The $100,000 Alphabet Soup Handicap went to M-Z Racing Partnership’s Uncle Dave.  The 5 year-old gelded son of Langfuhr was allowed to settle in on an easy lead and was just able to hold off the late charge of Beyond Smart to win by a head.  Trained by Marcos Zulueta and ridden by Jorge Vargas, Read more »

The 15th edition of Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races turned into an exciting afternoon for local racing fans as they enjoyed a number of tight finishes and some truly outstanding performances. The twelve race program featured five stakes with purses totaling $500,000 and some of the Commonwealth’s best horses were at the top of their Read more »

By Evan Hammonds Swagger Jack, a grade I-winning son of leading sireSmart Strike  , has relocated to Dana Point Farm near Lenhartsville, Pa., where he will stand the 2016 breeding season for a fee of $3,500. “The syndicate decided Dana Point Farm would be the ideal location for Swagger Jack to move in Pennsylvania to be Read more »

By Tom Hall On Aug. 9, 1978, a Pennsylvania-bred Northern Dancer colt stepped into the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale ring. Some $310,000 later he became the property of Henryk de Kwiatkowski, who at that moment could not possibly have fathomed the impact this powerfully built bay would have on the Thoroughbred world. De Kwiatkowski, honoring Read more »

By Bloodhorse Staff Rebounding from an eighth-place finish in the Smile Sprint (gr. II), Newtown Anner Stud and Joseph Bulger’s Falling Sky captured the $75,000 Trinniberg Stakes at Gulfstream Park Aug. 1. Watch Video Making just his second start in 12 months and second since transferring from Geroge Weaver to trainer Martin Wolfson, Falling Sky won Read more »

Real Solution  , who stood his first season at Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky. this year, has been acquired by Calumet Farm near Lexington to stand at stud. A 6-year-old homebred son of the Ramseys’ leading sire Kitten’s Joy  , Real Solution began his career in Italy, where he was a stakes winner Read more »

Saturday Parx Racing hosted two state-bred stakes on the grass, the $75,000 Crowd Pleaser Handicap and the $75,000 Power By Far Handicap.  Chad Schumer’s Saham rallied from just off the pace for a convincing win in the Crowd Pleaser while Kiss the Daddy overcame traffic and trouble to win the Power By Far.   In Read more »

8th Race – Presque Isle Downs – Sunday, July 12th, 2015 Conditions: 1M Dirt. Northern Fling S. . FOR REGISTERED PENNSYLVANIA BRED FILLIES AND MARES, THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. No Nomination Fee. $250 to pass the entry box, with an additional $250 to start, with $75,000 Guaranteed of which 60% of all monies to Read more »

6th Race – Presque Isle Downs – Sunday, July 12th, 2015 Conditions: 1M Dirt. Leemat S. . FOR REGISTERED PENNSYLVANIA BRED THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. No Nomination Fee. $250 to pass the entry box with and additional $250 to start with $75,000 Guaranteed of which 60% of all monies to the Winner, 20% to Read more »

  Jockey Edgard J. Zayas and Favorite Talegot a quick jump out of the gate and never looked back to upset reigning champion sprinter Work All Week by 4 1/4 lengths in the Smile Sprint Stakes(gr. II) (VIDEO) on the July 5 Summit of Speed card at Gulfstream Park. A 4-year-old gelded son of Tale of Read more »