Sunday, January 4, 2026
Woodslane homebred Sister Troienne, already on a three-race win streak, kicked off 2026 with a bang, driving clear to seize the one-mile Ginger Brew Stakes at Gulfstream Park Saturday. The 3-year-old daughter of Munnings was foaled at Hidden Brook Farm for longtime clients Woodslane Farm and was prepped for her racing career at Hidden Brook […]
Read MoreSunday, December 21, 2025
Not to be outdone by 6-year-old Skippylongstocking in the GIII Harlan’s Holiday one race prior, classy Woodslane Farm homebred Wolfie’s Dynaghost went not one but two better, winning the GIII Ft. Lauderdale Stakes as a 7-year-old in record time. The Brian Lynch trainee, making his 32nd start Saturday, took over a year off following a […]
Read MoreSunday, December 7, 2025
Prosecco Rita romped at second asking to break her maiden by 9 1/4 lengths over the local course going seven furlongs Oct. 10. Second by just three-quarters of a length in the Smart Halo Stakes last out on course and distance, she was slammed into 1-5 favoritism when dropping in to Allowance company. Setting an […]
Read MoreSunday, November 30, 2025
Woodslane Farm homebred Sister Troienne rolled past longshot Day to Day in the stretch and went on to a popular three-length victory in the $100,000 Wait a While for 2-year-old fillies. The 12th running of the Wait a While headlined an eight-race Thanksgiving Day holiday program that marked the opening of the 2025-2026 Championship Meet […]
Read MoreMonday, November 10, 2025
Wolfie’s Dynaghost shares similarities with his graded stakes-winning millionaire half-brother, Sadler’s Joy, but running style isn’t one of them. While Sadler’s Joy, a son of Kitten’s Joy, was known for his late kick, a style he used to win the 2017 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) among other graded events, Wolfie’s Dynaghost is most effective when […]
Read MoreWednesday, October 22, 2025
Ready to Jam solved a season of seconditis with a victory in Sunday’s $150,000 Autumn Days Stakes for older female turf sprinters at Aqueduct. Sitting a sweet trip under Junior Alvarado, Ready to Jam rallied from midpack to outfinish a late-running Johanny to win by three-quarters of a length. It was another half-length back to […]
Read MoreSunday, October 5, 2025
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,” […]
Read MoreMonday, September 22, 2025
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. […]
Read MoreSunday, August 31, 2025
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, […]
Read MoreSunday, August 24, 2025
When Dr. Venkman drew inside yet again, this time for the Aug. 23 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar, trainer Mark Glatt wasn’t happy. But as the race unfolded, Dr. Venkman found a big hole on the rail and gamely shot through for the victory. Dr. Venkman is by Ghostzapper, and his name harkens […]
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