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CTC Graduate Get Smokin Wins Seek Again Get Smokin wins Grade 3 Race at Tampa Bay Downs Prior to entering the $100,000 Seek Again 4+ years race, Get Smokin trainer Tom Bush predicted the Kentucky thoroughbred would “benefit from a more compact schedule between starts”. Get Smokin proved Bush’s theory to be correct by getting […]
Rombauer Beats Medina Spirit at Preakness Medina Spirit loses Preakness to Rombauer in 11-1 upset After a controversial week involving an agreement to allow a pharmacology expert to further examine test results that indicated a miniscule presence of betamethasone in his system, the colt was defeated at the Preakness by underdog Rombauer in an 11-1 […]
After Agreement Reached, Medina Spirit Cleared to Race in Preakness Stakes Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Allowed to Race in Triple Crown Medina Spirit, trained by Bob Baffert, has been cleared to enter the Triple Crown race on May 15 after failing a drug test. The Maryland Racing Commission and Baffert reached an agreement for […]
Champion of the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), and graduate of the Camden Training Center broken by Kahkola Racing, Malathaat is reportedly being considered by the filly’s owners at Shadwell Stable to travel to Belmont in June for the Triple Crown. “The 5-2 favorite Malathaat, ridden by John Velazquez, held off Search Results to win […]
After a gripping head-to-head stretch with Search Results, Malathaat successfully prevailed and secured the win in the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) on April 30 at Churchill Downs. Malathaat is trained by Todd Pletcher and was ridden to victory by John Velazquez. After her impressive performance at Keeneland earlier this year, Malathaat became the favorite to win […]
Social Paranoia matched a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure for his wide-rallying score in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Poker, a one-turn mile on the Widener turf course at Belmont Park. Trained by Todd Pletcher and reunited with Jose Ortiz, who guided the colt to victory in the Grade 3 Appleton in his seasonal debut at Gulfstream, Social […]
The past two years have been magical for owner Stuart Grant. Campaigning in the name of The Elkstone Group, Grant has raced, solo and in partnership, horses who have earned over $20 million since 2002, including two champions. A prominent attorney based in Greenville, Delaware, Grant hails from Flatbush, Brooklyn. Grant learned to handicap from […]
The Elkstone Group’s Social Paranoia, facing older horses for the first time in his seasonal debut, made a stunning last-to-first move on the far outside to outrun stablemate Sombeyay by 1 ¼ lengths and win Saturday’s $100,000 Appleton (G3) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The 68th running of the one-mile Appleton for 4-year-olds and […]
British Idiom Headed To Breeders’ Cup After Alcibiades Victory At Keeneland.
Multiple stakes winner Alwaysmining got trainer Kelly Rubley’s season off to a strong start, and she’s poised to close the year with another promising prospect in undefeated filly Arrifana. Rubley was also pleased with the latest effort from Iowa Derby winner Top Line Growth, The Elkstone Group’s Maryland homebred that cruised to a 3 ¾-length optional claiming allowance score […]