Bo Cruz basically cruised to victory in the $294,500 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) April 6 at Keeneland in what trainer Al Stall Jr. admitted was an experiment. Jockey Jose Ortiz said it was a total success. Bred by Douglas Scharbauer the son of Creative Cause out of the Ghostzapper mare Quick Breeze was foaled, raised and sold by Hidden […]

Trainer Rob Atras went from never hitting the board with a runner at Keeneland to winning his first graded stakes at the Lexington oval when Neat captured the April 5 $400,000 Transylvania Stakes (G3T). And Neat did it against a top-quality field of turf 3-year-olds, many of whom will be resurfacing in next month’s American […]

Oscar Eclipse, freshened at Hidden Brook Florida since finishing third behind Slip Mahoney in the 1 3/16th mile Bourbon Trail S. Sept. 23 at Churchill Downs, shortened back up and got back on track Saturday with his first stakes win in the Sir Shackleton S. on the big Florida Derby day card at Gulfstream Park. […]