Justify

Craig Bernick's Nola Soul (Justify) is on target for the G2 Coolmore Stud City Of Troy Tom Cooper Irish EBF Futurity Stakes at The Curragh on August 22. Trained by Fozzy Stack, the colt broke his maiden at Leopardstown over seven furlongs in May, good for a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' badge, beating subsequent G2 Prix Robert Papin second King Of Cloughan (St Mark's Basilica). Wheeled back at Royal Ascot, the colt confirmed his class with a half-length win in the Listed Chesham Stakes over that trip on...

Making her stakes debut and her first trip to the races in nearly four months, WinStar Farm homebred Kentucky Belle (Justify) was produced in upper stretch by Irad Ortiz, Jr. and finished full of run of all to cause a 10-1 upset in Friday's GII Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks. Kentucky Belle jumped without incident from gate one, was eased back to the rear of the field and switched off nicely, as longshot Code (Tiz the Law) cut out the fractions in advance of Just Aloof (Justify), with Fitz Right (Charlatan) enjoying...

Lindy Farms's That's How We Love (Justify), a head-turning, 8 1/4-length debut winner going 1 1/16 miles over the Monmouth Park lawn July 17, could make her next start in a grassy optional claimer at that same distance on Travers Day at Saratoga Aug. 29. "I think we're gonna take baby steps with her and not get ahead of ourselves," trainer Philip Antonacci said. "There's a 1x for 3-year-old fillies in this next book at Saratoga on Travers Day. That's probably the logical spot and from there figure out how...

A debut consignment of eight in the big catalogue at Saratoga? Saplings just don't spread that kind of shade. Only Heartwood is no sapling; nor even a graft of another tree. But while many of the fundamentals remain unaltered, from the land to the stock itself, a new name was imperative to show that one of the most resonant brands in Bourbon County has had a reset. After a combined 24 years working there for Shack Parrish and his family, Juan Aguilar and Sarah Sutherland in April signed a lease...

Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland Voyager (Justify--Chart, Lea) outlasted them all and broke her maiden in gate-to-wire fashion in the opener at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. The Mark Casse trainee was the runner-up on debut at Churchill Downs June 10 and finished in that same position in the Schuylerville Stakes at the Spa July 3. Ready to try the grass for the first time here, Voyager went off as the even-money favorite. The 2-year-old was handed an easy lead out of the blocks and the bay headed towards the...

Coolmore's G1 St Leger hero Scandinavia (Justify) collected a first elite-level victory in last year's renewal of Goodwood's G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup and repeated the dose, at the expense of the unlucky-in-running Trawlerman (Golden Horn), to become Aidan O'Brien's third dual winner of the two-mile marathon. "Scandinavia is a great horse and a real, real top stayer," said O'Brien after the four-year-old added to the dual wins of Yeats and Kyprios. "He has a big cruising speed and relaxes when he finds his rhythm. Ryan [Moore] said that the...

He had to fight for it, but Highwaytothemoon (Ransom the Moon) fought off all challengers and defied his own trainer's expectations to win the Plate Trial at Woodbine. After a lengthy delay at the start, Casson (Caravaggio), the 9-5 favorite, stepped out to set pace through an opening quarter of :23.33 while closely tracked by Powell River (Justify). The pair continued to control the proceedings through a half-mile in :47.84, but the closers, the eventual winner included from his spot in fourth, were inching nearer as they swung through the...

THAT'S HOW WE LOVE (f, 3, Justify--Ashlee's Lady, by Gilded Time) was given a chilly 9-1 reception on this unveiling, but ran like she was the heavy favorite to win at first-asking. Bumped at the start to find herself outfooted for the front, she set up shop in third, but was a touch hard to handle in the early stages. No one was in any hurry as the positions didn't change much until they closed ranks on the final bend, where That's How We Love began her march to the...

"There's no such thing as a mistake." He doesn't mean it literally, of course. Evan Sandhu knows perfectly well how horses can make us repent of words and deeds. But he also understands that the greater your ambition, the more essential humility becomes. At Keeneland last November, Sandhu bought a mare named Sing Me Home (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), carrying what proved to be a filly by Yaupon, for just $25,000. But both had already been sold on by the time the mare's 2-year-old by Justify, Nola Soul, won the Chesham...

On pedigree, Ballydoyle's Haffner (Justify) has no right winning over seven furlongs but that's exactly what he was able to do in a key Newmarket maiden as he became his sire's 13th TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. Having chased home the Superlative-bound Abraham Lincoln at The Curragh over an inadequate six-furlong trip last month, the 5-4 favourite was able to enjoy an easy time setting moderate fractions in front here. Always comfortable, the relative of the operation's multiple Group 1-winning stayer Order Of St George was cajoled clear by...

1.40 Newmarket, Mdn, 2yo, c, 7fT HAFFNER (Justify) is the chosen Ballydoyle representative in this Rossdales British EBF Maiden Stakes over the early entries Oklahoma and Shakespeare and puts the Curragh maiden form of his Superlative-bound Abraham Lincoln on the line at the start of the card. Runner-up to his much-vaunted stablemate over an inadequate six furlongs, the relative of the operation's multiple Group 1-winning stayer Order Of St George encounters Godolphin's newcomer Al Wathba (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a €900,000 Arqana Deauville August graduate from the Charlie Appleby stable...

Saturday's second race at Saratoga promised to showcase a number of well-regarded maidens looking to get the job done, but landed on radars for a different reason--the series of unfortunate events before and during the race. Still, despite the drama in front of her, Pros and Cons (Justify) found her best stride in the lane to win confidently in her second career start. The unfortunate luck kicked off during the loading process when Bittersweet Memory (The Factor) shied away from the gate, and fell to the course after flipping over....