After a pretty good third in her last race over 1 3/8 miles on the grass just 10 days ago at Saratoga Sherini was back on the dirt today over a shorter distance where she won! I was watching her coming down the stretch and thinking how to describe her style and the commentator described […]
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Tale of Life (JPN) All The Way
Flaxman Holdings Ltd.’s TALE OF LIFE (JPN) was ultra-impressive winning his allowance race wire-to-wire at Saratoga this afternoon with Irad Ortiz aboard. According to the BRISnet chart: “TALE OF LIFE (JPN) broke on top, didn’t have to work to establish control, with the rival leaving from the stall to his left not vying for the […]
Holiday Bonus
A good weekend for Albert Frassetto with Catcha Rising Star winning yesterday and first time two year old starter Holiday Bonus winning nicely today at Laurel. Out of a solid Maryland racing family of Snit and Blind Date this was a very encouraging start for this colt by Harlan’s Holiday. Congratulations again to him.
Edge Of Reality
Winless since winning the Turning For Home Stakes at Parx last year Edge Of Reality struck up a good friendship tonight with Jeremy Rose to win the Robellino Stakes. Jeremy has just started back riding after time off so it was a good win for both! Congratulations to Jeremy for the smart ride, owners The […]
Catcha Rising Star Wins Her First Stake
Catcha Rising Star has run nine races and now won five of them, but today at Mountaineer Park she bagged her first Stake win, the West Virginia Senate President’s Cup. She is by Red Giant out Joan Of Arc who is a half sister to Zucchini Flower, also a Stakes winner for us. Many congratulations […]
Double At Presque Isle
Last night both we and Mr. George Strawbridge, Jr. had a double. Wiedersehen was the first, a big strapping filly by Sharp Humor, who was running her second race up there, having won previously a month ago. Then Valued Strike won a couple of races later which brought her her fourth win from eight races. […]
Miss Ella (Bella)
Ella Bella (what I call her) aka Miss Ella loved the wet track better than the others today in the Caress Stakes at the Spa. Brought back to the five and a half furlong distance she motored on the slop. Congratulations to Jack Swain, III owner and breeder of Miss Ella who is the first […]
Decisive Triumph
He broke his maiden in quite the fashion today by six and a half lengths. Kitten’s Joy’s CAN run on the dirt! His race was originally scheduled for turf but taken off because of yesterday’s rain. Congratulations to Albert Frassetto.
A Day In The Life: Alice Clapham
Alice Clapham doesn’t care for the spotlight. At all. But to anyone even remotely familiar with Herringswell, Alice is easily recognizable as our chief travelling assistant. She accompanied Eclipse Champion Main Sequence to Dubai. She did the same with Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, who won the Dubai World Cup in 2013. She then spent […]
Guilty Twelve At Saratoga
Arriving in the States last November, a non-winner of three races on the British polytrack surfaces, Guilty Twelve has steadily improved since being here, culminating with a win at Saratoga yesterday. By Giant’s Causeway out of a Danehill mare she is certainly bred for the turf and congratulations to owner and breeder Merry Fox Stud […]