Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club It was the second time this afternoon that we had to wait out a race review, but SPARKLE BLUE and Jorge Ruiz stayed up after a jockey’s objection to win Laurel Park’s Big Dreyfus Stakes for the second consecutive year. It added a bit more lustre to an already […]
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Sparkle Blue Lights Up Tampa
In today’s Hillsborough Stakes-G2 at Tampa Bay Downs, SPARKLE BLUE ran like a woman with a plan. Breaking alertly, she went right to the lead under jockey Jorge Ruiz – a change from her usual running style. The pair set pedestrian fractions controlling the pace throughout as the field were biding their time behind her, […]
Laurel Park’s Big Dreyfus Stakes to Sparkle Blue
Augustin Stable and Catherine Parke’s SPARKLE BLUE added another stakes win to her resume yesterday afternoon at Laurel Park in the Big Dreyfus Stakes. Contested at 1 1/8 miles on the turf, the listed stake saw a field of seven 3YO & up fillies and mares enter the gate. Jorge Ruiz was aboard the 4-year-old […]
A Sparkling Afternoon at Keeneland
Shared Account’s younger half-sister is now a graded stakes winner. SPARKLE BLUE had quite a moment in the sun in Lexington this afternoon with an eye-catching win in Keeneland’s featured Rubicon Valley View Stakes-G3. Joel Rosario provided one of his patented sharp and thoughtful rides. After breaking alertly, he guided Sparkle Blue to a spot […]