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With a boosted total prize purse of $1,250,000 the Grade I Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland’s fall meet attracts a dozen runners to the Commonwealth of Kentucky this year. In that field are British, French and Irish raiders crossing the Atlantic for a big payday. All but two of the 12 runners are four and …

Seven-time Grade I winner Thorpedo Anna has her prep race en route to the defense of her Breeders’ Cup Distaff crown in the $650,000 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland’s fall meet on Sunday, October 5. The star of Kenny McPeek’s barn and reigning American Horse of the Year faces just four rivals in this 1,800m contest. …

Two horses who began their campaigns on the Kentucky Derby trail, Barnes and Neoequos, seek sprinting success in the $400,000 Grade II Gallant Bob Stakes over 1,200m at Parx near Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Derby undercard on Saturday, September 20. Both carry penalties against some local runners in this three-year-olds only event. Bettors might think …

One of the most valuable races at the Kentucky Downs turf meet is the $2,500,000 Grade III Mint Million Stakes over a mile at the Franklin, KY track on Saturday, September 6. Chad Brown saddles topweight Spirit Of St Louis in this invitation only event after Grade I wins earlier in the season. In a …

The Kentucky Derby fourth, sixth, seventh and tenth all tackle the $3,500,000 Grade III Nashville Derby at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, August 30. That huge prize purse over the 2,100m distance tempts connections of five horses in a 12-runner field (with two reserves) campaigned in Triple Crown races during the first half of the season …

A much-anticipated third chapter in the rivalry between Kentucky Derby 1-2 Sovereignty and Journalism must wait for the fall after only Bill Mott’s latest superstar horse featured among five declarations for the $1,250,000 Grade I Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 23. The summer-long meet at the Spa track in Upstate New …

With $1,000,000 on offer in the Grade I Arlington Million at Colonial Downs on Saturday, August 9, connections of 2024 Kentucky Derby hero Mystik Dan take him off the dirt for his turf debut in the valuable 2,000m contest. It’s a sensational switch of surfaces for the four-year-old Goldencents colt, who belied a perceived lack of …

The Kentucky Derby meet’s American Turf Stakes winner Zulu Kingdom looks one of the best milers on grass of her generation, and can prove it with victory in the $400,000 Grade II National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, August 1. A three-year-old filly by top Irish sprinter …

Kentucky Derby fourth and tenth Final Gambit and Tiztastic continue a summer campaign on grass in the $750,000 Grade I Saratoga Derby of 2025 in Upstate New York on Saturday, August 2. Switching surfaces from dirt to turf hasn’t paid off just yet, however. Introduced at the Spa in 2019, this 2,100m invitational race often …