Marine Stakes

Supplemented into this spot after running third in the restricted Queenston Stakes earlier this month, Brachetto (Vekoma) took none of the money but all of the glory, springing the 18-1 upset Saturday in the GIII Marine Stakes at Woodbine. A six-furlong specialist who had previously tried no further than the seven-furlong Queenston, the Julia Carey trainee took three tries to break his maiden, doing so in his 3-year-old debut May 10 before trying stakes company. Breaking wide in this field of six for this 1 1/16-mile stretch out, Brachetto stayed...

The 2025 GI Stephen Foster Stakes was a doozy on paper, featuring the previous year's GI Kentucky Derby victor (Mystik Dan), a reigning winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic (Sierra Leone) and a G1 Dubai World Cup hero (Hit Show). The race was ultimately won by Mindframe (Constitution). There is very much a sense of deja vu this weekend for the nine-furlong contest--offering the winner an all-expenses-paid trip to this year's Classic just down the road at Keeneland--as 2025 Horse of the Year and spectacular Kentucky Derby conqueror Sovereignty...

Holiday weekends are often synonymous with exciting race cards and this Fourth of July weekend is no exception with a dozen graded events on tap Saturday that include some of racing's best. The highlight of the day's action is the return of 'TDN Rising Star' Life Is Good (Into Mischief), who is making his first start back since finishing fourth in the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 26 in Belmont's GII John A. Nerud S. A dominant winner of last year's GII Kelso H. and GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile...