6th-SA, $50k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 6:32 p.m. EDT A promising-looking field of a dozen juvenile fillies goes postward in this Friday event in Arcadia, headed by Don Alberto Stable homebred COSITA MIA (Distorted Humor). The chestnut's unraced dam Calais (A.P. Indy), a $450,000 pickup at the 2013 Keeneland November sale, is a half-sister to [...]

A full field of 14 sophomore turf fillies line up in Friday's GIII Pin Oak Valley View S., where the toughest task may be making a morning line in the wide-open event. The horse given the slight favoritism nod at 5-1 is James M. Miller's Lovely Bernadette (Wilburn), who comes off a win in the [...]

It was the final day of the final major yearling sale of 2013, and Patrick Gallagher knew that time was running out. He had been to Fasig-Tipton July and Keeneland September looking for a moderately-priced racing prospect for his fledgling Empyrean Stables and came up empty both times. Fasig-Tipton's Fall Yearling Sale in October was [...]

In the spring, it appeared as though Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect) was on his way to the top of the sprint division and a possible Eclipse Award after reeling off five straight victories since being turned back from a try at the Triple Crown trail in 2016. Two third-place efforts as the heavy favorite later, however, [...]

Juvenile fillies are generally hard to figure out at this time of year, but the field for Keeneland's opening day feature, the GI Darley Alcibiades S., throws an additional wrench into the perennially inscrutable event with six of the 10 lasses entered having made their last start on a surface other than dirt. Narrow morning [...]

Last week, the NTRA announced that a decade-long effort to modernize tax regulations for horseplayers was set to become law. Its CEO Alex Waldrop recounted Tuesday in the TDN the lobbying efforts, stalled bills and fighting through bureaucracy that brought the industry to this unmitigated victory. The crucial turning point occurred after the NTRA, acting [...]

As his two stable stars, champion Arrogate (Unbridled's Song) and GI Pacific Classic hero Collected (City Zip), await their engagement in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, Bob Baffert will send out a pair of strong chances trying to clinch their own Classic berth in the GI Awesome Again S., a “Win and You're In” Breeders' [...]

Two well-regarded debut winners faced off in the stretch of the GI Del Mar Futurity Sept. 4, with only three-quarters of a length separating them on the wire. Saturday, the pair will lock horns again, this time traversing two turns in the GI FrontRunner S. at Santa Anita, a “Win and You're In” race for [...]

Bridlewood Farm and Coolmore's 'TDN Rising Star' Moonshine Memories (Malibu Moon) went from unraced maiden to leader of the California juvenile filly ranks in two weeks at Del Mar. Saturday, she'll look to go three-for-three in her first two-turn test, the GI Chandelier S. going 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita, a “Win and You're [...]

Eight 2-year-old males will line up looking for their first stakes victory in the GIII Pilgrim S. Saturday at Belmont, and a case can be made for just about everyone in the octet. Two good-looking recent graduates from the two top barns in New York will likely vie for favoritism, with Klaravich Stables' Voting Control [...]

It seems implausible in retrospect, but KRA Stud Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Mr. Crow (Tapizar) was let go at over 11-1 in his debut June 24 at Belmont despite being trained by the always supported Todd Pletcher. The $150,000 OBS March buy ran a monster race that day, breaking slowly, rushing into contention and staying on [...]

It was a monumental performance, one that led many to call him the best 3-year-old turf horse since Manila. When Kitten's Joy (El Prado {Ire}) swept past a field of accomplished older horses in the 2004 GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, the chestnut stamped himself as a generational grass talent and sewed up champion [...]