Kentucky-bred Fierceness, a homebred for Repole Stable, dominated his rivals in the 40th running of the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Future Stars Friday at Santa Anita. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, Fierceness won the 1 1/16-mile fixture by 6 ¼ lengths, completing the distance in 1:41.90. For Pletcher, it… Read more
November 4, 2023
Kentucky-bred Hard to Justify swept to the lead in midstretch and then battled bravely between horses to post a narrow win in the 16th running of the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) on Future Stars Friday at Santa Anita. Owned by Wise Racing and trained by Chad Brown, Hard to Justify completed the… Read more
November 4, 2023
Kentucky-bred Just F Y I remained undefeated and scored her second Grade 1 victory with a determined win in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Future Stars Friday at Santa Anita. George Krikorian’s homebred put away odds-on favorite Tamara at the top of the stretch and held off a late rally from Jody’s… Read more
November 4, 2023
A competitive international field of 12—nine of them Kentucky-bred, including 3-1 morning-line favorite Arabian Knight—are set to contest the 40th running of the $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Santa Anita. Kentucky-breds will seek to add to their 27 Breeders’ Cup Classic victories. Arabian Knight, a front-running winner of the Pacific… Read more
November 3, 2023
Undefeated Tamara, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro out of the brilliant mare Beholder, headlines the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and headlines a strong Kentucky-bred contingent entered in the Future Stars Friday card at Santa Anita on Nov. 3, the first of two days of racing in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Unbeaten… Read more
November 2, 2023
In a memorable race at Ascot on Saturday, Oct. 21, Kentucky-bred King of Steel and jockey Frankie Dettori achieved a fairytale victory in the Group 1 Champion Stakes. Positioned at the back of the back early, King of Steel traveled from last to first in the late stages to register the dramatic win in Dettori’s… Read more
October 21, 2023
Kentucky-bred City of Troy made short work of his rivals in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday, Oct. 14. The son of undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify won the race by an effortless 3 ½ lengths to remain undefeated. The win solidifies City of Troy as a leading contender for next year’s… Read more
October 16, 2023
Juddmonte’s Kentucky homebred Idiomatic grabbed the lead at the start of the 68th running of the $600,000 Spinster S. (G1) at Keeneland and never looked back, winning the prestigious race on Sunday, Oct. 8. The victory, her second straight in a Grade 1, earned Idiomatic a fees-paid berth to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff… Read more
October 12, 2023
Peter Brant’s Kentucky-bred Gina Romantica ran down race favorite and stablemate In Italian (GB) to emerge victorious in the 26th running of the First Lady S. (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday, Oct. 7. Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione for trainer Chad Brown, Gina Romantica completed the mile over a firm turf course in 1:33.70. The stylish… Read more
October 12, 2023
Zedan Racing Stables’ Kentucky-bred Muth made short work of his rivals in the $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita on Saturday, Oct. 7, winning the 1 1/16-mile fixture by 3 ¾ lengths. The win provides Muth with a fees-paid berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov…. Read more
October 10, 2023