Ole Crazy Bone

Since seeing its purse raised to $3 million back in 2024, European-based runners have dominated the Nashville Derby, with Bellum Justum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Kameko) taking down the top prize, each time with the now-retired Frankie Dettori in the irons. Saturday's contest, to be run over the extended mile and a quarter over the undulating Kentucky Downs turf course, has been upgraded to Grade II status for this running, and those that have made the trans-Atlantic journey for some of Europe's top outfits look...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Saturday will be yet another emotional day for the proud Clement family. The day's featured ninth race is the $750,000 GI Christophe Clement Stakes, named for the newly-minted Hall of Fame trainer and patriarch of the family. Christophe Clement passed away in May at the age of 59 and has left a huge void in the stable and at home. "He would have loved it, I suppose," his son and trainer Miguel said while standing outside the Clement barn on the Oklahoma Training Track. "Especially a...

The youngest entry out of seven in Saturday's GI Christophe Clement Stakes at Saratoga Race Course is Amo Racing's European invader Ancient Egypt (Ire) (Frankel {Ire}), who will be looking to punch his "Win and You're In" ticket for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf. In a short amount of time the 3-year-old has faced some tough competition on the other side of the Atlantic while representing the yard of Charlie Johnston. The colt missed by a neck in the G2 King Edward VII Stakes during the Royal Meeting at...

A resilient winner of the GII Bowling Green Stakes Saturday, Ole Crazy Bone (Ghostzapper) has emerged from the race in good form and is a possible for the GI Christophe Clement, setting the gelding up for a potential rematch with third-place runner Minaret Station (Instilled Regard) and runner-up Fort George (GB) (Territories {Ire}). "[Flavien Prat] knew he was the pace and rode [Ole Crazy Bone] like he was the best horse," said owner Flying P Stable's Jay Provenzano Sunday, while visiting Ole Crazy Bone at the barn. "He's perfect this...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The first thing you notice about trainer Mike Maker these days is that there is a lot less of him. About 60 pounds worth. "Not eating and a lot of walking," Maker said when asked how he dropped the pounds. The slim and trim Maker is hoping that his 6-year-old gelding Ole Crazy Bone (Ghostzapper) is just as fit when he runs in Saturday's $250,000 GII Bowling Green at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Owned by Flying P Stable, Ole Crazy Bone is the 5-2 third...

Making his second start off an apparently audacious $100,000 claim, Flying P Stable's Ole Crazy Bone (Ghostzapper) raced prominently throughout Saturday's running of the $2.5-million GII KTDF Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes at Kentucky Downs and came away in the final eighth of a mile to punch his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1. Haltered out of a runner-up effort over the Churchill turf course on June 26, the 5-year-old was last seen in the Turf Cup Preview race at Ellis Park Aug....