Photo by Adam Coglianese/NYRA America’s Day at the Races host Greg Wolf referred to her as “the SPEEDY Roja.” And trainer Tom Amoss, also on the broadcast desk, called her his best bet of the day. She did not disappoint, capturing the Intercontinental Stakes-G2 on the turf at Saratoga on this Belmont Festival Weekend. Out […]
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In Support of Exercise Rider Hector Cotto
On Saturday, May 30, a tragic morning training accident at Parx left 26-year-old exercise rider Hector Cotto hospitalized with multiple injuries. From Chelsea Hackbarth of Paulick Report: “A head-on collision during morning training at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn., on Saturday, May 30, has left exercise rider Hector Cotto in the hospital with multiple fractures […]
Your Lordship (GB) Reigns in Maiden Breaker
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club “It was just a matter of time.” Dave Rodman hit the nail on the head at Laurel this afternoon as YOUR LORDSHIP (GB) bounded down the stretch to earn his first career win in a 9-furlong maiden special weight on the turf under Jorge Ruiz. It’s been a patience […]
Zoey Schorsch: Breaking Ground at Goodwood
It’s been a banner Spring for women in Thoroughbred racing. Cherie DeVaux’s landmark victory in Kentucky Derby 152 made her the first female trainer to accomplish the feat and just the second to win a Triple Crown race. The first, Jena Antonucci, won the Belmont Stakes with Arcangelo in 2023. In both cases, their message […]
Turf Star Earns First Stakes Win on Preakness Undercard
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club Calumet Farm’s TURF STAR chose a big stage for his first stakes win at Laurel Park on Preakness Day in the listed James W. Murphy Stakes, run at one mile on the turf. “Patiently rated down the backstretch” by Jorge Ruiz, Turf Star “raced along the inner rail the […]
Warming Blazes to Another Graded Stakes Win
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club She was back on the grass after three outings on dirt and all-weather surfaces, and WARMING fired down the Laurel Park stretch to earn her second consecutive graded stakes win in the Gallorette Stakes-G3 on the Preakness Day card. The turf was firm for the 8.5 furlong contest with […]
The Sun Shines Bright….
“Our team mantra is ‘Have fun and make money,’ in that order. And this horse allows us to do that, with our best friends. We are over the moon.” Luke Bourque texted that message on Thursday evening, May 14, after SOLEIL VOLANT captured an optional allowance at Churchill Downs. Bred in Kentucky by G. Watts […]
First Graded Stakes Win for No Show Sammy Jo (GB)
Photo by Susie Raisher/Coglianese Photos She really is the gift that keeps on giving. NO SHOW SAMMY JO (GB) added more lustre to her resume today capturing the Sheepshead Bay Stakes-G3 at Belmont at the Big A. While most of the racing world is focused on Churchill Downs this weekend, the 6-year-old mare took a […]
Roja Start to Finish
In her first start since her victory in Monmouth Park’s Blue Sparkler Stakes last July 12, ROJA went off as the 4/5 favorite in an optional allowance at Churchill Downs this afternoon. And she ran like one. Nine older fillies & mares went postward for the 5-furlong dash on the turf, with Roja having the […]
Longhi Steals The Show at Laurel Park
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club Jorge Ruiz was at it again today. Aboard Wertheimer & Frere’s homebred LONGHI, he found the winner’s circle in a claiming race at Laurel Park going 8 1/2 furlongs on the lawn. Jorge rode the 3-year-old Caravaggio colt in his debut at Colonial Downs last July 18. Different story […]