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By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer wins his 6000th race! Havre de Grace is starting to look like a potential successor to the last two Horse of the Year honorees – Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. Like those two champion fillies, Havre de Grace now has made her mark by […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Classy racehorses, sand, surf and turf dominate the final 10 days of the Del Mar racing season.Del Mar Photo The Labor Day weekend unofficially closes out summer and semiofficially kicks off the final push toward November’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Headlined by Saturday’s $750,000, Grade I Woodward Stakes for […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Royal Delta made short work of five rivals in Saturday’s $500,000, Grade I Alabama Stakes at Saratoga, turning the tables on a couple of the nation’s best 3-year-old fillies. With Jose Lescano up, Royal Delta sat back of a moderate pace through the early furlongs of the Spa classic, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A million dollar secret for a very happpy Thoroughbred racehorse. There’s something for everyone – at least for the horses – on this weekend’s Thoroughbred racing schedule, right down to petting and peppermints. Saturday’s $500,000, Grade I Alabama for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga highlights the action and could be […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Welcome to “The Spa!” To hear trainer James Bond tell it, the muddled handicap division suddenly is clear and his horse, Tizway, is on the road to winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic. After all, Tizway’s sire, Tiznow, won the Classic twice. And after cruising to victory in Saturday’s $750,000, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Haskell (G1) winner Coil adds his name to the list of prominent sophomres fighting for year-end honors.BENOIT PHOTO And so it goes with this year’s 3-year-old Thoroughbreds: Five big races, five different winners. Coil, a late-blooming son of Point Given, shipped across the country to win Sunday’s $1 million, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer This weekend’s $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park and $500,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga could help crown this year’s 3-year-old champion. There’s a lot of racing still to come, including the $1 million Travers Stakes – the “Midsummer Derby” – a month down the road at the Spa […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Top Class Thoroughbreds, sand, surf and turf dominate the Del Mar racing seasonDel Mar Photo Del Mar and Saratoga are open for business this weekend and Ascot runs one of England’s most important races of the year – the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The King George […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Those sorting out likely horses for November’s Breeders’ Cup Classic can move the residents of trainer Bob Baffert’s stable up a couple notches. In a big weekend of racing from coast to coast, Baffert saddled First Dude and Game On Dude to a 1-2 finish in Saturday’s $500,000, Grade […]