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Fort Washington
16
May
  • Dinner Party S.
  • Fort Washington
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Reeve McGaughey

Fort Washington doubles up in G3 Dinner Party

  • Nick Hahn / 6 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

G1 winner wins 2nd straight Dinner Party There was plenty different about this year’s $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes (G3) and last year’s edition: venue, turf condition, competitors and pace. But, despite the venue change from Pimlico to Laurel and the condition change from good turf to firm, the ultimate result didn’t change as Fort Washington […]

Fort Washington
09
Aug
  • Arlington Million
  • Colonial Downs
  • Fort Washington
  • Joseph Anzalone (owner)
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Virginia horse racing

Fort Washington in time to win the G1 Arlington Million

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Six-year-old Fort Washington has finally found his stride, and today he earned his first Grade 1 win in the Arlington Million at Colonial Downs.

Fort Washington
17
May
  • Dinner Party S.
  • Fort Washington
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Feeding time as Fort Washington wins Dinner Party

  • Nick Hahn / 1 year
  • 23
  • 2 min read

A slow early pace turned into a sprint for home, and Fort Washington proved fastest of all in the Grade 3 Dinner Party at Pimlico.

Sovereignty
10
May
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Sovereignty

Junior Alvarado sounds off on hefty Derby crop fine

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 15
  • 3 min read

“Extremely ridiculous,” jockey Junior Alvarado called a $62,000 fine he received for excessive crop use aboard Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.

Sovereignty
03
May
  • Bill Mott
  • Churchill Downs
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Michael Banahan
  • Sovereignty
  • Triple Crown

Sovereignty reigns in sloppy Kentucky Derby

  • The Biz / 2 years
  • 23
  • 4 min read

Sovereignty reigned supreme in a sloppy Kentucky Derby, rallying to overwhelm post time favorite Journalism.

Vahva
25
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • John Velazquez
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Pink Ribbon S.
  • Russell Road S.
  • Tyler Gaffalione
  • West Virginia horse racing

Vahva the “right horse” to win G3 Charles Town Oaks

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

On a day when speed killed, out-of-town riders said the key to Charles Town was having the right horse — including Charles Town Oaks winner Vahva.

Rocket Can Holy Bull
05
Feb
  • Bill Mott
  • Gulfstream Park
  • Holy Bull S.
  • Junior Alvarado
  • Rocket Can
  • Triple Crown

Triple Crown: Rocket Can wins Holy Bull

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Bill Mott trainees ran one-two as Rocket Can won the Holy Bull Stakes on the road to the Kentucky Derby.

Art Collector Pegasus
29
Jan
  • Art Collector
  • Bill Mott
  • Gulfstream Park
  • Junior Alvarado

Art Collector scores in G1 Pegasus

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Art Collector drew off in the stretch for a dominant win at long odds in Saturday’s G1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park.

Horologist
10
Apr
  • Aqueduct
  • Horologist
  • Junior Alvarado
  • New Jersey horse racing

Horologist returns a winner in Top Flight

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

New Jersey-bred Horologist made her first start since last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff a winning one in the Top Flight Invitational at Aqueduct.

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