Photo by Electra Boone/Coglianese Photos Christmas Eve bookends for Graham today as NO SHOW SAMMY JO (GB) captured the nightcap at Gulfstream – the listed Via Borghese Stakes. And what a show she and Jorge Ruiz put on! They “saved ground off the pace, advanced three wide around the far turn, seized command near the […]
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a Nother Racetrack, a Nother Win
She takes her race everywhere she goes. Today GIMME a NOTHER (SAF) took it to Southern California to capture the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes-G2 at Del Mar. The 5-year-old daughter of Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) – Nother Russia (SAF), by Tiger Ridge was an undefeated multiple Group 1 winner in South Africa before joining Herringswell at […]
Laurelin (IRE) Stays Undefeated In Penn Oaks Win
She’s a flawless four-for-four. LAURELIN (IRE) continued to show her quality this evening, winning Penn National’s black type Penn Oaks. This was her third stakes win, added to her victories in the Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct on April 27 and the Tepin Stakes there last November 17. Oaks wins seem to be a […]
Laurelin (IRE) Remains Undefeated
Photos by Adam Coglianese/NYRA After two wins from two starts – including the Tepin Stakes – as a 2-year-old last year, LAURELIN (IRE) kicked off her sophomore campaign with a victory in the listed Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct today. All three of her races have been in New York with Kendrick Carmouche in the […]
Laurelin (IRE) Earns Her Stripes in Tepin Stakes
Photo by Susie Raisher/NYRA As iconic New York Yankee Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like deja vu all over again.” LAURELIN (IRE) followed the lead of Jack and Jim yesterday, shipping up to Aqueduct for a stakes debut in just her second career start. Like Jack and Jim, the 2-year-old filly by Zarak (FR) won […]
Impressive Debut Win for Laurelin (IRE)
Photo by Adam Coglianese An Irish girl in the Big Apple. LAURELIN (IRE) shipped from Fair Hill to Belmont at the Big A for her first race today, and clearly, she understood the assignment. Just a few minutes prior to Laurelin’s start, Smart Union broke her maiden at Keeneland. The conditions were the same – a […]
Winging It
Patiently piloted by Kevin Gomez, FOR FLYING (BRZ) made her first North American start a winning effort at Delaware Park this afternoon. The field of eight older fillies and mares went 8 1/2 furlongs on the turf course in an optional allowance. Today’s race was a terrific introduction; she stalked comfortably on the rail, waiting […]
Royal Wintour Graduates at Gulfstream
Jorge Ruiz is on a roll. Yesterday he piloted Sparkle Blue to victory in the Hillsborough Stakes-G2 at Tampa Bay Downs. In this afternoon’s second race at Gulfstream, he guided ROYAL WINTOUR to her maiden-breaker going a mile and 70 yards on the turf. Never farther than a half-length back, the pair skimmed the rail […]