Thorpedo Anna Prevails in Dramatic G1 Personal Ensign
Thorpedo Anna (inside) battles Dorth Vader to the wire in the Personal Ensign (Chelsea Durand) Mary Eddy/NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Ken McPeek exuded confidence heading into Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign that his reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna would claim victory in the nine-furlong test for older fillies and mares. While the margin was a desperate nose, the filly nicknamed the “Grizzly Bear” came out on the winning end of a dramatic stretch duel with Grade 1-winner Dorth Vader in front of a...
Hope Road’s Exquisite Grand Jeté in G1 Ballerina
Hope Road's dam, Marley's Freedom, won her first Grade 1 race in the 2018 Ballerina for trainer Baffert. (Joe Labozzetta) By Lynne Snierson SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Like Mother, like daughter. Cicero Farms’ Kentucky homebredHope Road, trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, captured her first top-level trophy with a statement win in Saturday’s 47th running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Resorts World Casino Ballerina, a seven-furlong affair for fillies and mares 3-years-old and older at Saratoga Race Course. The 4-year-old filly's dam, Cicero Farms' Marley's Freedom, won her first Grade 1...
Dr. Venkman’s Late Rally Gets Win in Pat O'Brien
Dr. Venkman. (Benoit photo) Del Mar Press/Edited DEL MAR, Calif.—Alipony Racing, Agnew or Bunch, et al’s Dr. Venkman took advantage of a hot early pace Saturday and closed nicely late to come away a half-length winner in the $250,500 Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar. The seven-furlong, Grade II testing, which finished up in 1:21.53, saw closers run 1, 2 and 3 in the six-horse field after stablemates Speed Boat Beach and Maymun cut out rapid early splits, then backed up late. Finishing second was Eric and Sharon Waller’s Stronghold and third,...
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