Author: P.M. Adv

Appropriately named Deterministic dug in gamely in the lane under jockey Kendrick Carmouche to win the $1 million Manhattan Stakes (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga on Sunday, June 8. The victory delivered trainer Miguel Clement his first Grade 1 win. In a memorable race for the Clement barn, Deterministic fought off… Read more

Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran’s multiple graded stakes-winning Ag Bullet beat the boys in the $500,000 Jaipur Stakes (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga on Sunday, June 8. The victory provides Ag Bullet a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. She now joins Caravel (2023) and Oleksandra… Read more

CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm’s Kentucky-bred Patch Adams turned back a competitive field of 10 sophomore sprinters in the $500,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 7. Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Luis Saez, Patch Adams stalked the early pace in the… Read more

Kentucky-bred Raging Torrent showed no signs of rust from a winning sojourn to the Middle East in April, returning to the races with an emphatic gate-to-wire score in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 7. The win followed Raging Torrent’s decisive win… Read more

Godolphin homebred Sovereignty ran down Journalism in the stretch en route to an impressive victory in the 157th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 7. A bay son of Into Mischief, Sovereignty claimed the final jewel of the Triple Crown after winning the Kentucky Derby (G1)… Read more

Lael Stables’ Kentucky-bred She Feels Pretty scored a determined victory over a stubborn Beach Bomb (SAF) to win the $750,000 New York Stakes (G1) on Friday, June 6, during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. The prohibitive 1-2 favorite, She Feels Pretty, who was ridden by John Velazquez, won the 1 3/16-mile… Read more

Tracy Farmer’s Kentucky homebred La Cara led every step of the way to take down top prize in the $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, June 6. Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Dylan Davis, the daughter of Street Sense avenged a ninth-place finish… Read more

Kentucky-breds Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), and Journalism, winner of the Preakness Stakes (G1), headline the field of eight sophomores in Saturday’s 157th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Godolphin homebred Sovereignty closed relentlessly to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) by 1 ½ lengths over Journalism and… Read more

Kentucky-bred Journalism overcame traffic trouble in the stretch to run down Gosger nearing the wire to win the 150th running of the $2 million Preakness S. (G1) at Pimlico on Saturday, May 17. Bred in Kentucky by Don Alberto Corporation and owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables… Read more

Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Journalism was installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in a field of nine 3-year-olds entered for the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Kentucky-breds comprise 7-of-9 entrants and are seeking their 11th consecutive win in racing’s second leg of the… Read more