Invader is the only second-season sire in Australia to produce a group 1-winning 3-year-old, a feat which has him placed in fifth on the leading second-season sires’ table. Source
Month: February 2023
Golden Sixty Good as Gold in HK Gold Cup
Golden Sixty was golden again in the Hong Kong Gold Cup, defeating his chief rival, Romantic Warrior, by a head with a perfectly timed late rally. Source
Undefeated Red Carpet Ready Steps Up in Davona Dale
Once again, the undefeated Red Carpet Ready will take to the Gulfstream Park stage for a chance at seizing points towards the Run for the Lilies March 4 in the $200,000 one mile Davona Dale Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies. Source
Hollie Doyle Targeting April 1 Return from Injury
The leading jockey has been sidelined since taking a crashing fall at Wolverhampton Jan. 16 which fractured her elbow and ruptured the ligaments around it. Source
Max Player ‘Alert and Comfortable’ After Oaklawn Race
The owners of grade 1 winner and millionaire Max Player tweeted out Feb. 26 that the 6-year-old was “alert and comfortable” Sunday morning after being pulled up in yesterday’s third race at Oaklawn Park. Source
Riley Mott Saddles Winner for Claiborne Farm
Claiborne’s homebred Traverse captured a Feb. 12 allowance optional claimer for trainer Riley Mott at Oaklawn Park. Source
Wet Paint Delivers Finishing Stroke in Honeybee
Marking hoofprints into the dampened ground at Oaklawn Park Feb. 25, Wet Paint sketched a path to the wire to add the Honeybee Stakes (G3) along with 50 points towards the Kentucky Oaks (G1) to a portfolio of growing achievements. Source
Confidence Game Pulls a Fast One in Rebel Stakes
Confidence Game may have fooled the betting public, surprising at 18-1 odds in the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 25, but nothing appeared fraudulent about his performance. Source
Repo Rocks Notches Fourth Straight in Stymie
Double B Racing Stables’ Repo Rocks launched a powerful stretch run to capture his fourth straight stakes race in as many starts in the Feb. 25 $125,000 Stymie Stakes, a one-turn mile for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Source
Forte, Blazing Sevens Square Off in Fountain of Youth
Four months after his triumph in the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland, champion Forte is ready to resume racing. After a planned freshening, he returns in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 4. Source