Palace

Palace (City Zip--Receivership, by End Sweep), his sire's only multiple Grade I winner currently at stud, has been sold to continue his career in Saudi Arabia. The deal was brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock. Trained for the majority of his racing career by Linda Rice, Palace raced at a top level into his 6-year-old season and was a leading sprinter of 2014, with victories in the GI A. G. Vanderbilt H. and GI Forego S. at Saratoga. He retired to Spendthrift Farm with 12 wins from 30 starts...

It was about 9:15 a.m. on a chilly day at Belmont and as I headed down the aisle towards the back door of Barn 44 for what felt like the 50th time since arriving at 5:15 a.m., a hot walker stopped me in my tracks saying with a laugh, "You two started neck and neck earlier, but now she has 10 lengths on you." The woman he was referring to was top trainer Linda Rice and he couldn't have summed her up much better. A client once compared Rice to...

Palace (City Zip) fired a five furlong bullet in :59.85 Sunday morning over the Belmont training track, leading trainer Linda Rice to believe he is ready for a start in the GI Vosburg Sept. 26. Palace has been on the bench since sustaining a cut after stumbling out of the gate in the John Morrissey S. July 30, but Rice explained that after the breeze Sunday he seems ready to return to the races. "He fell and hurt his foot really badly and it's been quite an ugly wrap," she...