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Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Golden Tempo backed up his win on The First Saturday in May with an impressive win over Commandment in the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on Saturday, June 6 at Saratoga. Next year, the Belmont Stakes will return to its Long Island home at Belmont Park. Golden Tempo’s historic Belmont victory… Read more

D.J. Stable’s Kentucky homebred Nitrogen drew away for an impressive 12 3/4-length score in the $500,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga. Nitrogen, the reigning Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, added another notch to her 4-year-old ledger in capturing the 58th running of the Ogden Phipps and securing a”Win and You’re… Read more

West Point Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky-bred Counting Stars turned the tables on familiar foe Always a Runner with an emphatic 3 3/4-length score in the $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1). Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse and piloted by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Counting Stars exited a third-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 1… Read more

The $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1), the final jewel in racing’s Triple Crown, is set to be run for a third and final time at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo and runner-up Renegade taking center stage amidst a field of nine Kentucky-bred sophomores. The 158th running of the Belmont… Read more

Kentucky-bred Formidable Man returned from a nearly seven-month layoff and won the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita on May 25. Owned by William and Suzanne Warren and trained by Michael McCarthy, Formidable Man is now a three-time Grade 1 winner. “He’s just a genuine racehorse,” McCarthy said. “I said earlier if he was… Read more

Kentucky-bred Thought Process became a newly minted Grade 1 winner on May 25 at Santa Anita, rolling to a 2 ¾-length win in the $300,000 Gamely Stakes (G1) at 1 1/8 miles on the turf. With Hector Berrios aboard, Thought Process enjoyed an ideal trip, stalking pacesetter Rashmi early. Entering the stretch, Thought Process ranged… Read more

fter bypassing the Kentucky Derby (G1), Gold Square LLC’s Kentucky-bred Napoleon Solo proved clearly best in the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park on Saturday, May 16. Napoleon Solo, who had faded to fifth in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park and Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct at 1 1/8 miles,… Read more

Amerman Racing Stables’ Kentucky homebred Stark Contrast blew past Honey Dutch at the eighth pole and then held off a late bid from Remember Mamba by 2 ¼ lengths to win the $1 million American Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs. Trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Flavien Prat, Stark Contrast completed the mile and a sixteenth over a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in… Read more

Flying Dutchmen’s Kentucky-bred Shred the Gnar held off a bid from favored Fully Subscribed by a length to win the 41st running of the $1 million La Troienne Stakes (G1). Trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Luis Saez, Shred the Gnar completed the 1 1/16 miles on a fast main track in 1:42.24. Miss… Read more

Tomoya Ozasa’s Kentucky-bred T O Elvis exploded from mid-pack to defeat a field of top sprinters with a 3 ¼-length victory over Disruptor in the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). Trained by Daisuke Takayanagi and ridden by Ryusei Sakai, T O Elvis completed the seven furlongs over a fast main track in a stakes-record… Read more