Race Within a Race Saturday in Smiling Tiger at Del Mar. Five horses are scheduled to battle Saturday in the first running of the Smiling Tiger Stakes, but most of the focus in the six-panel dash for 3-year-olds will be on a pair of speedsters named Vertical Threat and Ragtime Blues…
With the win secured in the July 18 TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, Authentic will train into the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs. Trainer Bob Baffert reported Sunday that Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables, and Starlight Racing’s Into Mischief colt came out of the Haskell in terrific shape and was headed by van to Lexington, where he will remain for a week before catching a flight back to his Southern California base…
Bob Baffert doesn’t always win the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes. It just seems that way. After taking a five-year respite, including a runner-up finish behind 3-year-old champion Maximum Security in 2019, Baffert added another brick to the wall July 18 when Authentic captured the $1,005,000 Haskell at Monmouth Park to extend the Hall of Fame trainer’s record total to nine wins in the 1 1/8-mile, Grade 1 race for 3-year-olds…
OCEANPORT, N.J. — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert got yet another win in the Haskell Stakes with a talented, developing colt who is now very much in the picture for the coronavirus-delayed Kentucky Derby. Authentic gave Baffert his record-extending ninth victory in the $1 million Grade 1 Haskell on Saturday, holding off late charging Ny Traffic by a nose at Monmouth Park…
Bob Baffert doesn’t always win the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1). It just seems that way. After a five-year drought, including a runner-up finish behind 3-year-old champion Maximum Security in 2019, Baffert added another brick to the wall July 18 when Authentic captured the $1,005,000 Haskell at Monmouth Park to extend the Hall of Fame trainer’s record total to nine wins in the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds…
Authentic, the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, is ready to roll. That’s the word from Jimmy Barnes, the top assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has already collected a record eight Haskell trophies. “The horse is doing very well,” said Barnes, who arrived on the Monmouth Park backside with Authentic on Tuesday evening following a flight from their Southern California base…
Successful partnership to send out favorite in the $1 million Haskell (G1). At a time when the nation is in the grip of a pandemic, residents of New Jersey can take heart. The Avengers are coming to the Jersey Shore. No, not Steed and Mrs. Peel, if you’re old enough to remember the always-victorious secret agents of the old British spy show. And not exactly Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the rest of their superhero pals…
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won Monmouth Park’s Haskell a record eight times, though not since 2015 with Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. Baffert took a moment to reflect on Pharoah’s trip to the Jersey Shore during Wednesday’s media teleconference organized by the NTRA. “I remember bringing Pharoah in there, and I was really nervous,” said Baffert…
Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1) runner-up Authentic drew post 2 and was pegged as the 4-5 morning-line favorite July 15 as part of a seven-horse field for the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) July 18 at Monmouth Park. One of the favorites for this year’s postponed Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs, Authentic bids to give Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his ninth win in the 1 1/8-mile Haskell, the richest race on Monmouth’s schedule…
Listen in on another evening of entertainment from the Breeder’s Cup Cocktails & Conversation as we head into an exciting weekend of racing! This episode’s special guests are Jack and Laurie Wolf of Starlight Racing and Sol Kumin of Madaket Stables. They join hosts Nick Luck and Britney Eurton to chat all things Authentic, ahead of his start in the ‘Win And You’re In’ TVG Haskell Saturday at Monmouth!
