He broke dead last “in a bit of a tangle” and stayed at the back of the pack for most of the race, but when DATAMAN hit the gas, he was an absolute rocket charging to win the Cliffhanger Stakes at Monmouth Park. He was coming off his win in the Henry S. Clark Stakes […]
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A Jersey Girl on the Jersey Shore
It’s always a return to their roots when Mrs. Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebreds venture up to Monmouth Park, and SPEIGHTFULELECTION broke her maiden there in grand style this afternoon. She came close in her last effort at Gulfstream on April 20 – finishing second by a half-length – but the 3-year-old daughter of Speightster and […]
Dynamism’s First Win
She’s a bit of an anomaly, beginning 2024 as an unraced 4-year-old. And today DYNAMISM broke her maiden at Delaware Park in her third start. She’s hit the board every time: she was second in her debut at Laurel on March 15, third at Keeneland on April 17, and got her picture taken this afternoon. […]
Sammy Jo Shows Up
We should hang one of those “I Love New York” signs on her stall. No Show Sammy Jo (GB) has made all three of her career starts at Belmont Park. Coming back today after an 11-month layoff, she earned win number two at the Belmont At The Big A meet at Aqueduct. She had the […]
Sun Bee Stings Again
Appropriately, Calumet Farm’s black and yellow silks found the winner’s circle on Black Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico when SUN BEE captured career win number three in an optional allowance. It was a thriller, with the chestnut filly charging from the back of the pack to battle leader Chelichna to the wire and prevail by […]
Priyanka Kicks Off Our Preakness Week With a Win
His training roots are very firmly planted here in Maryland, so it follows that Graham looks forward to running at Pimlico during Preakness Week each year. It is customarily an all hands on deck situation with so many runners over the long weekend, and every member of the team steps up with best foot forward. […]
“In Grand Style on a Big Day”
Photo by Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire It certainly was. Kentucky Derby 150 was a glorious celebration at Churchill Downs. And well over 150,000 in attendance and a worldwide television/streaming audience saw yesterday that TRIKARI is a very special colt. If you follow this page, you know we’ve thought so for quite some time. As Graham […]
Dataman Makes It A Double
Jorge Ruiz and DATAMAN winning Laurel Park’s Henry S. Clark Stakes (Jim McCue Photo) DATAMAN upgraded his status to “Multiple Stakes Winner” today with a score in the Henry S. Clark Stakes at Laurel Park. It was the second win on the card for Graham and jockey Jorge Ruiz, and stablemate English Bee finished second […]
Five Towns (GB) Takes Laurel Park’s Dahlia Stakes
Five Towns (GB) Wins the Dahlia Stakes at Laurel Park (Jim McCue Photo) There were some tense pre-race moments in the paddock, but once on the racetrack, FIVE TOWNS (GB) got down to business and captured the Dahlia Stakes at Laurel Park with Jorge Ruiz aboard. Merry Fox Stables’ homebred 4-year-old filly was making just […]
The Next Generation
Her dam and granddam were two of our all-time fan favorites, so we knew everyone would be excited to meet SHAREDASHENANIGANS. The 2-year-old bay filly is by top sire Into Mischief and out of Sharing, multiple graded stakes winner of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1. Sharing travelled to Royal Ascot in June 2020 […]