Bonus Points Storms Home in Maryland Million Classic
Back racing in the state of his birth for just the second time in his career, Three Diamonds Farm's Bonus Points stormed home to take the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic Oct. 21 at Laurel Park.
Keyword: Todd Pletcher
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Dominant Maiden Winner Critique Heads to Frizette
A talented field of 10 juvenile fillies will each look to earn their first graded stakes victory and berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) in the $400,000 Frizette (G1) Oct. 8 at Belmont Park.
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Aveenu Malcainu on Right Path for Champagne
Belmont Park's Oct. 7 Champagne Stakes (G1) has drawn a robust field of 12 for the one-turn mile race for juveniles. New York-bred Aveenu Malcainu has two wins and the best last-out Equibase Speed Figure.
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Madefromlucky Grinds Out Temperence Hill Win
It was hard to peg Cheyenne Stables and Mac Nichol's Madefromlucky for a winner until the final moments of the $200,000 Temperence Hill Invitational at Belmont Park.
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Seabhac Breaks Maiden With Pilgrim Victory
Making only his third career start and wearing blinkers for the first time, Donegal Racing's Seabhac rallied late to break his maiden, winning the $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (G3T) Sept. 30 at Belmont Park.
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Keen Ice, Destin Tune Up for Jockey Club Gold Cup
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent grade 1-winner Keen Ice and stablemate Destin to the Belmont Park training track Sept. 30 in preparation for the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Oct. 7.
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Madefromlucky Gets Class Relief in Temperence Hill
Cheyenne Stables and Mac Nichol's Madefromlucky will look to capitalize on class relief as part of a field of six the $200,000 Temperence Hill Invitational Stakes at 1 5/8 miles on Belmont Park's main track Oct. 1.
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Pilgrim Packed With Potential
Evaluator, trained by Michael Dilger, and a pair of runners trained by Todd Pletcher—Maraud and Seabhac—take the jump to the grade 3 level in Belmont's Sept. 30 Pilgrim Stakes (G3T).
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Prognosis Positive for Coal Front Following Surgery
Multiple graded stakes winner Coal Front is in good order after undergoing surgery at a New Jersey clinic for a condylar fracture in his right front Sept. 25, co-owner Sol Kumin said, and has a positive prognosis for a return to the races.
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Coal Front Suffered Condylar Fracture in Gallant Bob
Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Partners' Coal Front won the Gallant Bob Stakes (G3) by a half-length Sept. 23 at Parx Racing, but trainer Todd Pletcher said the victory in the six-furlong race on Pennsylvania Derby Day included a setback.
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Highway Star On Track for Gallant Bloom
Chester and Mary Broman's Highway Star, beaten a head last time in the Ballerina (G1) at Saratoga, cuts back to 6 1/2 furlongs for the Sept. 24 Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2).
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Pletcher, Ortiz, Dubb take Saratoga Titles
The Saratoga meet titles for 2017 go down the to the wire. Todd Pletcher takes his 13th trainer's title with 40 wins, which ties Chad Brown's mark set last year. Jose Ortiz wins second straight title at the Spa.
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Bernard Baruch Stepping Stone for Heart to Heart
Terry Hamilton's Heart to Heart will look to take the next step to a potential Breeders' Cup start in the $250,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2T) Sept. 4 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Orbolution First Black-Type Stakes Winner for Orb
With a 4 3/4-length victory over Saratoga Race Course's inner turf in the $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes for 2-year-old-fillies Aug. 31, Orbolution became freshman sire Orb's first black-type stakes winner.
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Lukas Has Sporting Chance in Hopeful Stakes
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.
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Pure Silver Looks to Stay Perfect in Spinaway
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.
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Wide-Open With Anticipation Features 11 Juveniles
A field of 11 juveniles are set to contest a wide-open edition of the 1 1/16-mile $150,000 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 30.
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No Plans Yet for Travers Winner West Coast
Plans for the rest of the year are up in the air for Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner West Coast, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Aug. 27
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Rested Tapwrit Seeks To Land Travers Knockout
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.
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Contentious Travers Stakes on Tap
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.
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Brown Confirms Cloud Computing to Start in Travers
Trainer Chad Brown confirmed that Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Cloud Computing will start in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) Aug. 26.
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Always Dreaming Confirmed for Travers
Trainer Todd Pletcher saw three of his possible starters in the Travers Stakes (G1) breeze early the morning of Aug. 18, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming going four furlongs in company with Outplay, and Tapwrit also working a half-mile.
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Pure Silver Dominates Adirondack Stakes
In her first time outside of New York-bred company, Pure Silver showed she was up to the challenge when she shook free of her competition and pulled away to win by 9 1/2 lengths in the Aug. 12 $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G2).
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Pletcher Has Three 'In Play' for Travers Stakes
Trainer Todd Pletcher said the $1.25 million Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) remains a possibility for Always Dreaming, Outplay, and Tapwrit after all three breezed Aug. 11.
