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Stud Valentin and Jarussi’s 3-year-old Nautilus won the 1 ½-mile Grande Premio Brasil (G1) at Hipodromo Gavea in Brazil and earned a Breeders’ Cup Challenge berth into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), and Stud Patriots’ 5-year-old mare Ola Perfecta closed strongly inside the final furlong to prevail…
Rationalmillennial, a 3-year-old filly owned and trained by Jose Corrales, came with a steady run through the stretch to catch front-running Stopwatchsonny and surge past to give apprentice jockey Walter Rodriguez his first career victory in the sixth race Sunday at Laurel Park. A daughter of 2013 Kentucky Derby (G1)…
A mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be held at Gulfstream Park Thursday, the final racing day of the fiscal year. The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday for the seventh racing day since a June 11 mandatory payout, producing a jackpot pool of $131,153 for the…
Mardukas rallied strongly along the inner rail, powered through the stretch, and proved a determined winner of a $92,000 maiden special weight going 5 ½ furlongs Sunday at Churchill Downs, becoming the first winner for his sire, 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming. Ridden by jockey Corey Lanerie for…
Bo Hirsch’s Grade 1 winner Ce Ce is scheduled to ship Wednesday morning from Santa Anita to Gulfstream Park, where she will try for a repeat win in Saturday’s $300,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2). The Michael McCarthy-trained 6-year-old mare tuned up for the Breeders’ Cup Challenge ‘Win and You’re In’…
International racing and breeding powerhouse Godolphin, the reigning Eclipse Award winner for outstanding owner the past two years, enjoyed a prominent summer last year at Saratoga Race Course spearheaded by victories from Essential Quality in the Jim Dandy (G2) and Runhappy Travers (G1), as well as with Althiqa in the…
Hiroshi Yamada’s Titleholder took control inside the final quarter mile and swept to a two-length victory in course-record time in the 1 3/8-mile Takarazuka Kinen (G1) Sunday at Hanshin Racecourse. With the victory, Titleholder earned an automatic starting position and fees paid into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf…
When his second-generation homebred Stitched was beaten almost 32 lengths in his first start, Nathan McCauley could have lost faith in the Mizzen Mast colt. Instead, assistant trainer Travis Foley called Nathan and urged him not to give up just yet. “I was thinking, ‘Okay, what’s the cheapest maiden claiming…
Susan Moulton’s homebred 2-year-old colt Andthewinneris garnered a lot of attention when he rallied from 7 ¾ lengths off the early pace to break his maiden first time out by two lengths on the Keeneland turf course April 28. Now, the precocious son of Oscar Performance is set to test…
Willis Horton’s Oaklawn Handicap (G2) winner Last Samurai completed his major preparation Sunday toward Saturday’s $750,000 Stephen Foster (G2) but it was for new trainer D. Wayne Lukas instead of Dallas Stewart. Last Samurai completed a five-furlong move at Churchill Downs in 1:01.40 at 7:30 a.m. (ET). The four-time winner…
