Crudo Romps in Sir Barton
Crudo. (Jim McCue/TMJC) Second Straight Front-Running Score for 3YO Justify Colt David Joseph/TMJC BALTIMORE–Bobby Flay Thoroughbreds and James Ventura’s Triple Crown-nominatedCrudoput on a command performance in just his third career start to romp by 7 ½ lengths at Pimlico Race Course in Saturday’s $100,000 Sir Barton, sponsored by Spendthrift Farm to Benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. The 27th running of the 1 1/16-mile Sir Barton for 3-year-old non-winners of an open sweepstakes was the sixth of 10 stakes, five graded, worth $3.3 million in purses on a spectacular 14-race program headlined...
Reagan’s Wit Total Pro in James Murphy
Reagan's Wit gets the second win of the day for Jose Ortiz and trainer Cherie DeVaux in the James W. Murphy Stakes. (TMJC Photo) Becomes Stakes Winner with Popular 3 ¼-Length Triumph David Joseph/TMJC BALTIMORE–West Point Thoroughbreds, David Ingordo and CJ Stables’Reagan’s Wit, supplemented into the race off his graded-stakes debut, proved too much for the competition with an eye-catching 3 ¼-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course. The 60th running of the one-mile Murphy for 3-year-olds and up on the grass was the seventh of...
Fierceness Sets Track Record in G2 Alysheba
Fierceness back in style in the Alysheba (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Kevin Kerstein/Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Repole Stable, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smithand Michael Tabor’s Fierceness returned to Churchill Downs in style Friday afternoon by setting a track record in posting a 1 ½-length victory over Most Wanted in the 22nd running of the $750,000 Alysheba (GII) Presented by Sentient Jet for 4-year-olds and up. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez,Fiercenesscompleted the mile and a sixteenth over the fast main track in a track record 1:40.06....
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