By Ed DeRosa Capensis looked like two million bucks winning the $300,000 Virginia Derby (G2) on Tuesday at Colonial Downs. The Tapit colt out of Grade 1 winner Tara’s Tango rewarded the confidence of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, rebounding from an even-money loss in his second career start to win Virginia’s richest race by two […]
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It’s a busy time of year for Aron Wellman’s Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, with yearling sale season now in full swing alongside the iconic Saratoga and Del Mar meets.
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The Curlin filly won her second straight grade 1 Aug. 20 at Saratoga Race Course.
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The top two 3-year-old fillies will square off in Alabama in rubber match of rivalry.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Sister Otoole proved a “run-right-off-the-plane” winner Friday over seven rivals in the $131,500 CTT & TOC Stakes for fillies and mares at the demanding distance of a mile and three eighths on the Del Mar lawn.
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Amy Murphy has Group One targets in mind for Manhattan Jungle following her fine effort to finish second in the Prix de Cabourg at Deauville earlier this month.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Long Valley Stables’ Grade 1-placed Divine Huntress, facing fellow Maryland-breds for the first time, battled the length of the stretch with Sweet Gracie to her inside before getting her nose down on the wire to earn her first career stakes victory in the $75,000 Miss Disco.
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Kentucky Oaks, Belmont runner-up dominates Gr. 1
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Todd Pletcher were represented by Saturday’s romping GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Nest (Curlin), and wasted little time unveiling their next generation of potential stakes runners as juvenile filly Kaling (Practical Joke) turned in a promising and professional debut worthy of a ‘TDN Rising Star’ nod.
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Curlin filly dominated the field July 23 with Secret Oath a distant second.
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