By Claire Novak, Photo: Coglianese Photos/Lauren King Close Hatches continued her winning streak in the $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes (gr. I) June 7 at Belmont Park, turning back the closing bid of 9-5 second choice Princess of Sylmar and picking up the pieces as even-money favorite and two-time champion Beholder finished fourth (VIDEO). Princess Read more »

Real Solution prevailed in a four-wide drive to the wire on Saturday at Belmont Park to add a second North American Grade 1 to his resume in taking the $1 million Knob Creek Manhattan by 1 ¼ lengths over Kaigun. Real Solution, who was declared the winner of last year’s Grade 1 Arlington Million via Read more »

By Tom LaMarra,   Photo: Coglianese Photos/Susie Raisher   Princess of Sylmar may not have won an Eclipse Award for 2013 despite four consecutive grade I victories, but owner Ed Stanco of King of Prussia Stable was a happy man the evening of May 30 at the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association’s Iroquois Awards Dinner. Stanco Read more »

PTK’s Our Epiphany won the $100,000 Black Type Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico Racecourse on May 16.  Trained by Dane Kobiskie and ridden by Grant Whitacre, the 3-year-old Pennsylvania Bred filly, by Great Notion, sprinted clear around the first turn and led every step of the way.

This is the deal of the century!  PA welcomes Wildcat Brief at this very late date, so if you have mares not booked or bred yet, you might want to consider this fine G3 placed stakes winning runner from the Forest Wildcat/Storm Cat line.     He is FREE to mares this 2014 season ONLY because of the Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff Divine Fortune, the Eclipse Award-winning champion steeplechase horse of 2013, started a successful defense of his title May 10, winning the Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes (NSA-I) at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn. The 11-year-old Royal Anthem gelding went to the front in the 73rd running of the event at the drop Read more »

In his first two seasons as a racehorse, Choctaw Racing Stable & Winning Horse Stable’s Officer Alex had already shown his liking for the surface at Parx Racing, winning twice and running second in three career starts over the track.  Coming from off the pace, he again showed his affinity for the local track as Read more »

By Frank Angst,   Photo: Skip Dickstein In one of the more dramatic victories of his career, Wise Dan held off a late surge from Juddmonte Farms homebred Seek Again to post a narrow victory in the $559,100 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (gr. IT)  May 3 at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). In prevailing by a head Read more »

Published on Thursday, 24 April 2014 09:57 Joe Clancy Flatterer (in retirement in 2007) won four consecutive Eclipse Awards in 1983-86. Lydia Williams photo Steeplechasing’s grand old man is gone. Four-time champion steeplechaser Flatterer, the oldest Eclipse Award winner and Thoroughbred Hall of Famer, died Tuesday at owner Bill Pape’s My Way Farm near Unionville, Pa. Read more »

By Jack Shinar Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Wise Dan took his first step toward a possible third straight Horse of the Year title with a measured victory in the $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile (gr. IT) on the Keeneland turf April 11 (VIDEO). Trainer Charlie LoPresti says he may try some different tests this season with Read more »