TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Atop My Throne Marksman Queen tracked down her first career stakes win in style, wiring the $250,000 Keertana in 2:26.74 to set a new Churchill Downs turf course record for 1 ½-mile contests. The remarkable Saturday afternoon showing began with...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Mission Accomplished   Super Chow kickstarted his fourth professional campaign with a come-from-behind victory in Saturday afternoon’s $140,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint.   Forming a line of leading options with 8-5 favorite Comedy Town (post...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Ten Hut!   Both Major Dude (2-1) and Fort Washington (11-1) put forth a valiant effort in Saturday’s $215,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2T) at Gulfstream Park, but only one left the 1 1/8-mile battle victorious.   A neck’s distance ended up being...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Show Me the Money Usain Bolt was born to be a sprinter. Prince Fielder was born to be a baseball player. Win for the Money was born to be a champion racehorse. The 5-year-old gelding joined elite company after capturing the $1 million Woodbine...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Watchful Eye Originally scheduled for Saratoga’s turf, Tropical Storm Debby pushed the $300,000 Troy Stakes (G3) to the dirt. The change in surface caused eight hopefuls to drop out, leaving five to compete for the top spot in the 5 ½-furlong...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Use your Head Trikari channeled his inner Mikel Merino with a heads-up effort in Saturday’s $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) at Aqueduct. Like the Spanish midfielder, who delivered a stunning game-clinching header in the 119th minute of last...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Almost Automatic If an NFL kicker only makes 76 per cent of their…

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Almost Automatic If an NFL kicker only makes 76 per cent of their kicks, they’re not very good at their job. If a racehorse wins at a 76 per cent clip, they’re amongst the elite of the elite. That is 6-year-old The Chosen Vron. The reigning...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon All Knight Long With the way California-bred Kings River Knight has been running lately, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see the 5-year-old superstar in Dodger blue sometime soon. Jokes aside, the gelding continued his recent stretch of stakes...