Swept up in the all the hype surrounding Bob Baffert's incredible day and Todd Pletcher winning his second Triple Crown race of the season Saturday at Belmont, there was another trainer who had himself a pretty remarkable afternoon as well, all in the span of 60 minutes. At 5:41 p.m., Graham Motion, with only his second starter [...]

The most popular 3-year-old filly since Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d'Oro), Fox Hill Farms' dual champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) will make her much-anticipated 4-year-old bow as the prohibitive favorite Saturday in Belmont's GI Ogden Phipps S., “Win and You're In” Breeders' Cup Challenge race for the GI Distaff. Taking home Eclipse awards in 2015 [...]

When the New York Racing Association introduced the two-mile Belmont Gold Cup Invitational S. three years ago, it was a race sure to attract interest from long-winded European runners more conditioned to marathon turf races than their American counterparts. Friday's renewal, which includes a graded designation for the first time and no American standouts like [...]

Last spring, Martin S. Schwartz's Sea Calisi (Fr) (Youmzain {Ire}) impressively annexed Belmont's GII Sheepshead Bay S. in her seasonal debut over yielding turf by 2 1/2 lengths and went into the GII New York S. on GI Belmont S. weekend favored. Things didn't go according to plan, and the bay had a nightmare trip [...]

After running 19th of 20 in the GI Kentucky Derby last May and having to be shelved for almost seven months, it was fair to question what the future was for Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect). Five wins later, however, the chestnut has reinvented himself as the country's preeminent dirt sprinter, and he will head to post [...]

It didn't seem like an especially important result at the time when Paul Pompa Jr.'s homebred Send It In (Big Brown) ran down Chilean import Tu Brutus (Chi) (Scat Daddy) by a half-length in the GIII Excelsior S. Apr. 8 at Aqueduct, but once it was revealed that the race earned a 119 Beyer Speed [...]

It wasn't quite Frosted (Tapit)'s 13 1/2-length demolition in the GI Mohegan Sun Metropolitan H., but the next most impressive performance on last year's GI Belmont S. card likely belonged to Celestine (Scat Daddy), who dazzled in a dominant GI Longines Just A Game S. victory, covering a mile on turf in 1:31.64, just one [...]

Nine horses from many different directions will face off in the GI Woodford Reserve Manhattan S. at Belmont in a tough field, highlighted by a quartet of American-based Grade I winners, a classy recent import and an intriguing German shipper. Narrow morning-line favoritism lies with Live Oak Plantation's World Approval (Northern Afleet), who was third [...]

“Inside the Winner's Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale that have gone on to achieve success on racing's biggest stages. It's difficult to find a horse with more human firepower and resulting hype behind them than Cupid (Tapit). The gray colt is by America's foremost sire, was [...]

Judge James Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled Monday that handicapping tournament website Derby Wars has been acting as an off-track betting entity and is subject to the guidelines of the federal Interstate Horseracing Act as a result. In a story first reported by The Paulick Report, [...]

TERM OF ART (c, 3, Tiznow—Miles of Style, by Storm Cat) O-Calumet Farm. B-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC (KY). T-Doug F. O'Neill. Sales History: $220,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW, 9-2-1-2, $170,105. Last Start: 7th, GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 8. Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Cecil B. DeMille S., DMR, Nov. 27. Thoro-Graph sheet, [...]

VIDEO PPS SENIOR INVESTMENT (c, 3, Discreetly Mine–Plaid, by Deputy Commander)O-Fern Circle Stables. B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY). T-Kenneth G. McPeek. Sales History: $95,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, 9-3-0-1, $372,080.Last Start: 3rd, GI Preakness S., PIM, May 20Accomplishments: 1st, GIII Lexington S., KEE, Apr. 15.Equineline PPsSenior Investment managed a respectable third in [...]