod on the morning line at 5-2. Off the [...]

Fans at Monmouth Park for Saturday's GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational will be treated to a look at a multiple Grade I winner on the undercard, as Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing's Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) towers over seven rivals in the GIII Molly Pitcher S. Never out of the trifecta in 15 [...]

Marcus Stables' Stillwater Cove (Quality Road) has made her bones as a sprinter thus far in her young career, but the Wesley Ward trainee ships across the country and stretches out as a lukewarm morning-line favorite in a wide-open renewal of Saturday's GII San Clemente S. at Del Mar. A first-out victress last spring at [...]

Hronis Racing's Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags), undefeated in two starts to that point, had his coming out party with a 6 3/4-length romp in the GII San Diego H. on opening weekend last summer at Del Mar. He will attempt to repeat that feat as a heavy favorite in Saturday's renewal of the seaside oval's [...]

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 7th-SAR, $90K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 4:32 p.m. ET Rain is in the forecast for Wednesday's week two opener at Saratoga, but if the day's seventh event stays on the turf, Chad Brown starts an intriguing pair of debuting sophomores with hefty European bloodlines. Bass Racing's BORDER TOWN (War Front), a [...]

Some intrigue was added at the post-position draw for Saturday's night's $500,000 GIII Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand, as the two contenders expected to take the bulk of the play drew the two widest posts in the 11-horse group. While Mr. Money (Goldencents) and Math Wizard (Algorithms) still figure to take some beating, the uncertainty [...]

Barry K. Schwartz's Voodoo Song (English Channel) rode his affinity for Saratoga's turf course to a Grade I victory last summer, but finished off the board in his next two starts and hasn't been seen in over nine months. He hopes for home-field advantage to aid him when he returns Friday as the narrow morning-line [...]

Michael Dubb, David Simon, Bruce Irom and Bethlehem Stables' Call Paul (Friesan Fire) earned his signature victory last summer at Saratoga in the GII Saratoga Special S., and he returns to the Spa on opening day this year, only it'll be on the lawn as the morning-line favorite in the GIII Quick Call S., his [...]

In the opener on a sleepy June Friday at Laurel, juvenile debutante Shippy (Midshipman) created significant buzz with a dominant victory in near track-record time. Privately purchased and transferred to the Doug O'Neill barn since, she heads north to Saratoga as the favorite in Thursday's opening day feature, the GIII Schuylerville S. Showing an array [...]