Tough Enough finished last in the seven-furlong handicap Sept. 2 having had his hind shoes removed at the start, with a report from the stewards saying there were “lateral protrusions on [the] rear shoes which were larger than those permitted.”

The race featured fractional times of :27.40, :45.09, and 1:09.80. Ways and Means finished second and Wonder Ride third.

Trainer Michael Stidham saw enough from Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) runner-up Proxy to point the talented Godolphin homebred to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park. 

Sara Elbadwi & Kyle Hampton look back at the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Grade 2 Prioress Stakes.

Report from Japan.

Two previous stakes winners on the Saratoga turf, defending titleholder Emaraaty and last year’s Better Talk Now Stakes hero Wit, will lock horns for the first time in the Sept. 4 Bernard Baruch Stakes.

Two previous stakes winners over the Saratoga turf, defending titleholder Emaraaty and last year’s Better Talk Now Stakes hero Wit, will lock horns for the first time in the Sept. 4 Bernard Baruch Stakes.

Najja Thompson, Executive director of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, discusses the 30% purse increase for New York-breds competing in open company races.

Gold Phoenix rallied from next-last to win the Del Mar Handicap (G2T) Nov. 2, earning a “Win and You’re In” berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) in November.

Motorious returned from a break in style as he rallied near the center of the course to win the $150,000 Green Flash Handicap (G3T) Sept. 2 at Del Mar.