The resurrection of Catholic Boy continued Saturday with a romp in the 1 1/4 mile Travers Stakes. The son of More than Ready battled with Mendelssohn, a surprising front-runner given his last two feeble starts. Wonder Gadot, the wonder filly from Canada, threatened early but dropped back in the pack. She would finish last. Catholic […]
Read MoreSaturday’s 2018 Travers is shaping up to be one of the most competitive Travers in a long time, with one clear front-runner, a formidable foe from north of the border, and several horses who are just starting to live up to their potential. Good Magic, the runner-up to Triple Crown winner Justify in the Kentucky […]
Read MoreIs hell freezing over? In the latest NYRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, Accelerate, fresh off his victory in the Pacific Classic, passed Justify as the No. 1 horse in America. Accelerate received 337 points, including six first-place votes. Justify received more first-place votes (31), but some poll respondents – Bob Ehalt, Evan Hammonds, Gary West, Jill […]
Read MoreAfter many weeks of vacillating, the owners of Justify finally came out and said what most people were thinking: Justify, who seemed to have a chronic swollen front ankle, would be retired and would not race again. The owners and trainer Bob Baffert did the right thing; he was injured, and the injury was not […]
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