Klaravich Stables

7th-Monmouth, $48,625, Msw, 5-25, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.85, fm, 3 1/2 lengths. GROWTH TRAJECTORY (GB) (f, 3, Lope de Vega {Ire}--Wekeela {Fr} {GSW & G1SP-Fr, GSW & MGISP-USA, $418,587}, by Hurricane Run {Ire}) was one of two runners in this contest to be making their debuts and the first-timers claimed the exacta in this turf maiden on the Jersey Shore. Bumped at the start, but recovering to race from fourth, the 7-2 second choice was rolling from three wide passing the quarter pole as she advanced through the far...

9th-Keeneland, $139,423, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 4-25, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:48.60, sy, 3 1/4 lengths. UNMATCHED WISDOM (c, 4, Cairo Prince--Glide On By, by Pure Prize) earned his 'TDN Rising Star' tag with a 6 1/4-length win at Aqueduct just over a year ago and stayed undefeated through a win in the Curlin Stakes at Saratoga July 19. Off the board however in both the GI Travers Stakes and the GI Pennsylvania Derby, he went to the sidelines for the rest of the year and just resurfaced off the seven-month...

3rd-TAM, $53K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:18 p.m. ET. CHA CHA QUICK (Into Mischief) makes her first start for breeder Stonestreet. Out of SP Peggy Jane (Kafwain), the homebred counts as a full-sister champion female sprinter Gamine. The Brad Cox trainee hails from an extended female family which includes Canadian champion grass horse Dynamic Sky (Sky Mesa). TJCIS PPS 6th-TAM, $53K, Msw, 3yo, 7f, 2:55 p.m. ET. Another homebred exits the Tampa barrier in Godolphin's Playa Del Mar (Into Mischief). Trained by Bill Mott, the colt's dam is GISP Flor...

Dornoch (Good Magic), Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and Fierceness (City of Light) in the Three-Year-Old Male category were among the finalists for the 2024 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence through the past year in Thoroughbred racing, the National Thoroughbred Racing Associaiton (NTRA) said in a Sunday release. Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced on FanDuel TV, and other outlets, during the ceremony, presented by John Deere, Keeneland, and The Jockey Club, on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The evening will culminate with the...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Relative Value at Tampa Bay Downs on Friday. It's All Relative Klaravich Stables' Relative Value (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}) became the latest horse to join the Making Waves ranks with a half-length debut victory at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 3 (video). Trained by Chad Brown, the son of Blind Faith (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) was bred by Ickworth Stud. Sold by Ballyphilip Stud...

Jockey Dylan Davis earned 209 wins across six race meets in 2024 to pace all riders and secure top honors as the leading rider at the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA). This is Davis's second year-end NYRA title, adding to a 2022 campaign which saw him win 186 races. This year, Davis, who is represented by agent Mike Migliore, scored a pair of meet titles at the Aqueduct winter [54] and Belmont at the Big A fall [44] meets. "It means a lot," said Davis. "Me and Mike put...

5th-Aqueduct, $90,000, Msw, 11-10, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.59, fm, 2 lengths. HIGH BETA (c, 2, Volatile--Tippany, by Tapit) just missed by a head as the heavy favorite at the Meadowlands going one mile Sept. 28. Adding the extra 1/16th Sunday, the even-money chalk raced in the front flight in a ground-saving spot just off pacesetter Reteko (Outwork). Shifted out around the turn past the half in :48.99, High Beta had plenty left when ridden to the front off the far turn and held off a charging group led by Constitution...

Dylan Davis and Chad Brown have claimed individual meet titles for jockey and trainer, respectively, for the 2024 Belmont Big A fall meet while Klaravich Stables continued their domination of the owners' ranks, NYRA announced via release Sunday evening. Leading all jockeys with 44 wins, it is Davis's third individual title on the NYRA circuit with a winter meet title at Aqueduct earlier this year and in 2022 under his belt. He has 177 NYRA-circuit wins in 2024 heading into Aqueduct's fall meet spanning Thursday, Nov.7 to Sunday, Dec. 29....

Domestic Product (Practical Joke-Goods and Services, by Paynter) who emulated his own sire when winning the GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga, will retire to Coolmore America's Ashford Stud to stand alongside his sire following his final start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Saturday, Nov. 2, the farm announced Monday morning. In addition to the Jerkens this summer, the three-year-old won the GIII Tampa Bay Derby and the GIII Dwyer Stakes. Like Practical Joke, he was trained by Chad Brown for Klaravich Stables. "Domestic Product has always...

1st-Belmont The Big A, $90,000, Msw, 10-13, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.02, ft, 4 lengths. FULLY SUBSCRIBED (f, 2, Tiz the Law--Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride {Arg}) was bet down from her 6-1 morning line to 5-2 in her first start since bringing $300,000 at OBS April earlier this year. Outrun by most of the field in the opening furlong from her rail draw, she stayed along the fence under Dylan Davis and enjoyed a ground-saving trip around the far turn past the half in :46.16. Tipped outside of a pair of...

The weather did not bother 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke--Strong Incentive, by Warrior's Reward) as she skimmed the Aqueduct slop and easily took home the GII Gallant Bloom Stakes on Sunday afternoon. Last seen capturing the GI Test Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 3, that effort came on the back of a career best two back--at least on paper--over a Saratoga first-level allowance group June 6. She'd dominated those rivals by 8 1/4 lengths and earned a 104 Beyer, stronger than anything else this field had managed to...

Godolphin, who bred and campaigned 2023 Horse of the Year Cody's Wish (Curlin), was honored as the 2023 National Owner of the Year and Breeder of the Year at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's National Awards Dinner held Saturday, Sept. 7 at Fasig-Tipton. Godolphin also took home the Eclipse Award last year for both owner and breeder. National Owner of the Year finalists, also celebrated Saturday, included Juddmonte, Klaravich Stables, George Krikorian and Zedan Racing Stables. National Breeder of the Year finalists were Juddmonte and Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC....