Thumbs Up Racing’s Sleep Eyes Todd burst from the starting gate in the $54,000 Bosselman/Gus Fonner Stakes April 29 and was never threatened by his eight rivals. He drew off to win by 6 1/2 lengths under jockey Quincy Hamilton. Off as the 7-5 favorite in the 1 1/16-mile feature for 3-year-olds and up, Sleepy Eyes Todd […]
[ Read More ]Breaking from post 7 under Samy Camacho as the 2/1 bettors’ choice, Killybegs Captain was intent to fight for the early lead, dueling between Singanothersong to his inside and Mooji Moo Jr. opposite. Together, the trio posted opening 1/4-mile in :22.20, but the favorite’s two foes began dropping off at the top of the far turn. Holding a growing advantage as […]
[ Read More ]Jockey Eric Cancel’s instructions prior to Saturday’s $250,000 Xpressbet Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) at Laurel Park couldn’t have been simpler. Given the call on Curragh Stables’ Killybegs Captain, a horse he rode to a pair of third-place finishes in graded-stakes earlier this summer for trainer John Terranova, Cancel followed his orders perfectly. Settled […]
[ Read More ]In a quiet show ring outside Keeneland’s Barn 8, Tommy Eastham of Legacy Bloodstock has been pleased with the turnout of trainers, buyers, and pinhookers—both domestic and international—who have turned up to see his Quality Road colt “He’s a nice horse,” Eastham said of the colt. Consigned as Hip 436 to the Sept. 11 final session of the […]
[ Read More ]4th-Saratoga, $90,000, Msw, 8-15, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.06, fm. MYSTIC LANCELOT (c, 2, Into Mischief–Roadbug, by Quality Road), acquired by these connections for $450,000 after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at this spring’s Fasig-Tipton Timonium Sale, became the fourth maiden winner by the red-hot sire Into Mischief at the Spa this summer.
[ Read More ]The topsy-turvy sophomore division, thrown into disarray with Good Samaritan (Harlan’s Holiday)’s upset win in Saturday’s GII Jim Dandy S. at Saratoga, continued its roller-coaster ride at Monmouth Park Sunday as Brad Grady’s 9-1 outsider Girvin (Tale of Ekati) just got a desperate nose in front of 7-1 shot McCraken (Ghostzapper) in a thrilling renewal of the GI betfair.com Haskell Invitational. […]
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