by Paulick Report Staff|03.26.2023|9:29pm Munnings Filly Munnys Gold Sets Tampa Bay Track Record While Winning Stakes By Eye-Popping Margin Munnys Gold, a Florida-bred 3-year-old filly by Ashford Stud sire Munnings, romped to a 17¼-length victory in the $110,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies Stakes on Florida Cup Day Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs, setting a track record for seven furlongs in the process. Entering unbeaten in two starts and sent off the 2-5 favorite, […]
by Paulick Report Staff|03.26.202303.26.2023|7:30pm7:31pm Road To Kentucky Oaks: Flying Connection Wins Sunland Park Oaks On Front End Sunland Park leading trainer Todd Fincher’s Flying Connection stamped herself a filly to watch for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a wire-to-wire romp in the Sunland Park Oaks (G3) Sunday in New Mexico. The daughter of Nyquist, ridden by Alfredo Juarez Jr., set a pressured pace early before opening a clear lead in the stretch […]
by Press Release|03.26.2023|6:11pm Personal Best To Try For Second Successive Graded Win In Orchid Joseph Allen’s homebred filly Personal Best, who became a graded stakes winner in her 4-year-old debut nine weeks ago, returns with a chance to make it two straight in Saturday’s $150,000 Orchid (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The 59th running of Orchid for fillies and mares 4 and up scheduled for 1 ½ miles on the […]
by NYRA Press Office|03.26.202303.26.2023|3:24pm3:27pm ‘One Turn Is Best For Him’: White Abarrio Preparing For Carter Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will send Grade 1 winner White Abarrio up to New York from his Gulfstream Park base for the $300,000 Carter Handicap (G1), a seven-furlong sprint for older horses April 8 at Aqueduct. C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable’s multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire White Abarrio captured last year’s Curlin Florida Derby […]
by Press Release|03.26.2023|2:42pm ‘He’s Earned A Shot’: Therapist Among Maker-Trained Trio Entered In Pan American, Seeks First Graded Win Newly acquired eight-time stakes winner Therapist and stablemates Wicked Fast and Bay Street Money give Mike Maker three chances to earn a second career win in the $200,000 Pan American (G2) presented by Rood & Riddle Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The 62nd running of 1 ½-mile Pan American for 4-year-olds and up on the grass […]
by Press Release|03.26.2023|2:17pm Road To Kentucky Oaks: Dorth Vader Looms Large Among Eight Set For Gulfstream Park Oaks John Ropes’ Dorth Vader won’t be able to sneak up on anyone when she runs in next Saturday’s $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), certainly not after pulling off a startling 46-1 upset victory in the March 4 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Not only did she win the seven-furlong stakes for 3-year-old fillies, the […]
by Press Release|03.26.202303.26.2023|2:02pm2:03pm First Captain Set To Open 2023 Campaign In Ghostzapper At Gulfstream West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay, and Woodford Racing’s multiple graded stakes winner First Captain, unraced since late October, is set to make his 5-year-old debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Ghostzapper (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The 28th running of 1 1/16-mile Ghostzapper for 4-year-olds and up is one of 10 stakes, five graded, worth $2.35 […]
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita|03.25.2023|9:13pm Dance To The Music Gets Clear Late In Santa Anita’s Desert Stormer Favored Dance to the Music broke sharply and was head and head with runner-up Violent Runner prior to gaining the advantage in deep stretch, taking Saturday’s $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita by one length. Trained by Mark Glatt and ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez, Dance to the Music got […]
by Churchill Downs Media Office|03.25.202303.25.2023|8:51pm8:53pm Jeff Ruby Steaks Undercard: Wolfie’s Dynaghost Cruises Clear In Kentucky Cup Classic Woodslane Farm’s Wolfie’s Dynaghost remained a perfect 3-for-3 over the synthetic surface with a convincing 2 ¼-length victory Saturday in the $299,600 TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic on the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) undercard at Turfway Park. Ridden by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, Wolfie’s Dynaghost completed 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.09 on the synthetic surface. […]
by Churchill Downs Media Office|03.25.202303.25.2023|8:21pm9:29pm Road To Kentucky Oaks: Botanical Gate-To-Wire Winner In Bourbonette Oaks LNJ Foxwoods and Clearsky Farm’s Botanical kept her undefeated streak at Turfway Park intact with a 2½-length victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks. Botanical’s victory in the Bourbonette Oaks also gave her rider Chris Landeros his third stakes victory on the Jeff Ruby Steaks program. Landeros earlier won the $250,000 Rushaway Stakes with Rarified Flair […]