Ways and Means Much the Best in G2 Bed O’ Roses

Ways and Means much the best in G2 Bed o’ Roses

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Klaravich Stables’ Kentucky homebred Ways and Means loomed large in the turn and sprinted clear with authority to capture Friday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Bed o’ Roses, a seven-furlong sprint for older filles and mares on Day Three of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown and piloted by Flavien Prat, the 4-year-old Practical Joke bay improved her recor…

Acorn undercard: Ways and Means coasts in Bed o' Roses

Klaravich Stables’s Kentucky homebred Ways and Means loomed large in the turn and sprinted clear with authority to capture Friday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Bed o’ Roses, a seven-furlong sprint for older filles and mares Thursday at Saratoga. Trained by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown and piloted by Flavien Prat, the 4-year-old Practical Joke bay improved her record at the Spa to 5: 4-1-0, led by a score in last year’s Grade 1 Test. Click her…

'TDN Rising Star' Ways And Means Chairs Bed O' Roses Romp At The Spa

A 2024 Eclipse Award finalist in the Female Sprinter category, Ways and Means (Practical Joke) chaired the GII Bed o' Roses Stakes session like a seasoned chairperson at the Spa on Friday afternoon. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' after debuting a winner by an eye-catching 12 3/4 lengths as a juvenile upstate that August, the filly last season turned in a sparkling performance when she netted the GI Test Stakes over the local course Aug. 3, and follow…