A couple of in-form 3-year-olds who have shown indications that longer distances may be to their liking could have a say in the outcome of the Grade 3, $500,000 West Virginia Derby on Saturday at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort. The connections of Pennsylvania-bred Chilly in Charge believe the 3-year-old colt is coming into his own after […]
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Top Line Growth wins Iowa Derby after Winning Number is disqualified
Call it, evidently, the year of the Derby disqualification. Two months after Maximum Security was disqualified after winning the Kentucky Derby, Winning Number had his number taken down from first to third Friday night at Prairie Meadows after crossing the wire first in the $250,000 Iowa Derby. Top Line Growth, who finished second and wasn’t […]
Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group Enjoys a Record-Breaking Start to the Summer Racing Season
Delaware attorney Stuart Grant’s stable The Elkstone Group had a promising start to the summer racing season as two horses broke long-standing track records within two weeks of each other. Top Line Growth, a 3-year-old gelding trained by Kelly Rubley and ridden by Julien Pimental, broke the track record for the mile at Laurel Park on June […]
Watch: Top Line Growth promoted to Iowa Derby win by disqualification
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Mor Spirit Retired To Spendthrift Farm
Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Mor Spirit, who’s best known for his dominant victory in the 2017 Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, has been retired and will stand stud in 2019 at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky. Mor Spirit is the newest stallion to be offered through Spendthrift’s renowned Share The Upside program. His Share The Upside […]
Lady Fog Horn Named 2015 ITOBA Horse of Year
Lady Fog Horn, Linscott Photography. The Elkstone Group’s homebred Lady Fog Horn was named Indiana-bred horse of the year April 16 during the Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s awards banquet at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. Lady Fog Horn scored four stakes victories among six wins last year at age 3 for trainer Tony Granitz: the Indiana First Lady, […]
Two-Time Indiana Horse Of The Year Lady Fog Horn Retired
Two-time Indiana Horse of the Year Lady Fog Horn is retiring. The five-year-old homebred daughter of Zavata left Indiana Grand Tuesday, Oct. 31 to begin the next phase of her career in the brood mare ranks. Lady Fog Horn made her first start at Indiana Grand August 23, 2014 for Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group […]
Mor Spirit Reigns for Baffert, Smith in Met Mile
One didn’t need to look at a tote board or study any past performances lines to figure what the outcome of the $1.2 million Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap (G1) would be. Based solely off what had already played out on the Belmont Park oval leading into the eight-furlong test, the combined presence from a pair of Hall of Famers […]
PA-Bred Mor Spirit a Top West Coast Derby Contender
Stuart Grant likes to tell folks that he spent time around horses growing up in Brooklyn, N. Y. Thing is, the horses all had cops on their backs. Grant is the proud breeder of Pennsylvania-bred colt Mor Spirit who was born at Derry Meeting Farm. The dark bay colt is considered one of the top West […]