Friends Lake

Well there goes one of my two selections for the Whitney Handicap. The prestigious Grade 1 stakes race set for August 6th at Saratoga looks to be drawing one of the deepest fields seen this year in the older male division. With horses like Sidney's Candy, Tizway, Giant Oak, Flat Out, and Rail Trip p...Read More

Grade I winner Friends Lake has been sold to Saudi Arabian interests for stallion duty, according to Schumer Bloodstock. He arrived in Saudi Arabia Oct. 2.Read More

Travers entrant Friend Or Foe continued his preparations Thursday morning, going for a “two-minute lick” through the stretch during training hours and schooling in the paddock just after 11 a.m.   Sent out at 6 a.m., he took the long way to the main track, walking over to and through the paddo...Read More

We've already covered the one-two for Afleet Alex in the Pegasus Stakes (gr. III) in a separate post, but he wasn’t the only second season sire with a graded winner at the weekend. 2005 Champion Turf Male Leroidesanimaux got off the mark when his son Leroy’s Dynameaux, benefitted from a fast early p...Read More