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Essential Quality Extends His Lead In NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by: Essential Quality (Tapit) wins the Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on 4.3.21. Luis Saez up, Brad Cox trainer, Godolphin LLC owner. Undefeated Essential Quality, fresh off a determined victory in the Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 3, maintained the top spot in this weeks National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll. Trained by Brad Cox and bred an...

Concert Tour, Swiss Skydiver Moving Up In NTRA Polls Sponsored by: Concert Tour and Joel Rosario ran away with the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn After each posted handy victories this past weekend, unbeaten sophomore Concert Tour and champion filly Swiss Skydiver both advanced up to third in this weeks National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, respectively. Concert Tour earned his third win from as many career starts...

Photo: Parker Waters/Eclipse Sportswire Brad Cox took a tough loss when Caddo River finished fifth during the weekend in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, but he is expected to come right back with Mandaloun, another Kentucky Derby contender in Saturdays Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. The winner of the Risen Star (G2) last out, Mandaloun would take on Midnight Bourbon, who finished second and third, respectively. The three also finished in the top three in the Lecomte (G3), with Mi...

Life Is Good Moves Up To Second In NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by: Life Is Good, Mike Smith aboard, following his eight-length San Felipe win Life Is Good was as good as advertised this past weekend when the son of Into Mischief rolled to an eight-length victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park. As a result of that emphatic triumph, the bay colt was able to close the gap on champion Essential Quality in this weeks National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NT...

Charlatan Takes Over No. 1 Spot In NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Sponsored by: Charlatan in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18 Though he was caught in late stretch en route to finishing second in the $20 million Saudi Cup on February 20, Charlatans game effort against international competition was enough for the son of Speightstown to garner favor among voters, who moved the colt into the No. 1 spot on this weeks National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll. Trained by Bob ...

Las Vegas He was going too fast. Way too fast. In his first start going farther than he had ever raced before, Knicks Go could not possibly win setting such a suicidal pace. Have we not learned by now? Not about fast fractions but about this 5-year-old horse and his 40-year-old trainer. Since he was transferred more than a year ago to Brad Cox, Knicks Go is now 4-for-4 – and 3-for-3 as a favorite. That is just what he was Saturday, when he was sent off at odds of 6-5. He led at every call, cr...

Pletcher Runs 1-2 As Colonel Liam Bests Largent In Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Sponsored by: Colonel Liam holds off Largent to give Todd Pletcher a 1-2 finish in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Robert and Lawana Lows Colonel Liam, the least experienced contender in the richest grass race of the winter season, looked like a seasoned pro in his graded-stakes debut, powering through the stretch to edge Grade 2-winning stablemate Largent by a neck in Saturdays $1-million P...

Playing Favorites in the Pegasus World Cups Playing Favorites in the Pegasus World Cups 21 January, 2021 5:50 PM By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Weve all heard the phrase "chalk-eating weasel" to describe a horseplayer who isnt afraid to bet on favorites. Its a humorous term, and certainly Ive been known to eat my fair share of chalk through the years. But "chalk-eating weasel" doesnt really capture how heavily Ill be relying on favorites at Gulfstream Park this Saturda...

Weekend Lineup Presented By The Maryland Jockey Club: Pegasus Races Anchor Gulfstream Card Sponsored by: Knicks Go winning the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational and $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational are among the seven graded-stakes worth $4.725 million on a blockbuster 12-race program at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Both Pegasus races will be part of NBCs live national telecast from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Expanded coverage of the Pegasus World ...

Mucho Gusto invited back to defend Pegasus World Cup title By TIM REYNOLDSJanuary 3, 2021 GMT This photo provided by Benoit Photo shows Charlatan and jockey Mike Smith, right, winning the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP) This photo provided by Benoit Photo shows Charlatan and jockey Mike Smith, right, winning the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif. (Beno...