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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Comes Full-Circle With Purchase Of Tapwrit Filly At Fasig-Tipton July Sponsored by: Tapwrit at Gainesway 1.10.19. When a horse sells for $1.2 million as a yearling, the daydreams that follow often center around hoisting trophies in high-profile races and standing at a high-profile stallion operation for years to come. They don't usually include unheralded $100,000 yearling purchases somewhere down the road, but one in particular marked the next chapter for an ownership group and its star horse. On Tuesday, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners secured a filly f...

Weekend Lineup: Talk Derby To Me! Sponsored by: by NTRA | 04.30.2021 | 12:21pm The eyes of the sporting world will be on Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., this weekend for the Grade 1 147th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The Kentucky Derby, “America's greatest race” is back in its traditional position on the first Saturday in May, with fans in attendance, after being held last Sept. 5 without spectators due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on May 15 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., and the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 5 at Be...

Red-Hot Jonathan Thomas Sets Sights On Wood Memorial With Nicky The Vest Sponsored by: New York-bred Nicky the Vest won his career debut by 3 1/4 lengths under Kendrick Carmouche Nicky the Vest, trained by Jonathan Thomas for owner Robert LaPenta, matched a career-best 83 Beyer last out in a dominant 11 3/4-length score in the $100,000 Gander, a one-turn mile for New York-bred sophomores on Valentine's Day at Aqueduct in Ozone Park, N.Y. In victory, Nicky the Vest, bred in the Empire State by Highclere, became the first stakes winner for his sire Runhappy. Purchased for $110,000 at ...

Sponsored by: Kenny Had a Notion regained his winning ways in the Spectacular Bid Kenny Had a Notion and Maythehorsebwithu, separated by a neck following a stretch-long duel in the Spectacular Bid last month, will hook up again as the primary challengers in Saturday's $100,000 Miracle Wood at Laurel Park in Maryland. The 26th running of the one-mile Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds and the 28th renewal of the $100,000 Wide Country for 3-year-old fillies are among six stakes, two graded, worth $900,000 on the nine-race Winter Sprintfest program. Serving as co-headliners are the $250,000 ...

MARYLAND HORSES IN NY STATE OF MIND Hello Hot Rod, with Trevor McCarthy up, won the Jimmy Winkfield. Photo by Chelsea Durand/NYRA. Frank Vespe February 1, 2021 A trio of Maryland-based horses are eyeing Aqueduct stakes in the coming weeks – and two others recently won stakes there. Hello Hot Rod, a three-year-old, Maryland-bred Mosler colt, fought gamely to win Sunday’s seven-furlong Jimmy Winkfield Stakes by a head. Hello Hot Rod led throughout and had just enough to hold off the bid of Return the Ring. It was Hello Hot Rod’s third consecutive win and first in stakes company. He’s tr...