Tag: Monomoy Girl

By Richard Rosenblatt That was easy, wasn’t it? Two-time champion Monomoy Girl kicked off her 6-year-old campaign with an emphatic victory in the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park on Sunday, gliding over a …

By Richard Rosenblatt As we embark on the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), it’s becoming difficult to avoid writing about Brad Cox. The affable almost 41-year-old trainer from Louisville, Kentucky has soared to …

By Lynne Snierson Florent Geroux is packing his tack and moving to Oaklawn Park this season. The addition of one of the nation’s top riders to the already intensely competitive jockey colony makes a declarative …

By Ed McNamara It was a late autumn afternoon at Turfway Park, a minor-league outpost in northern Kentucky, near the Ohio border. Not much that happens there is memorable, yet for Brad Cox it provided …

By Richard Rosenblatt Through the pandemic, quarantines, strict health and safety protocols, scheduling changes, and empty grandstands, the sport of thoroughbred racing was able to carry on and create so many memorable results in 2020. …

By Richard Rosenblatt Through the pandemic, quarantines, strict health and safety protocols, scheduling changes, and empty grandstands, the sport of thoroughbred racing was able to carry on and create so many memorable results in 2020. …

By Richard Rosenblatt Two-time Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Monomoy Girl will race in 2021 after all. The 5-year-old filly’s amazing comeback story took another giant stride forward Sunday, when Spendthrift Farm purchased her for …

Monomoy Girl Closes Career with Distaff Victory By Richard Rosenblatt, Ed McNamara and Jenny Kellner What a way to go out! The champion mare Monomoy Girl capped a brilliant career with an exceptional victory in …

Bettor’s Guide to Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Races By Noel Michaels Day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup is perhaps the best day of the year for horseracing and wagering, with the nine championship races going a …

Bettor’s Guide to Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Races By Noel Michaels Day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup is perhaps the best day of the year for horseracing and wagering, with the nine championship races going a …

BC Distaff Showdown: Monomoy Girl versus Swiss Skydiver By Lynne Snierson The stage is set for Monomoy Girl, the diva of the filly and mare division, to have her Hollywood ending with a victory in …

Breeders’ Cup Jockeys: Young Stars Looking to Make an Impact By Noel Michaels Good handicappers know that you can’t base your bets on the leading jockeys all the time, especially at the Breeders’ Cup. Let’s …

In the days leading up to the 37th Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, usracing.com is profiling the horses in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Saturday, Nov. 7). By Ed McNamara …

Breeders’ Cup Draw: Baffert’s Classic Trio Draw Outside Posts 8-9-10; Improbable 5-2 Favorite; Swiss Skydiver Going in Distaff By Richard Rosenblatt A little more drama was added to the Breeders’ Cup on Monday: Preakness-winning filly …

By Richard Rosenblatt Will she or won’t she? Neither owner nor trainer knows for sure … yet. Decision day looms on whether the Preakness-winning filly Swiss Skydiver will run against the boys in the $6 …