Gold Phoenix Nips Dicey Mo Charra on Line in Del Mar Handicap
August 31, 2024
Just a quarter hour after Idea Generation (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) lulled the GII Flower Bowl Stakes field to sleep at Saratoga, Dicey Mo Chara (GB) (Adaay {Ire}) tried the same tactics on the other coast in the GII Del Mar Handicap, a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. The Leonard Powell [...]
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Dubawi's Idea Generation Stuns in Flower Bowl, War Like Goddess Second
August 31, 2024
Loose on the lead and recognized as a rabbit for Chad Brown stablemate and GISW McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Klaravich's Idea Generation (Ire) (f, 4, Dubawi {Ire}–Knocknagree {Ire}), by Galileo {Ire}) stole the GII Flower Bowl Stakes at the Spa, a 'Win and You're In' event for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. [...]
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Immersive Upsets A Soggy Spinaway
August 31, 2024
The 2024 GI Spinaway Stakes was a tale of the haves and the have-nots. On one hand, there was just a single stakes winner in the field. But that runner, The Queens M G (Thousand Words), was looking to sweep the 2-year-old stakes on offer at Saratoga this season–a feat not commonly accomplished. Lined up [...]
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Brightwork Returns A Bright Spot For WSS Racing In Prioress
August 31, 2024
Bill and Tammy Simon's WSS Racing celebrated with trainer John Ortiz and his team after Brightwork's (Outwork) hard-fought win in the 77th running of the GIII Prioress Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. The 3-year-old filly may have scratched after flipping in the paddock before the kickoff of her 3-year-old campaign in the GI Test Stakes [...]
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Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA Bets: Arthur's Ride Won't Be A Surprise in the Gold Cup
August 31, 2024
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.: The GI Whitney Stakes turned into a perfect prep for Arthur's Ride (Tapit) for the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sunday. The Glassman Family 4-year-old colt showed that he had legit speed in his first try in a stakes race. With regular rider Junior Alvarado as his pilot, he confirmed that [...]
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Non Compliant An Easy Del Mar Winner For Tiz The Law
August 31, 2024
Freshman sire Tiz the Law (by Constitution) picked up his 10th winner as NON COMPLIANT (f, 2, Tiz the Law–Sensitivity, by Street Sense) came home an easy winner Saturday at Del Mar. The more highly-regarded Bob Baffert runner of the two in the field, the 5-2 shot sat off the speed of her stablemate and [...]
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Jockey McMonagle Gets His First Look at Kentucky Downs Aboard Black Forza
August 31, 2024
Black Forza (Complexity), the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $1 million National Thoroughbred League Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs, had some new visitors Saturday morning at the barn area at Kentucky Downs. Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle and owner Eleanora Kennedy were there to fetch a look at the colt, who has won two of [...]
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Racing, Training Operations Cease at Pimlico
August 31, 2024
Operations have ceased at Pimlico Race Course as of Saturday, August 31, in order to allow the construction of the new Pimlico under the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority. Saturday, Maryland Jockey Club Acting president and General Manager Mike Rogers issued a statement marking the event. “On July 1, 2024, ownership of Pimlico Race Course [...]
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Destino d'Oro Rolls In Kentucky Downs Maiden Win
August 31, 2024
1st-Kentucky Downs, $180,800, Msw, 8-31, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.60, fm, 2 1/4 lengths. DESTINO D'ORO (f, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Heart of Destiny {GISP, $242,089}, by Lion Heart), debuting at 8-1 in her first start since bringing $185,000 at OBS April earlier this year, found herself towards the back of the field after a slightly awkward beginning [...]
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Wathnan Buys Irish 1000 Guineas Winner Fallen Angel From Clipper Logistics
August 31, 2024
Irish Guineas heroine Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) has been purchased by Wathnan Racing, the organisation's racing adviser Richard Brown confirmed to the TDN on Saturday. The 3-year-old filly had been previously campaigned by Clipper Logistics and trainer Karl Burke. Brown said, “She's a tremendous athlete, already a dual Group 1 winner, and [...]
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Uncle Mo's Seismic Beauty Shakes, Rattles and Rolls at Del Mar
August 31, 2024
6th-Del Mar, $76,500, Msw, 8-30, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.06, ft, 5 lengths. SEISMIC BEAUTY (f, 3, Uncle Mo–Knarsdale {SP, $103,692}, by Medaglia d'Oro), a $400,000 FTKNOV weanling turned $550,000 KEESEP yearling, led into the final furlong of her Aug. 3 unveiling, but was beaten on the wire by One Magic Philly (Good Magic) while earning [...]
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Pensioned Sire Macho Uno Succumbs To Liver Complications
August 30, 2024
Stronach Stables's Macho Uno, Eclipse Award-winning champion juvenile and whose progeny include GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man, was euthanized at the age of 26 due to liver complications at his home at Adena South Aug. 30, according to a Friday press release from 1/ST Racing. A son of Horse of the Year [...]
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