On July 15, the Jonathan Thomas-trained 3-year-old filly Empress Tigress won the Coronation Cup, a turf sprint at Saratoga, and the next afternoon, Benbang, another Thomas-trained 3-year-old filly, won the Blue Sparkler, a turf sprint at Monmouth.
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Marcus Hersh DRF On paper, the $100,000 Hawthorne Derby looked extremely competitive. It was not. Speaking Scout, settled in the pocket from the start by jockey Jareth Loveberry, came through on the inside in upper stretch and crushed his eight rivals, winning this 1 1/8-mile grass contest by five lengths. Hugh Robertson-trained longshots Tonka Warrior […]
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Grade 2 race on the hillside course is a wide-open challenge for handicappers.
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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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