Kentucky-bred Going to Vegas successfully defended her title in the $300,000 Rodeo Drive S. (G1) at Santa Anita on Oct. 8, stamping her ticket to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Keeneland. Under Umberto Rispoli, Going to Vegas cruised gate to wire to win the 1 ¼-mile turf event for the second straight… Read more
October 15, 2022
Shadwell Stable’s Kentucky-bred Malathaat soared past champion Letruska at the head of the lane and drew clear to win the 67th running of the $600,000 Spinster S. (G1) at Keeneland on Sunday, Oct. 9, leading a Kentucky-bred sweep of the track’s four Grade 1 events on the weekend. The victory earned Malathaat a berth in… Read more
October 15, 2022
Kentucky-bred Cave Rock remained undefeated and recorded his second straight Grade 1 victory with a romping score in Santa Anita’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1), a “Win and You’re In for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland on Nov. 4. Quick into stride in the 1 1/16-mile fixture, Cave Rock took command… Read more
October 14, 2022
George Krikorian’s Kentucky-bred War Like Goddess defeated males in a facile win in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Belmont at the Big A meeting in New York. Ridden by Jose Lezcano, War Like Goddess broke well from the inside and tracked the early pace from third in… Read more
October 14, 2022
Repole Stable’s Kentucky-bred Chocolate Gelato made her stakes debut a winning one on Saturday, Oct. 1, taking the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1) at the Belmont at the Big A meet for trainer Todd Pletcher. The impressive victory earned Chocolate Gelato a place in the starting gate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Nov…. Read more
October 5, 2022
Kentucky-bred Blazing Sevens closed resolutely down the stretch over a sloppy, sealed main track on Saturday, Oct. 1 to win the $500,000 Champagne S. (G1), a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on Nov. 4 at Keeneland. Run at one mile, the 151st running of the… Read more
October 5, 2022
Kentucky-bred Defunded made every pole a winning one and defeated stablemate Country Grammer in taking down the top prize in the $300,000 Awesome Again S. (G1) at Santa Anita on Saturday, Oct. 1, earning a berth in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland on Nov. 5. Ridden by Edwin Maldonado, Defunded dictated… Read more
October 4, 2022
WinStar Farm and CHC Inc’s multiple Grade 1 winner Life Is Good justified his odds-on favoritism in the Woodward S. (G1) on Saturday, Oct. 1, winning the $500,000 affair by 1 ¼ lengths for trainer Todd Pletcher. Fresh off consecutive stakes scores in the John A. Nerud (G2) in July at Belmont Park and the… Read more
October 4, 2022
Kentucky-bred Society made short work of a competitive group in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at PARX on Saturday, Sept. 24, registering an impressive front-running score in the 1 1/16-mile event for owner-breeder Peter Blum Thoroughbreds. Ridden by Florent Geroux, Society broke alertly and easily moved clear of he rivals in the early stages…. Read more
September 26, 2022
Coming off a determined second-place finish in the Haskell Invitational S. (G1), Kentucky-bred Taiba got back in the win column on Saturday, Sept. 24 with a convincing 2 ½-length victory in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at PARX. Ridden by jockey Mike Smith, Taiba tracked the early pace set by Florida Derby (G1) White… Read more
September 26, 2022