Cougar II Handicap Will Test Stamina Wednesday at Del Mar

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Stamina will be the order of the day Wednesday when Del Mar Thoroughbred Club presents the 69th running of the Grade III $100,000 Cougar II Handicap at a mile and one-half over the main dirt track. Woodford Racing’s Campaign, proven at the...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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Guarana seeks second G1 win, stretches out in CCA Oaks

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -Guarana has done no wrong in both of her career starts and will attempt to keep her unbeaten record alive in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks, a nine-furlong test for sophomore fillies on the main track...
Posted On 18 Jul 2019
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BETHLEHEM ROAD HAS OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO COMPETE IN SATURDAY’S HASKELL INVITATIONAL

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. — With their homebred Bethlehem Road, owners Jeff Bowen of Gryphon Investments, Don Ameche III and Randy Reed and trainer Dee Curry will make their first appearance in a Grade 1 stakes race Saturday and should this horse prevail in the...
Posted On 17 Jul 2019
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Winter Sunset looks to renew family tradition in G3 Lake George

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Coffeepot Stables and Phillips Racing Partnership’s Winter Sunset will look to notch her first graded stakes win after multiple competitive efforts, heading the Grade 3, $200,000 Lake George over the inner turf on...
Posted On 17 Jul 2019
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ARLINGTON: FLYING SCOTSMAN RETURNS IN GIII AMERICAN DERBY

By Grant LaGrange —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 11, 2019) – Flying Scotsman, who will be making his 3-year-old debut and hasn’t been seen since winning the GIII Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at Del Mar last summer, will be looking to make his 2019 season debut a winning one....
Posted On 12 Jul 2019
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ARLINGTON: SIMPLY BREATHLESS LOOKS TO MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW IN THE GIII MODESTY HANDICAP

By Grant LaGrange —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 11, 2019) – Cloros Bloodstock’s Simply Breathless will look to extend her win streak, which began last September at Ascot, to four wins in a row as she takes on nine others in the GIII Modesty Handicap at Arlington on...
Posted On 11 Jul 2019
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EL PICARO AIMS FOR FIRST NORTH AMERICAN WIN IN GIII ARLINGTON HANDICAP

By Grant LaGrange —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 11, 2019) – El Picaro, who is a multiple time GI winner in his native Chile, will be making his second start in the U.S on Saturday in the GIII Arlington Handicap which will be run at 1 3/16th-miles over the Arlington turf...
Posted On 11 Jul 2019
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Brown seeks fifth G1 Diana win with strong foursome

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown finished off the Belmont meet with 18 stakes victories, three of which came in Grade 1 events. On Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, Brown will look to capture the first Grade 1 of the prestigious meet when...
Posted On 11 Jul 2019
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ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER GAME WINNER HEADS FIELD IN LOS ALAMITOS DERBY

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Game Winner, the champion 2-year-old of 2018, will make his first start since an extremely wide journey in the Kentucky Derby in the $150,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Derby Saturday. Restricted to 3-year-olds and scheduled for 1 1/8...
Posted On 11 Jul 2019
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Talented juvenile fillies to get first stakes experience in G3 Schuylerville on Saratoga Opening Day

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of nine 2-year-old fillies will all make their respective stakes debuts in the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville contested at six furlongs on Thursday, Opening Day, at historic Saratoga Race Course. One of two graded...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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