
Kensington Lane Belmont Oaks Upset Gives Donnacha O’Brien Saratoga Grade 1
Kensington Lane sprang a Belmont Oaks upset at Saratoga for Donnacha O’Brien and Joel Rosario, turning a US Grade 1 into a launchpad for an American campaign.
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Kensington Lane sprang a Belmont Oaks upset at Saratoga for Donnacha O’Brien and Joel Rosario, turning a US Grade 1 into a launchpad for an American campaign.
Booked won the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga for Steve Asmussen and Ricardo Santana Jr., becoming an early juvenile name to follow at the Spa.

Harper’s Corner made all to win the Listed Schuylerville at Saratoga by 5 1/4 lengths, giving Cathal Lynch and Paco Lopez a fresh juvenile filly to follow.

Constitution River gave Aidan O’Brien a 10th Coral-Eclipse success at Sandown, with Ryan Moore steering the three-year-old clear of A Boy Named Susie.

Bill Mott plans to send Sovereignty and Baeza to the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga after Sovereignty’s Stephen Foster defeat.

Maryland officials have approved the state purchase of Laurel Park, clearing the way for the racecourse to become a year-round Thoroughbred training centre.

Javier Castellano will miss Saratoga’s opening weekend after a four-horse fall in the Wild Applause Stakes, with all horses reported OK after the incident.

Lost Boys is being aimed at the Coral Kincsem Heritage Handicap at Goodwood after Wathnan Racing opted for a measured next step.

Roger Varian is set to take a patient route with Sallaal after his Sandown Gala Stakes win, with Haydock’s Rose of Lancaster Stakes under consideration.

Barratt Redrow has denied that a Kempton Park planning application will be submitted this year after a claim attributed to Spelthorne MP Lincoln Jopp.

Monmouth Park has cancelled its Friday, July 3 live racing card because of excessive heat, while keeping the track open for simulcasting.

Longtime Maryland trainer Howard Wolfendale has died aged 69 after complications from a stroke, prompting tributes across the Mid-Atlantic racing circuit.