Newtown Anner Stud Farm’s Praying a 21-1 upset winner of the GIII Prioress S. at Saratoga Aug. 30, backed up that breakout performance with a half-length victory over her elders in Saturday’s ‘Win and You’re In’ GII Thoroughbred Club of America S. at Keeneland. Favored Grade 1 winner Vahva was second,Zeitlos was third. “It’s surreal,” […]

The story is familiar: trainer Mike Maker heads to Kentucky Downs with a turf marathoner, frequently with one he claimed, and walks away with a victory in the Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T). Five times it happened from 2015-22, and now the winningest trainer in Kentucky Cup history has extended his tally to six. […]

Newtown Anner Stud Farm’s Praying stunned a field of five with a rallying victory as the 21-1 longest shot on the board in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Prioress, a six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. Bred in Kentucky by Jeff Kerber, Praying was foaled and raised at the famed Hidden Brook Farm, […]