Warrant, a son of Constitution, overcame a brutally wide trip to win the Inaugural $300,000 Texas Derby at Lone Star Park. Favored in the 1 1/16-mile heat over nine rivals, Warrant scored by three parts of a length over Mr. Wireless, with Rightandjust third and Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Super Stock fourth. He traveled five …
Largent wins the G2 Ft. Lauderdale and earns his spot in the $1 Million Pegasus Turf In winning the Grade 2 Ft. Lauderdale Stakes at Gulfstream Park, Largent became the second stakes winner for his dam and the 34th graded stakes winner by leading sire Into Mischief (by Harlan’s Holiday). Largent had already won restricted stakes, and …
Son of Constitution being pointed toward the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes (G1). Graded stakes winner Independence Hall returned to the races after a seven-month layoff with a decisive victory in a Nov. 8 allowance optional claimer at Del Mar. The strapping son of Constitution was making his first start since being transferred to the California-based barn of trainer …
If there was a horse that did poorly in Monday’s draw for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, it was Tiz The Law. Luck left him stuck inside in post 2, a place that flies in the face of the conventional wisdom that says the Belmont Stakes likes it better when he races to the outside. Lead …
The Belmont Stakes winner got to Lexington two weeks ago, and by all accounts from connections, he feels a lot better there. Tiz the Law should feel at home. He was raised just 20 miles away from the Keeneland Track at Twin Creeks Farm. “He seems to like it,” Tagg said after Tiz The Law …
