Horse Racing News by Brisnet
On Fire Baby and Tapiture headline a pair of strong undercard stakes races at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
Will Take Charge recording a well-beaten sixth as the 3-5 chalk in the Grade 2 Alysheba, and the classy four-year-old colt will be seeking a measure of redemption when he lines up for Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Stephen Foster H.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Real Solution shed his "nearly-horse" tag with a convincing rally in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan Stakes.
Antonino Miuccio's Palace overcame a bad stumble exiting the gate in Friday's Grade 2, $250,000 True North to post a three-quarter length victory on the wire of the swiftly-run six-furlong sprint.
Matias Cavalieri traveled to see his Argentinean Group 1 heroine Miss Serendipity contest Monday's $301,000 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita.
Phipps Stable and Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey have cornered the market on the Grade 1, $400,000 Man o' War Stakes of late, with Point of Entry (2012), Boisterous (2013) and now Imagining prevailing in Sunday's renewal at Belmont Park.
After looking beat nearing the turn in Sunday's Grade 2, $250,000 Ruffian Stakes at Belmont Park, Fiftyshadesofhay rallied down the center of the track to take the one-mile contest by three parts of a length over Grace Hall and My Wandy's Girl.
Confidently handled by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, Glen Hill Farm's Global View reeled in Storming Inti by a measured neck in Saturday's Grade 2, $29
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman found some reason to cheer as their four-year-old filly Midnight Lucky turned in scintillating effort in the Grade 1, $330,600 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs.
Amerman Racing LLC's homebred Coffee Clique slipped through along the rail to capture Saturday's Grade 2, $336,900 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile.