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Clicquot
21
Sep
  • Brendan Walsh
  • Clicquot
  • Cotillion S.
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Clicquot slurps up Cotillion win

  • The Biz / 4 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Clicquot rallied to win the Grade 1 Cotillion Saturday at Parx, upending three Grade 1 winners in the process.

Indy Bay
22
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Indy Bay
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Indy Bay surges to Charles Town Oaks win

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Indy Bay parlayed a good trip into a late surge and her first graded stakes victory, in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks.

Mindframe
30
Jun
  • Bashford Manor S.
  • Churchill Downs
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mindframe
  • Romeo
  • Stephen Foster S.
  • Todd Pletcher
  • Xavier Perez

Md-breds Mindframe, Romeo take Churchill stakes

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 15
  • 3 min read

Maryland-breds thrived in Kentucky, with Mindframe winning the G1 Stephen Foster and 2yo Romeo upsetting the Bashford Manor.

Fondly
14
Jun
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Oaks
  • Delaware Park
  • Fondly
  • Graham Motion
  • Irad Ortiz

Fondly takes Delaware Oaks decisively

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 16
  • 3 min read

Fondly romped in the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, confirming what trainer Graham Motion thought of her and calling to mind old friends.

Vote No
14
Jun
  • Alapocas Run S.
  • Cape Henlopen S.
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Full Moon Madness
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Malibu Beauty
  • Obeah Handicap
  • Paco Lopez
  • Vote No

Vote No says yes in Cape Henlopen

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 17
  • 4 min read

Vote No rallied late to prevail in Delaware Park’s Cape Henlopen, one of three undercard stakes on the Delaware Derby and Oaks card.

American Promise
15
Mar
  • American Promise
  • Colonial Downs
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Fondly
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Nik Juarez
  • Sebastian Nicholls
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Oaks

American Promise dazzles in Virginia Derby

  • The Biz / 10 months
  • 1
  • 4 min read

D. Wayne Lukas has himself another Kentucky Derby horse, as the suddenly mature American Promise blitzed the field in the Virginia Derby.

Owen Almighty
09
Mar
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Owen Almighty
  • Tampa Bay Derby
  • Tampa Bay Downs
  • Triple Crown

Derby trail: Owen Almighty dominates Tampa Bay Derby

  • The Biz / 10 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Owen Almighty zipped to the front early and never was challenged en route to an easy win and 50 Kentucky Derby points in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby.

Super Chow
18
May
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Javier Castellano
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Sprint H.
  • Pimlico
  • Super Chow

Super Chow eats up rivals in G3 Maryland Sprint

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Super Chow registered his third graded win of 2024 when he posted a front-running score in the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint on the Preakness undercard.

Frost Free
18
May
  • Brett Creighton
  • Chick Lang S.
  • Frost Free
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Luis Saez
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Steve Asmussen

Frost Free ices competition in Chick Lang Stakes

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Frost Free broke to the front and never looked back to win the Chick Lang Stakes on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

National Treasure
20
May
  • 1st Racing
  • Blazing Sevens
  • Bob Baffert
  • Chad Brown
  • Gustavo Delgado
  • Irad Ortiz
  • John Velazquez
  • Mage
  • Maryland horse racing
  • National Treasure
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

National Treasure takes topsy-turvy Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

On a troubled Preakness day, National Treasure took advantage of a slow early pace to give jockey John Velazquez his first Middle Jewel.

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