By

By Ryan Martin —- • Grade I Winner Union Strike Makes Comeback in Chicago Handicap • Motion Considers Grade I Arlington Million for Spring Quality GRADE I WINNER UNION STRIKE MAKES COMEBACK IN CHICAGO HANDICAP Owner and trainer Mick Ruis has his eyes set on Saratoga with...

By Mike Willman —- AMERICAN ANTHEM & TOUCHING RAINBOWS HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $250,000 SAN CARLOS STAKES AT SEVEN PANELS TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPION JUSTIFY TO BE PARADED FOLLOWING RACE FOUR ARCADIA, Calif. (June 20, 2018)—Bob Baffert’s American Anthem and Phil D’Amato’s...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Set to make her first start in New York, Got Stormy will headline a field of seven in the fifth running of the $100,000 Wild Applause for 3-year-old fillies on the Widener turf course on Saturday at Belmont Park. Purchased by owner...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 20, 2018) – Preston Madden’s Winning Colors (Grade III) victor Miss Kentucky tops a field of seven fillies and mares that were entered in Saturday’s $70,000-added Roxelana Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs. The...

By Mike Willman —- OLLIE’S CANDY Zoe Metz Photography NO CAL INVADER OLLIE’S CANDY WEARS DOWN FAVORED THIRTEEN SQUARED TO WIN GRADE II, $200,000 SUMMERTIME OAKS BY A NECK UNDER DESORMEAUX; TRAINED BY MOREY, SHE GETS 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:44.72 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 16,...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 16, 2018) – Staton Flurry’s 4-year-old gelding Mr. Misunderstood remained perfect in three starts on the Churchill Downs turf course when he surged past Mr Cub in the final yards to beat a closing Inspector Lynley by a...

By Ed Golden —- TOUCHING RAINBOWS Benoit Photo • ‘RAINBOWS’ SEEKS GOLD AT END OF SAN CARLOS • CORDIALITY DRILLS FOR POSSIBLE WILSHIRE START • FANS CAN SEE JUSTIFY AT SANTA ANITA ON JUNE 23 ‘NOW HORSE’ TOUCHING RAINBOWS SET FOR SAN CARLOS Touching Rainbows seeks his fifth...

By Bailey Gallison —- * Connections Eye Arlington Million for Polish Triple Crown Winner Va Bank • Jesse Campbell Scores First Victory Since Chicago Return • Grade III Chicago Handicap Field Takes Shape Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin is anxious to showcase the talent of Va Bank...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 16, 2018) – A team that has earned a pair of Kentucky Derby (Grade I) victories returned to Churchill Downs to win another of the historic track’s major races when Pavel surged to the lead at the top of the stretch and...

By Bailey Gallison —- D. KELLY ACKERMAN LOGS 500TH CAREER WIN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Southern Illinois-based trainer D. Kelly Ackerman captured his 500th career victory on Saturday when Poindexter Thoroughbreds’ Magic Feet ($5.20) won the second race of the day under...