TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Noble Challenger Knightsbridge may not be as experienced as his 11 contemporaries in Saturday’s $300,000 Perryville (G3) at Keeneland, but the 3-year-old colt has more than enough talent to run with the big dogs. Through two career starts – a...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Big Game Fever Caitlinhergrtness is out to prove her brilliant conquering of the 165th King’s Plate was no fluke when she contests the $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) this Saturday at Keeneland. The 3-year-old filly named after...

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)...

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...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Rested and Raring to Go The last two starts have been tantamount to a championship hangover for 2024 Preakness (G1) winner Seize the Grey, but the 3-year-old colt can right the ship in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx....

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three’s Company For all the talk around Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and a potential Kansas City Chiefs threepeat, there’s another powerhouse trio with a shot at history this weekend. On Saturday, jockey William Buick, trainer Charlie...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Still Burnin’ After 29 starts, four graded stakes wins, and over $2 million in total purse earnings, 7-year-old gelding Get Smokin is still hungry for more. The marvelous Mark Casse trainee will make his triumphant return to Kentucky Downs this...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Life-Changing Money Poll time! Who will earn more money in 2024: Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell or the winner of this Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) at Kentucky Downs? Those who answered Dell, who accumulated...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Royal Return A Twisters-esque scene in the Greater Toronto Area last Sunday cut short the most celebrated day on the Canadian Thoroughbred racing calendar. Now that the torrential downpours have subsided (knock on wood), the 165th running of...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   2.5 Million Reasons Colonial Downs is set to host a septet of stakes, including three of the graded variety, this weekend. Headlined by the $1 million Arlington Million (G1T), the Virginia racecourse’s loaded slate remains on track despite the...