Strong and speedy colt from the last crop of the top racehorse and sire Giant's Causeway leads all Kentucky Derby hopefuls by points.
Brian Lynch
Classic Causeway, from the last crop of the late Giant's Causeway, sizzled in his win at Tampa Bay Downs, earning 10 Kentucky Derby points.
Bought for $10,000 as a yearling, Spooky Channel's on the rise as a marathon turf star for Hamilton who recently retired his millionaire Heart to Heart.
Oscar Performance seized command early and played the pacemaker’s role to perfection while winning Saturday’s Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile.
Jim and Susan Hill’s Grand Arch closed with authority to capture Sunday’s $202,000 Grade 2 King Edward Stakes, at Woodbine. Grand Arch, a five-year-old bay son of Arch-Bacinella, arrived at the one-mile turf stake off a narrow half-length defeat when third in a Churchill Downs turf allowance on May 9. Trained by Brian Lynch and […]
Five Iron made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $127,750 Toronto Cup, at Woodbine. Five Iron, a chestnut son of Sharp Humor trained by Brian Lynch, came into the 1 1/8-mile turf stake off a front-running score in the Victoria Park Stakes and found that same style to be a winning one in […]
Amerman Racing LLC’s Coffee Clique rallied from off the pace to win Sunday’s $153,600 Grade 3 Selene Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Brian Lynch, the three-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro was full of run through the stretch under rider Luis Contreras to score a four-length win in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake. Leigh Court set […]
Luis Contreras picked up his fifth win on the card, piloting Blue Heart to a narrow score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Contreras won with five of his eight mounts on the afternoon, having his pictured snapped with Inclusa (Race 1), Run in Aruba (Race 3), Consolidator Joe (Race 4) and Mount […]
Amerman Racing LLC’s Blue Heart saved all the ground before launching a decisive run to capture the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The 1 1/16 mile-event is the second jewel of the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. The Exchange Rate-Flawless Diamond filly, trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Alex […]
Trainer Roger Attfield, with eight Queen’s Plate wins, is tied with Harry Giddings Jr. for most visits to the winner’s circle in the ‘Gallop for the Guineas’ and the conditioner is hopeful that Colleen’s Sailor can break the deadlock. “It would mean a whole lot,” said Attfield, of the opportunity to hold the record outright. […]
