Tag: Mineshaft Handicap

By Ed McNamara No winner of the Risen Star Stakes has won the Kentucky Derby, but that could change if a decision ever is reached on whether to disqualify the late Medina Spirit for a …

By Richard Rosenblatt Charlatan, who returned to the races after an absence of eight months with a dominating 4 ½-length victory in the Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on opening day Dec. 26, …

Saturday’s Mineshaft Handicap, the first of four graded stakes on a loaded Saturday card at Fair Grounds, which also features the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (GII) and Risen Star Stakes (GII), drew a field of eight …

Gallant Stable’s Mineshaft Handicap (GIII) winner Majestic Harbor will attempt to earn his second consecutive graded stakes victory in the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (GII).  The eight-year-old son of Rockport Harbor won his last race …