Graydar’s 3-year-old colt Gray Attempt won his 2019 debut in Friday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park in his first step on the Triple Crown. [WATCH RACE]. With the win, Gray Attempt also earned 10 points toward Kentucky Derby eligibility and is now ranked 11th on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard. The Kentucky Derby is limited …
By Alicia Wincze Hughs @BC_AHughes Bloodhorse 10-29-18 Catholic Boy looks the part in his final BC work! In the handful of months Javier Castellano has been paired with Catholic Boy, the only impression the son of More Than Ready has made on the Hall of Fame rider is the sense he can do no wrong. …
By Steve Haskins Bloodhorse Throughout modern day racing history, there have been top-class grass horses who could run big on dirt, like John Henry, and there have been top-class dirt horses who could run big on grass, like Secretariat. But there is a third kind of horse that is extremely rare. That is the horse …
By T.D. Thornton TDN Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) came out of his victory in Saturday’s GI Runhappy Travers S. in good order and trainer Jonathan Thomas was contemplating how best to get his charge to the Nov. 3 GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. “He cooled out nicely, ate up well last night and looked like …
By Bob Ehalt Bloodhorse Triple Crown winner Justify was not among the field of 10 in the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1), but if owner Robert LaPenta gets his way, the 149th Midsummer Derby will have a movie star as its hero. As 7-5 favorite Good Magic and the filly Wonder Gadot finished next-to-last and last, respectively, it was LaPenta’s …
Catholic Boy Re-Rallies to Take Down Analyze It Again in the Belmont Derby Saturday, July 7, 2018 TDN When last they met in the GIII Pennine Ridge S. June 2, ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Analyze It (Point of Entry) looked to have the race sewn up in the waning strides, only to have Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) surge late …
Sunday, June 3rd 2018 By T.D. Thornton ~ TDN Five months ago Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) was my somewhat unorthodox selection to anchor the No. 1 spot on the season’s inaugural TDN Derby Top 12 rankings. After a commanding dirt win in the nine-furlong GII Remsen S. at Aqueduct, Catholic Boy looked uncomfortable pressing the pace …
PURE SILVER, multiple stakes winner including the G2-Adirondack S. was named CHAMPION 2 Yr-Old Filly NY Bred of 2017. Bred and raced by Twin Creeks and sired by Twin Creek’s very own MISSION IMPAZIBLE.
Blood Horse January 3rd, 2018 Lombo used his sprinter’s speed to get to the front and kept going all the way to the finish to pick up 10 Road to the Kentucky Derby points in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 3 at Santa Anita Park. After he set a pace of :23.40, :47.26, and 1:12.20 through …
