$1.25 Million in Danger as Sovereignty Faces Challenge From Surgery Comeback Horse

$1.25 Million in Danger as Sovereignty Faces Challenge From Surgery Comeback Horse

Sovereignty has really made a name for himself in the 2025 three-year-old division, showing off his skills and standing out at every major event. He burst onto the scene at a muddy Churchill Downs, charging to victory in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 with jockey Junior Alvarado. With a brilliant stretch drive, he outpaced the pre-race favorite, Journalism, and has now racked up over $4 million in purse winnings in his career. Instead of going afte…

HORSE RACING: Pipsy looks for third straight in Caress

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Woodford Thoroughbreds’ Pipsy has looked sharp in winning both of her starts this year, scoring in an allowance race at Keeneland in April before a sharp effort to take the Grade 2 Intercontinental Stakes in June at Saratoga Race Course. She will look to make it three in a row in a strong renewal of the Grade 3, $175,000 Cares — which will feature the top five finishers of the Intercontinental — a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon tu…

Asmussen: Iowa Derby winner Magnitude will train up to Travers

Magnitude covered a solo half-mile in 51.68 seconds on Saturday over the Oklahoma dirt training track as he points towards the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, a 1 1/4-mile test for sophomores on Aug. 23 at Saratoga. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen for Winchell Thoroughbreds, the Not This Time bay was completing his first breeze back since a 9 1/4-length score in the 1 1/16-mile Iowa Derby on July 5 at Prairie Meadows. That effort earned …

GEORGE BOUGHEY: Weekend Preview

Believing finished a strong fourth in the July Cup last weekend on what was her final start for us, and she now heads off to Coolmore, writes GEORGE BOUGHEY. She’s been an absolute star to train: tough, talented and sound, and I’ve no doubt she’ll make a brilliant broodmare. Unassuming was given a lovely ride by Jack Callan last Friday at Ascot. She’s starting to really get the hang of things now. We’ll look at Goodwood next where she should get…