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Essence Hit Man Takes Jacques Cartier Again

Essence Hit Man won the $166,408 Jacques Cartier Stakes for the third year in a row with a powerful front-running performance under Jesse Campbell April 27 at Woodbine.

Tough Field Awaits Silver Max in Appleton

Silver Max, who captured six consecutive races on turf last year, makes his 4-year-old debut March 30 in the $100,000 Appleton Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park.

THS: Fourstardave Handicap

Pete and Evan examine the Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.

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Data Link, Get Stormy Hook Up in Fourstardave

Grade I winner Data Link, who set a course record at Monmouth Park in his previous race, tops a field of nine older turf specialists entered in the Aug. 11 Fourstardave Handicap (gr. IIT) at Saratoga Race Course.

Winner's Circle - Quite an Upgrade

Mike Anderson's second horse becomes a multiple stakes winner and is now a graded stakes producer.

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Upgrade Gets First Stakes Win in Jaipur

Upgrade earned the first stakes win of his career when he denied Right One a repeat victory in the $150,000 Jaipur Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Belmont Park turf June 8.

Jockeys Escape Injury in Churchill Spill

A spill during the second race at Churchill Downs Sunday left one horse dead and two jockeys sent to the hospital as a precaution.

Hong Kong, Dubai Races Upgraded

Seven races in the United Arab Emirates and four stakes in Hong Kong have been upgraded by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee.