Brad Cox Archives - Lady and The Track
Field Set For 147th Kentucky Derby, Essential Quality Favored
April 30, 2021 | Margaret Ransom2021 Kentucky Derby Marks Return to May, Some Spectators Back For Live Race By Margaret Ransom Champion Essential Quality will break from position 14 for Saturday’s 147th edition of the Kentucky Derby (GI) and the undefeated son of Tapit was labeled the early 2-1 morning line favorite in the full field of 20 set […]
Oaklawn Set for 2021 Opening on Friday
January 21, 2021 | Margaret Ransom2021 Season Opens With Similar Look, Some Important And Significant Changes By Margaret Ransom Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, will open for its 117th season of live racing on Friday with a nine-race card featuring the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds, the first stop on the state’s lucrative path to the Kentucky Derby (GI), […]
Monomoy Girl, Swiss Skydiver Rivalry Likely A Distaff “One & Done”
November 6, 2020 | Margaret RansomNovember 6, 2020 Distaff Takes Spotlight On Breeders’ Cup Saturday Card By Margaret Ransom Everyone loves a good rivalry in horse racing. War Admiral vs. Seabiscut. Gallorette vs. Stymie. Affirmed vs. Alydar. Easy Goer vs. Sunday Silence. Beholder vs. Songbird. Zenyatta vs. Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta vs., well, just about everyone else and Rachel […]
Juveniles Top Churchill’s Breeders’ Cup Worktab Friday
October 30, 2020 | LATT StaffDale Romans, Brad Cox Trainees Top Churchill Works By LATT Staff/Churchill Downs Press Release Trainer Dale Romans sent out his stakes-winning duo Girl Daddy and Sittin On Go for Friday morning works at Churchill Downs in preparation for next Friday’s Breeders’ Cup “Future Stars Friday” program at Keeneland. Girl Daddy, who is set for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), logged […]
Twelve For 150th Travers At Saratoga
August 23, 2019 | Margaret RansomSaratoga’s Feature Attracts Competitive Field By Margaret Ransom Juddmonte Farms’ grade 2 winner Tacitus was labeled the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers Stakes (GI) at Saratoga and the gray colt will face off against 11 rivals for the 150th running of the Saratoga summer racing season feature. The Bill Mott-trained son […]
Monomoy Girl On Her Way To Greatness
July 20, 2018 | Scott DickTapizar Filly Shows Versatility Is Her Super Power by Scott Dick In all sports, greatness is defined in many different ways, often with championships. With the Breeders’ Cup World Championships just a mere three months away, this is the time of year where horse racing’s most talented horses begin to emerge on the road […]
Benner Island Scores in Eight Bells
May 5, 2017 | Margaret Ransom(Churchill Downs Press Release) BENNER ISLAND HOLDS OFF UNION STRIKE TO WIN EIGHT BELLES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 5, 2017) – Shortleaf Stable’s Benner Island held off the fast-closing Union Strike by a head and survived a rider’s objection to win the 62nd running of the $200,000 Eight Belles presented by Kentucky Trailer (GII) for […]
Green Mask Reveals Talent In Twin Spires Turf Sprint Win
May 5, 2017 | track-admin(Churchill Downs Press Release) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 5, 2017) – Abdullah Saeed Almaddah’s Green Mask collared pace-setting Latent Revenge inside the sixteenth pole and drew off to a two-length victory in the 14th running of the $150,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint presented by TwinSpires.com (GIII). Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Javier Castellano, […]
