Michael A. Foster

BENSALEM, PA -- The winning margin wasn't close to the 25 lengths he finished in front of his outclassed rivals last September, but it was just another day at the office for America's premier dirt stayer Next (Not This Time), who took over when jockey Luan Machado gave him his cue entering the last of three turns and the 6-year-old lengthened clear in the final furlong to take the GIII Greenwood Cup Stakes by a comparatively 'measly' 10 lengths. Hammered down to odds of 1-20, Next broke alertly from a...

Marathon specialist Next (Not This Time) made it five straight victories while successfully defending his title in Friday's 1 3/8-mile GII Brooklyn S. at the Big A. The 2-5 favorite stalked Drake's Passage (Tonalist) through a half mile in :49.29, took over under confident handling approaching the quarter pole and opened daylight in the stretch to win by 9 1/4 lengths. The gray completed his final eighth in a sensational :11.89. Crupi (Curlin) tagged Drake's Passage for second. "I always say that I don't know if the horse can do...

After missing an intended start in the GII Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance S. at Santa Anita on Breeders' Cup Saturday due to a fever, the streaking marathon specialist Next (Not This Time) is currently being turned out for 45-60 days, according to trainer Doug Cowans. "This fall, we were planning on going to California, but the Sunday before he was supposed to get on the plane, he got a little temperature," Cowans said of Next missing the 1 5/8-miles event, a race he won at Keeneland in 2022. "He was fine...