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Shug McGaughey threw everyone a bit of a curve when he stated that his grass star Mr Speaker was being considered for the Travers Stakes. Now why would McGaughey think that a horse who has won three of his last five starts on grass, including stakes scores in the Belmont Derby Invitational and Dania Beach and a fast-closing second in the Palm ...

The Grade 2 Fourstardave HandicapSaratoga / August 9 / Race 10 / 6:10 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started on FREE TimeformUS PPs for the FourStarDaveWith two-time defending champ Wise Dan sitting this one out, a talented field of six turf milers will get a chance to pick up some Grade 2 hardware at Saratoga on Saturday. Four ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') There’s no dispute that two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan is still the king of the turf milers, but with the champ still on the comeback trail after colic surgery, there may be an opportunity for challengers to stake their claim for the throne in a pair of 8.5-furlong turf stakes races at Saratoga this week. ...

There seemed to be an inordinate number of people who were displeased with the result of the Aug. 2 Whitney Handicap, mainly due to the winning trainer Eric Guillot, who, to put it mildly, is not your typical trainer. Looking and sounding as if he had been plucked out of the swamps of the Bayou after years of wrestling gators, Guillot ...

Leading Sires, by 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge Winners Sire Number Galileo 5 Hard Spun 4 Bernardini 3 Scat Daddy 3 A.P. Indy 2 Colonel John 2 Danehill Dancer 2 Dubawi 2 ...

Location Number Kentucky 37 Ireland 15 Florida 4 Great Britain 3 Ontario 3 France 2 New Zealand 2 South Africa 2 Argentina 2 Australia 1 Brazil 1 ...

Winners of 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge races and upcoming schedule (updated Oct. 7, final list for 2015.) Classic Horse, Sire, Challenge race won, trackAmerican Pharoah (KY), Pioneerof the Nile, William Hill Haskell Invitational S. (gr. I), Monmouth ParkArabian Queen (IRE), Dubawi, Juddmonte International Stakes (Eng-I), ...

A stance by 25 prominent American trainers Aug. 1 urging the elimination of race-day Salix over the next two years has not done much to clarify the debate over the medication’s use (see page 15), but it has given new momentum to putting America on par with the rest of the racing world. The intention of the phase-out, some of the supporting ...

More good news for connections of Moreno and his fans: In recent years, winners of the Whitney Handicap (gr. I) have enjoyed more Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) success than the winners of any other race conducted after June 1. Southern Equine Stable's Moreno ensured himself a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic with his victory in the $1.5 ...