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 […]
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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 […]
Cruise the Nile Now a Stakes Winner
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club It was a big score on a big day at Laurel Park. There were five stakes races on today’s Preakness Preview, and the listed Henry S. Clark Stakes going a mile on the turf gave CRUISE THE NILE his first black-type win. It was his fourth straight victory from […]
Back-to-Back Wins for Vronti (GB)
Owner Andrew Stone’s homebred VRONTI (GB) made it two in a row today with a win at Keeneland. She broke her maiden last out on February 25 at Tampa Bay Downs; today she triumphed in a $120,000 allowance going 9 furlongs on the grass in Lexington. Irad Ortiz, Jr. was aboard. “Vronti (GB) tracked two […]
Felicitazioni Italian Soiree!
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club Making her first start for Graham today, ITALIAN SOIREE was returning to action after a six-month layoff. She is already a graded stakes winner, scoring last July 11 in the Coronation Cup Stakes-G3 at Saratoga. Today’s outing was a 5 1/2 furlong sprint on the grass at Laurel Park. Mychel […]