Earls Rock News Today

A lot goes into being a successful Thoroughbred trainer. You have to be good with the horses. You have to know how to handle the different owners and the media. You must be good at organizing the dozens of employees needed to keep the operation running smoothly and you have to juggle it all with your personal life.

Up to the Mark won the Turf Classic at Churchill Downs for the connections of Forte, the pre-race Kentucky Derby favorite scratched the morning of the race.

Du Jour retains the services of European legend Frankie Dettori and heads a field of six older horses going one mile on turf in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 American Stakes

The Irish put their stamp on the weekend stakes program at Santa Anita, winning three of the Grade 3 stakes on offer. The first victory came via Qu...

Mired in a career-worst slump and winless on the day, Flavien Prat found a way to win Saturday’s 10th and final race at Santa Anita, as he surged late aboard the Phil D’Amato-trained Earls Rock to win the $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3) by a nose while getting a flat mile on turf in 1:34.05.

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Niall Dalton 2022-01-28

April 1, 2021 01:01 PM Keeneland – Sixth Race – Post time: 3:51 ET 2-Stand By You (6-1) Let’s take an educated guess with a first-timer starter vanning down from Penn National in this below standard maiden special weight sprint for 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of Munnings displayed good speed when breezing a quarter mile in a very quick 21 1/5 seconds at the OBS Open 2-year-old in training sale last summer and finally makes it to the post after producing two recent bullet workouts...

Earls Rock Shortens Up, Wins Baffle Stakes At Santa Anita Sponsored by: Irish-bred Earls Rock and Flavien Prat (right) defeat Beer Can Man in the Baffle Stakes A lights-out maiden winner going a flat mile on turf in his U.S. debut Jan. 9, Irish-bred Earls Rock cut back in distance and further enhanced his status as an up-and-coming star with an impressive three-quarter length tally in Fridays $75,000 Baffle Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Trained by Phil DAmato and ridden b...