Gold Square

How's Al Today became the first two-time winner of the 2026 Kentucky Downs meet on Wednesday's closing day, taking the Pepsi Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes just 11 days after he won a restricted allowance race going 6 1/2 furlongs Aug. 29. That start, his first on the turf, came after a third-place finish in the GII Saratoga Special Aug. 1. The 2-year-olds stayed in a pack on this stretch out to one mile with the 5-2 favorite, racing in the colors of Gold Square LLC, situated in the middle...

Team Europe has been a kid in the candy store for the last several years at Kentucky Downs, and their graded stakes domination continued during the 2026 season as Take Charge Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) strode home powerfully to claim the GII Mint Franklin-Simpson Stakes hardware on day six of the boutique seven-day meet. A known commodity back home, the Johnny Murtagh-trainee has faced salty company in his last three jumps on three different circuits. He wasn't a factor May 23 when running eighth in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas...

OCEANPORT, NJ--Only two months removed from a victory in the GI Preakness Stakes, Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) returns to the races in Saturday's GI NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park. Although some might assume the grey would be favored heading into Monmouth's midsummer test for sophomores, they should think again. At Tuesday's Haskell press conference luncheon at the Oceanport oval, the dual Grade I winner was installed the 5-2 second choice on the morning line behind Further Ado (Gun Runner), who was granted 2-1 favoritism in advance of the...

GI Preakness Stakes hero Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) has made the trip from Belmont Park to Monmouth and has settled into Barn 21 ahead of Saturday's GI Haskell Stakes. The two-time elite-level winner shared a van with fellow Gold Square LLC-owned and Chad Summers-trained Dry Powder (Gun Runner), who is set for the GII Molly Pitcher Stakes on the Haskell undercard. Summers says Napoleon Solo will be out on track Monday, but will not be doing any serious preparation at this point. The conditioner added that the plan would be...

LIGHTS OUT LENI (Speightstown) was well-backed by the betting public as the 6-5 favorite for her debut here. The filly meant business at the bell and proceeded to make every pole a winning one through the top of the lane. Making the most of her unveiling, the 3-year-old sailed home a no-doubt graduate for Al Gold. Directive (Gun Runner) was the runner-up. The winner's dam is responsible for 2-year-old colt Sultan of Swing (Justify) and a yearling filly by Yaupon. A half-sister to GI TVG Acorn Stake heroine Sweet Reason...

Grade I winner Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) continued preparations for his next Kentucky Derby qualifier with a strong work at Palm Meadows last Friday, but the question remains as to which race the grey will be pointed for at the end of the month. Cruising through five panels in 1:01.45, marking it the fastest work of five at the distance, the colt worked in company with Saffie Joseph Jr. trained Ruleroftheuniverse (Sharp Azteca). The latter posted 1:02.15 for the trip. "I couldn't be happier with how he's coming along," trainer...

Unbeaten Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map), unraced since a powerhouse, front-running victory in the GI Champagne S. at the Big A Oct. 4, is gearing up for his sophomore debut. The Gold Square colorbearer has posted four workouts for Chad Summers at Palm Meadows this winter, including a four-furlong bullet in :48 (1/19) Thursday. "He's doing well," owner Al Gold said. "The plan is either the (GII Coolmore) Fountain of Youth (at Gulfstream) or the (GIII) Gotham (at Aqueduct) on Feb. 28 or the (GIII) Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 7." The...

5th-AQU, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 2:10 p.m. ET. OTTINHO (Quality Road) is out of Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), who is famously known for producing one of the top sires of this age in Gun Runner (by Candy Ride {Arg}). The first-time starter and Three Chimneys homebred--sent to trainer Chad Brown--counts among his extended female family GISW Funtastic (More Than Ready) and MGSW Lull (War Front). A stablemate of Ottinho, Up Yonder (Curlin) heads to the post for owner Jeff Drown. The $500,000 Keeneland September grad is out of a winning...

Despite a dominant 6 1/2-length history in the GI Champagne S. at Aqueduct Oct. 4, Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) will skip the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Napoleon Solo is owned by Al Gold's Gold Square LLC and is trained by Chad Summers. The story was first reported by the Daily Racing Form's David Grening. "Unfortunately , the Breeders Cup is in California every year," Summers said. "Hopefully, that will change. It's a lot to ask of these 2-year-olds. We weren't really sure what we wanted to do after the race...

Gold Square's Napoleon Solo (c, 2, Liam's Map--Atomic Blonde, by Scat Daddy), a very sharp debut winner of an auction-restricted maiden special weight sprinting at Saratoga Aug. 8, put on a dominating display in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Champagne S. going a one-turn mile at the Belmont at the Big A meeting. Sent to the front by Joel Rosario over a surface playing very kindly to speed, the 6-1 chance cleared from his outside draw and led through fractions of :22.53 and :44.24 with imposing 2-5 favorite It's...

Named a 'TDN Rising Star' when romping to a 12-length maiden victory over the adjacent Tapeta track back on July 13, Gold Square LLC's Two Out Hero (War Front) split horses decisively with push coming to shove in Saturday's Soaring Free Stakes at Woodbine and finished nicely to take his record to two wins from as many tries and cap a wildly successful afternoon from the King's Plate-winning barn of Kevin Attard. Off as the 6-5 chalk, the $240,000 Keeneland September purchase could have flaunted the same sort of speed...

With a soft crunch of the ground beneath and a spring in that step of his out of the box, Two Out Hero (War Front--Song River, by Liam's Map) was smashing as he graduated on debut at Woodbine on Sunday which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star' patch for his saddlecloth. In a race which was moved from the turf to the all-weather, the 2-year-old first-timer did not mind the new surface one iota. Tearing up the base paths, Two Out Hero clearly distanced himself from the rest of field...