KENTUCKY — By Matt Shifman   The Grade 1, $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup will be run Saturday as part of the Keeneland fall meeting. A field of 10 3-year-old fillies received invitations from the racing office to run in this 1 1/8-mile turf race. All but one of...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Simply Spack-tacular We’re running out of superlatives for 4-year-old colt Carl Spackler (IRE), who collected his sixth career graded stakes title in convincing fashion on Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. The Tyler Gaffalione mount led...

KENTUCKY — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes – a Breeders’ Cup “win & you’re in” qualifier.   Date: Sunday, October 6 (Race 9, 5:16 pm ET)   What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 to win on #2 Candied...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Terrific Twos Immersive’s imperviousness to the dreaded ‘terrible twos’ has been a marvel for ownership group Godolphin, whose homebred filly is off to a perfect 2-0-0 start to her racing career. Fresh off a scrappy score in the Spinaway (G1)...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   Two-year-olds get a graded stakes opportunity turf sprinting Friday at Aqueduct where the Futurity Stakes serves as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. As one would expect from a graded stakes sprint for...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Toll Bridge A win in Saturday’s $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic would have made War Like Goddess the first three-time champion in the history of the ½-mile event. But as you may have already gleaned, that did not happen. Instead, it was 5-2...

TORONTO — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes – the third jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown   Date: Sunday, September 29 (Race 9, 5:40 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet: $20 win on Saccharine   The Reason: She...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Bring it Home After five seasons, 12 wins (10 graded stakes), and $2.875 million banked, War Like Goddess has given her connections just about everything they could have asked for. But the 7-year-old mare is by no means ready to hang up the...

NEW YORK — By Ed DeRosa   When it comes to the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes on Saturday at (Belmont at) Aqueduct, the one sure bet I would make is that none of these horses will be a factor in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Yes, this is a Grade 1 prep race...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Moment Seized After missing the board entirely the last two times out, Seize the Grey made his triumphant return to the winner’s circle on Saturday afternoon at Parx. The 3-year-old colt avenged substandard showings in the Belmont (G1)...