Dr. Schivel, who finished last year’s Del Mar summer meeting with a victory in the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1), returned to the track this year to defeat older sprinters in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 31. The six-furlong Crosby earned Dr. Schivel a Breeders’ Cup challenge berth to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint […]

Chad Brown now has a fourth United Nations Stakes (G1) trophy to go along with his equal number of Eclipse Awards as outstanding trainer. The New York-based conditioner won the $515,000 grass race at Monmouth Park for the fourth time July 17 when the speedy Tribhuvan, a graduate of Hidden Brook Florida, took charge early and […]

Gulfstream Park’s leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. ruled Saturday’s $75,000 Mr. Steele, finishing first, second, and third in the 1 1/16-mile turf event. Sir David Seale’s Renaisance Frolic beat stablemate Max K.O. by a nose while Noble Indy, Joseph’s pacesetter, held the show. Renaisance Frolic, a 6-year-old by Paynter ridden by Edgard Zayas, covered the […]