Time Off for Illuminant
Illuminant (Quality Road), last seen capturing Santa Anita’s GI Gamely S. May 30, is currently getting a freshening at Bluewater Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Comfort by a Nose in Seattle Slew Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – For the bettors who pounded him to 2-5 favoritism, that was too close for Comfort. Comfort, with John Velazquez aboard, gets up just in time to win the Seattle Slew Stakes on Saturday. Comfort needed every inch of the 1,097-foot Belmont Park stretch to get up, ultimately running past Touchofstarquality in the final jump to win Saturday’s $100,000 Seattle Slew Stakes by a nose at steamy Belmont Park.
Read MoreComfort’s Stock on Rise Entering Seattle Slew Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – When they met two months ago in the State Dinner Stakes here, Touchofstarquality was favored over Comfort but proved no match for that rival, losing by 3 1/2 lengths. On Saturday, when they meet again in the $100,000 Seattle Slew Stakes on the first Saturday of the Belmont Park fall meet, Comfort will be regarded as the horse to beat in the five-horse field set to go 1 1/16 miles over the main track.
Read MoreShowdown of Fab Five in Personal Ensign
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga on Saturday drew a field of five. But they are the right five and difficult to separate.
Read MoreDestin Best in Travers?
Todd Pletcher’s once seemingly powerful army of 3-year-olds has pretty much disbanded, with some of the troops retreating from the battlefield, others spending time in sick bay, and two transferred to another outfit.
Read MoreComfort Going After the Big Boys in Whitney
Comfort himself is hot, having won his two starts this year and three straight dating back to last November. But even Wellman said that Comfort will be taking “a colossal step up in class” against the likes of Grade 1 winners Frosted, Effinex, and Noble Bird in the Whitney.
Read MoreEclipse Tied For Leading Owner At Saratoga After Massive Week
Over the past week, the baby blue and black silks of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners have visited the winner’s circle five times!! Highlighted by Curalina’s (right) win in the $200,000 Shuvee Handicap G3 at Saratoga on Sunday, July 31, Eclipse also has had Patrioticandpround, Cowboy Rhythm, Caribbean and Pinstripe gain victories.
Read MoreDestin & Curalina Headline Massive 10 Runner Lineup For Eclipse This Weekend
The summer is really starting to heat up and so is the Eclipse stable with a potentially monster weekend on tap as 10 runners are slated for action this weekend, including a trio of major Stakes engagements at Saratoga. Opening week at Saratoga proved fruitful for the baby blue and black as Jumby Bay (right) […]
Read MoreEclipse Supports First-Crop Sires
Eclipse Thoroughbreds’ Aron Wellman took home one of the higher priced yearlings sold during the early part of Tuesday’s session when signing the ticket on a $235,000 filly from the first crop of Violence (Hip 61).
Read MoreComfort Runs Down Touchofstarquality in State Dinner Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. – Touchofstarquality was not quite ready for his close-up Monday at Belmont Park as Comfort ran by him in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $100,000 State Dinner Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths.
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