The full display of Gun Runner's good vibes came during his outing with stablemate Gettysburg Sept. 24, as the 4-year-old colt put in his typically rock-solid work, with a five-furlong bullet in :59 4/5, fastest of 47 drills at the distance.
Girvin's connections hope he can distance himself from a disappointing Travers Stakes (G1) effort with a redeeming run in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) at Remington Park Sept. 24.
On the heels of his 3 1/4-length victory in the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), West Coast enters the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) with an opportunity to use a second-half surge to take control of the 3-year-old division.
Standing alongside her father and co-owner John Burness, trainer Ashlee Brnjas and witnessed Johnny Bear get his head down over Hawkbill in the 1 1/2-mile Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (G1T).
Live Oak Plantation's homebred World Approval punched his ticket to the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Sept. 16 in the $800,000 Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1T) at Woodbine.
Quidura (GB) backed up a confident ride at the hands of jockey Junior Alvarado Sept. 16 when she used every inch of the Woodbine stretch to showcase her class in a one-length victory in the $250,000 Canadian Stakes (G2T).
If Mondialiste's history is any indication, now is not the time to jump off his bandwagon.
Tower of Texas, who has fought niggling issues throughout his 23-race career, will aim to give Roger Attfield his first Woodbine Mile (G1T) win when he breaks from post 2 in the 12-horse field on Sept. 16.
The notion that World Approval thrives when given something to attack was the catalyst behind the decision to shorten him to up one mile. Trainer Mark Casse hopes that call will produce a victory in the $800,000 Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1T) Sept. 16.
The Uncle Mo colt Free Money foaled Feb. 15, 2016, became another Albaugh success tale when he sold to Peter Brant's White Birch Farm and Coolmore's M.V. Magnier for $675,000 during the second day of action at the world's largest yearling sale.
A bay colt by Into Mischief raised the bar during the first Book 2 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale, selling to Shadwell Estate Co. for $750,000 Sept. 12.
A Violence colt out of the Harlan's Holiday mare Holiday Bertie sold to Oussama Aboughazale for $725,000 to pace the action during the first Book 2 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Sept. 12.
A Tapit colt out of grade 1 winner Tiz Miz Sue continued to bring the fireworks inside the Keeneland sales pavilion when he sold to Shadwell Stud for $2.5 million during the select Book 1 session of the September yearling sale Sept. 11.
A Tapit filly who is a full sister to grade 1 winner Cupid raised the bar during the Book 1 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale when she sold to M.V. Magnier for $2.7 million Sept. 11.
Mandy Pope, who has made several splashes in the sales pavilion buying high-priced mares, added a stallion prospect to her roster when she landed a Tapit colt for $2.6 million during the Book 1 session of the Keeneland September sale Sept. 11.
A War Front colt out of multiple grade 1 winner Iotapa brought the fireworks early during the select Book 1 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale when he sold to Donato Lanni as agent for $1.9 million Sept. 11.
The ageless wonder that is Hogy added to his indefatigable reputation Saturday when he reeled in Commend in late stretch to win the $400,000 Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes (G3T) by half a length and earn his first graded score since 2013.
Miss Temple City wore down Zipessa with a determined drive in mid stretch to capture the $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) by a neck and put herself back on course for her year-end goals.
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Tepin, who is carrying her first foal by successful sire Curlin, will be offered for sale by her owner Robert Masterson and consignor Elite Sales at the Fasig-Tipton November sale Nov. 6.
If Miss Temple City is anything close to her old self, the first move toward righting the ship could come Sept. 9, when she becomes the most accomplished horse to ever grace the unique venue at Kentucky Downs.
With jockey Drayden Van Dyke giving her astute handling, Cambodia got the jump on Goodyearforroses (IRE) in the lane and made that difference stand up in the John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) to notch her third graded win in her last four starts.
Gun Runner continued his wash, rinse, repeat pattern of excellence Sept. 2 when the chestnut stunner rolled past pacesetter Neolithic on the far turn and drew off to capture the Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) by open lengths.
Sporting Chance will aim to give trainer D. Wayne Lukas his eighth win in the $350,000 Hopeful Stakes when he breaks from post 6 in a field of eight for the 113th edition of test on the closing day of the Saratoga Race Course meeting.
Two-time Eclipse Award champion Songbird has been retired from racing after recent X-rays revealed damage to her hind suspensories and a bone chip, owner Rick Porter announced Aug. 31.
