When winning 2 out of every 10 races you run in might be a high enough standard to qualify an owner, trainer or jockey for the Hall of Fame, any stakeholder in this wacky world of horse racing must take stock and celebrate when milestones are achieved. On Wednesday at Horseshoe Indianapolis in Shelbyville, Indiana, […]
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Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners said he is hopeful that newly acquired Frosty O Toole can make a big splash in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Gazelle at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable’s Lady Lowery, making just her third career start and first in a stakes, led every step of the way pulling clear of her rivals late to register a three-length victory in the $100,000 Beyond The Wire for 3-year-old fillies.
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Manhattan Jungle closed from fifth in a field of 10 to win her 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s $102,500 Sweet Life Stakes for fillies on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita, giving jockey Frankie Dettori his third stakes win of the track’s winter-spring season.
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Queen Goddess earned her most lucrative victory Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
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It was a weekend to never forget. Less than 48 hours after accepting the first Eclipse Award on behalf of his popular ownership group Thursday night, Aron Wellman was in the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle after Queen Goddess, carrying the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners silks, sped to victory Saturday in the Grade 3, $490,300 Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf.
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When all the votes were tallied, the title for the 2022 champion 3-year-old filly division went for the second consecutive year to another uber-talented daughter of Curlin out of an A.P. Indy mare. Also trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, Nest follows in the footsteps of 2021 3-year-old filly champion Malathaat, who employed a similar route […]
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After a short hiatus from the stallion business, Mill Ridge welcomed GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Oscar Performance to their farm in 2019. Four years later, they now add a second stallion to their roster in Aloha West (Hard Spun – Island Bound, by Speightstown), who claimed the 2021 GI Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Wayne Catalano.
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The colt is out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Seascape.
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We alluded in the final edition of 2022 of Total Eclipse last Friday that we had 4 chances with runners prior to the close of the year to reach the 70-win mark and hit the 20 Stakes-win mark for the 2022 season.
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