When Wise Dan swept three categories - Horse of the Year, older male, and turf male - at the Eclipse Awards in 2012 and 2013, it brought back sunny memories of Round Table, who collected Horse of the Year honors, a champion male turf horse award, and male handicap honors in 1958.
Tag: The Sport
Statement Victory for Art Collector in Blue Grass Stakes
Art Collector painted a rosy picture for his Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prospects by defeating 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver and 11 other colts and geldings in the $600,000 Toyota Blue Gra
Remembering Royal Delta, a Tenacious Champion
Racing is filled with the disappointing tales of horses who are bought for a seven-figure price tag but never come close to repaying their owner for signing that huge check. Then there are horses like Royal Delta, who left her owner with no regrets about paying a king’s ransom for her, even if she did not cover a humungous price tag. The story of Royal Delta actually has two chapters.
2020 Ashland Stakes at a Glance
Those cheers you heard when Swiss Skydiver’s name popped up in the entries for the Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes no doubt came from the connections of the six 3-year-old fillies entered in the Grade 1 Central Bank Ashland Stakes.
