Blood-Horse

Mythical showed that she’s the real deal at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 3, winning the $175,000 Adirondack Stakes (G3) by 3 1/4  lengths for her third victory in as many starts, all by open lengths. 

Siblings or half siblings of the past three editions of the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be offered at the 104th edition of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

MyRacehorse and Peter Leidel's Seismic Beauty rattled off her third consecutive front-running victory, this time at the top stakes level, by outlasting Kopion in the Aug. 2 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar.

Swift Delivery dashed to victory in the Aug. 2 Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, outrunning defending race winner Paramount Prince and five other horses in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up on Tapeta.

A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 wager will be held Aug. 3 at Gulfstream Park, where track officials project a wagering pool of between $1 million and $1.5 million. There is a carryover of $110.621.01.

Kilwin looked like she had a most impossible task ahead of her when the gates opened for the 100th running of the Aug. 2 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Florida invader Beach Gold proved right at home Aug. 2 in the Bluegrass State, setting a course record in upsetting the $249,375 Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Mile Stakes at Ellis Park.

World Beater did just that, defeating four international runners, including 2-1 favorite Hotazhell in the $750,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

Mirroring his winning performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) last fall, Sierra Leone rallied from behind a fast pace to defeat an all-star field in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

Deterministic successfully cut back to a mile to capture the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

The presence of homebred Meringue in the Aug. 3 Adirondack Stakes (G3) and yearling colt Alekazam in Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale Aug. 4 shows how far Steve and Denise Smith have come in their breeding and racing operation over a few short years.

The instructions from trainer Mark Casse to jockey Jose Ortiz were simple. The plan was sound but Ewing rejected it.

Wathnan and Coolmore are doublehanded Aug. 3 in the Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville Racecourse, with the Aidan O'Brien pair January and Exactly among the better fillies over a mile.

Jockey Umberto Rispoli is enjoying the ride that Journalism has taken him on this year.

Tapbyangels became the first winner for Barton Thoroughbreds' freshman sire Tap Back when the 2-year-old gelding won by 2 1/4 lengths in a maiden $25,000 claiming race Aug. 1 at Emerald Downs.

There will be a heavy dose of sadness attached to the Aug. 2 Whitney Stakes (G1) at  Saratoga Race Course for JoAnn Pepper and her staff at Old Friends at Cabin Creek.

Two stakes worth a combined $200,000 will be run during the upcoming September Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos: the $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes on Sept. 13 and the $125,000 Dark Mirage Stakes on Sept. 20.

Lane's End's Flightline will have his first yearlings offered in the United States on display at Fasig-Tipton's prestigious The Saratoga Sale Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

If the question is who was the best horse in the $400,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T), a case can be made that it was Zulu Kingdom.

After 11 years playing with the Houston Oilers and the Dallas Cowboys, Mike Renfro is part of the CJ Thoroughbreds team that will send out Tom’s Magic in the $1 million King’s Plate Stakes on Aug. 16 at Woodbine.