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Sassy Little Lila Takes on Boys in Fourstardave
Sheep Pond Partners and Michael Ryan's Sassy Little Lila will take on the boys as the lone filly in a field of seven entered for the $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) Aug. 12 at a mile on the inner turf at Saratoga Race Course.
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Rally Cry Gives Notice in Alydar
While the bad fortune for the once-promising Mohaymen continued in the Alydar Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 6, the Todd Pletcher-trained Rally Cry alerted the older handicap division that he could be a new force with a 8 3/4-length win.
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Neolithic Gets Back to the Winner's Circle
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.
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Quality Road On The Right Path
Much like in his racing career, Quality Road’s stud exploits reflect the versatility of both his wide-ranging female family and his sire.
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Neolithic Returns in Saratoga Allowance Test
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.
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Patch, Lookin At Lee Head West Virginia Derby Field
Calumet Farm's homebred Patch, the popular classic-placed colt from the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher, heads up a field of 11 sophomore runners scheduled to meet in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby Aug. 5 at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.
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Good Samaritan, Jim Dandy Runners Exit Race Well
Jim Dandy Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G2) winner Good Samaritan came out of the July 29 race in good shape, according to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, and is headed to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 26.
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Good Samaritan Springs Jim Dandy Upset
Hindsight proves the racing community should have been ready for Good Samaritan to do exactly what he did in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course July 29
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Coal Front Continues Streak in Amsterdam
Winning his first two starts by a combined 9 1/4 lengths, Coal Front took another step forward in his short career when he extended his win streak to three races and picked up his first graded score in the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2).
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Keen Ice Puts in Final Drill for Whitney
Donegal Racing and Calumet Farm's grade 1 winner Keen Ice completed his major preparations for the Aug. 5 $1.2 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course with a half-mile work July 29.
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Outplay Outclasses Competition in Curlin Stakes
The few erratic strides Outplay produced down the lane of the 1 1/8-miles test did little to deter from the dominant effort he was in the midst of, as the Todd Pletcher-trainee had little company during his 5 3/4-length win at Saratoga Race Course.
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Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing Head Jim Dandy
In what will be their first starts since the second classic in Baltimore, Always Dreaming will try and make his last outing into an aberration, while Cloud Computing is out to reinforce his late-blooming upside.
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Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, Tapwrit Work at Spa
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Always Dreaming turned in a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.71 over the Oklahoma training track July 22 at Saratoga Race Course in preparation for the July 29 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2).
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Keen Ice Blows By Shaman Ghost in Suburban
Keen Ice, racing for the first time since his seventh-place finish in the March 25 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1), overpowered 1-2 favorite Shaman Ghost by three lengths.
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Practical Joke Heads Compact Dwyer Group
Set to make his first start since finishing fifth in the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Practical Joke will lead a field of five in the $400,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3) July 8 at Belmont Park.
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Kentucky Derby Winner Always Dreaming Gets Back to Work
Always Dreaming, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), put in his first workout since finishing eighth in the May 20 Preakness Stakes (G1) and covered four furlongs in :49.96 over the Belmont Park training track July 1.
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Lights of Medina Leads Pletcher Trio in Mother Goose
Lights of Medina will look to build off her promising graded stakes debut as part of a field of seven 3-year-old fillies all seeking their first graded score in the $250,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park July 1.
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Neolithic Back Galloping After Respiratory Illness
Where Arrogate is back on the worktab and Gun Runner is knocking off top-level wins with his Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) triumph last weekend, Neolithic was sidelined after contracting a respiratory illness on his trip back from Dubai.
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U.S.-Based Connections Ready for Royal Ascot
Connections of some United States-based runners who plan to compete in the Royal Ascot meeting June 20-24 gathered for a news conference June 15 at the historic Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket.
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Gun Runner Eyes Triumphant Homecoming in Stephen Foster
Gun Runner is set to make his first start since finishing second to champion Arrogate in the March 25 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1), and looms as the overwhelming favorite in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (G1).
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Tapwrit in Good Order After Belmont Triumph
Tired but good was the official declaration of how Tapwrit was doing Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after his two-length victory in the final leg of the Triple Crown.
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Post-Belmont Stakes News Update
Claire Novak pays a visit to Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit and checks in on the status of several other Belmont contenders including Irish War Cry, Patch, Gormley, Senior Investment, and Hollywood Handsome.
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Belmont Stakes Wrap
Claire Novak recaps the Belmont Stakes, where Tapwrit ran down Irish War Cry to become the third Belmont Stakes winner sired by Gainesway's Tapit, and trainer Todd Pletcher's third Belmont Stakes winner as well. Also an update on Hollywood Handsome.
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Belmont Stakes Press Conference
Comments from the connections of 2017 Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit, including trainer Todd Pletcher.
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Pletcher Aims for Second 2017 Classic Win
After capturing the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) with Always Dreaming, trainer Todd Pletcher will try to close out the Triple Crown season with another classic victory when he sends out Tapwrit and Patch in the Belmont Stakes.
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Pompa Primed With Met Mile Duo
Rally Cry will be joined in the Met Mile starting gate by his multiple graded stakes winning stablemate Tommy Macho, making his first start since a third-place finish in the Carter (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack in April.