Pure Silver will try to extend her unbeaten record when she takes on four other juvenile fillies in the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 2.
When Gun Runner heads to the starting gate for the Sept. 2 Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, he will be viewed as the star burning brightest among his peers.
One year after champion Arrogate shipped in from California and turned the division on its ear with his win in the Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), West Coast emulated his stablemate when he registered a victory in the 1 1/4-mile test.
Practical Joke remains unbeaten around one turn and added another top-level triumph to his resume when he ran down Takaful in the stretch to win the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 26.
Alpha Delta Stables' homebred daughter of Algorithms remained unblemished in four starts when she recovered from her early bobble to register a handy 6 1/4-length victory in the Aug. 25 Fleet Indian Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
For the first time in months, Tapwrit is coming into a race rested. And if the classic winner lands another power punch in the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), it might be the hit that sends the rest of his division sprawling.
Nearly three years to the day after her debut, Lady Eli will try and end her time at the Spa in the same fashion it began when she breaks from the inside post in a field of six for the $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa Stakes (G2T) Aug. 26.
The pro-tem leader of the female sprint division puts her four-race win streak on the line Aug. 26 when she breaks from post 3 in a field of seven entered for the $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course.
With all three individual classic winners set to start, along with six other graded stakes winners in the field of 12, the $1.25 million Travers (G1) could provide that long-awaited moment when the balance of power among the 3-year-old males shifts.
Fan favorite The Pizza Man, the only Illinois-bred to win the Arlington Million, has officially been retired, Richard Papiese of Midwest Thoroughbreds said Aug. 18.
After suffering three straight defeats at the hands of the multiple grade 1 winner Abel Tasman, Salty has a chance to snag a top-level score for herself in the 10-furlong Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
With the champion colt's notorious training issues again flaring up at Saratoga Race Course this summer, Classic Empire has been shipped to Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala to prepare for the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1).
If Arrogate can put himself back on form in the Aug. 19 TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar less than a month after the worst race of his life, hindsight could view his stunning setback as a blip that exposed him as mortal, but not lesser.
Nearly a year to the day after earning his first grade 1 score in the Secretariat Stakes (G1T), Chad Brown trainee Beach Patrol duplicated that form over a salty international field to win the Arlington Million XXXV Stakes (G1T).
Trainer Edward Graham doesn't dawn the doors of Arlington International Racecourse often. When he does, he leaves with a heck of a parting gift as Postulation showed with a decisive win in the American St. Leger Stakes Aug. 12.
The gentle term used for Copper Bullet's last effort was "frustrating," and it's one his connections hope he can put behind him in Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 13.
McCraken turned in one of his snappier breezes Aug. 10, when he covered four furlongs in :49.03 over the Oklahoma Training Track, the fastest of 31 drills at the distance Thursday.
The Thoroughbred racing community stands to get a read on just how good Dona Bruja (ARG) is as she heads a field of ten entered for the $600,000 Beverly D. Stakes (G1T) at Arlington International Racecourse Aug. 12.
If one of Divisidero's best days comes against a field of 12 challengers in the Aug. 12 Arlington Million Stakes (G1T), the late-running millionaire could make good on his connections' long-held belief in his ability.
The distance wasn't his preference and the longshot pacesetter wasn't folding up as expected. Nonetheless, Neolithic pressed forward and got his comeback victory over the Saratoga Race Course main track Aug. 5.
Going against the family proved an unwise move in Mountaineer's most notable race, as Jon Court steered Colonelsdarktemper—who is trained by his father-in-law Jinks Fires—to a gate-to-wire, one-length victory in the West Virginia Derby (G3).
Only twice in his career has California-based Mike Puype put one of his charges on his plane to the Spa and both times, they have returned with graded stakes success.
The powerful turn of foot that carried Bricks and Mortar to victory in his first three starts kept him unbeaten in his toughest challenge to date as he ran by favorite Yoshida (JPN) in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T).
With the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes (G1) looming and his presence on the work tab still unaccounted for since arriving at Saratoga Race Course, a start in the Sept. 23 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) is a "Plan B" that could become a reality for Classic Empire.
Neolithic, the third-place finisher in the world's two richest Thoroughbred races, will make his first start in nearly four months Aug. 5, when he returns against a solid field of nine challengers in an allowance race at Saratoga Race Course.
Wertheimer et Frere homebred won the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) three times, two Eclipse Awards as top female turf horse, defeated males nine times, recorded record 14 grade 1/group 1 victories for European-based
