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By Noel Michaels Gold Dream is an established veteran star dirt horse in Japan, where he has racked up nine career wins and earnings equal to nearly $6 million in races ranging from one mile to 1 ¼ miles, all on the dirt. Gold Dream has won a trio of local Grade 1s in 2018-19, but his last open Grade 1 win came in the 2017 Champions Cup (formerly the Japan Cup Dirt), which marked the height of his career. He was sent off favored in last fall’s Champions Cup, and seemed to be nearly back to his old self

By John Furgele In rolling to 15 victories, Shartin N made harness racing history when she was voted Horse of the Year at the Dan Patch Awards, becoming the first pacing mare to win the sport’s top honor. Shartin N also became the first horse bred outside the United States to win the award. The New Zealand bred, like she did in many of her races, won easily with 83 votes. That was 41 votes better than 3-year old colt pacer Bettor’s Wish. Greenshoe, who captured Trotter of the Year honors, was third with 14 points. The announcement was made

By Noel Michaels Undefeated Japan-based 4-year-old is a perfect 6-for-6 after capping off a five-win sophomore campaign with a victory in the Champions Cup (G1), becoming only the fifth 3-year-old to win the race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt. All of his races have been on dirt, and perhaps the sky is the limit for this horse based on what we’ve seen. He also won Japan’s Dirt Derby (local G1). Chrysoberyl was highly-regarded going into the Champions Cup and sent off as the second-choice behind former winner Gold Dream, who ended up second and also set up for

By Ed McNamara Since forever, Arabs have revered the running horse. A legend of the Bedouins, nomads of the desert, says Allah created the horse from the South Wind and decreed: “You shall be Lord of other animals, and you shall fly without wings.” Thousands of years later, we are in awe of thoroughbreds. All of them descend from three Arab stallions – the Byerly Turk, Godolphin Arabian and Darley Arabian – who were bred to English mares in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Bedouin story also says Allah told the horse: “Men shall follow you wherever

By Ed McNamara Whenever megabucks are on the line, count on America’s best trainer to show up loaded. Nobody is better in major races than five-time Kentucky Derby winner Bob Baffert, who also excels with horses who aren’t 3-year-olds. When the Pegasus World Cup fell apart last month with the scratches of morning-line favorite Omaha Beach and second choice Spun to Run, it was there for the taking. Predictably, Baffert capitalized with 4-year-old Mucho Gusto. In his first race since being purchased by Prince Faisal bin Khaled, Mucho Gusto blew the Pegasus open at the top of the stretch and

By Richard Rosenblatt Now that the Kentucky Derby preliminaries are over, and the usual suspects — trainers Bob Baffert, Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher — have nearly one third of the top 44 horses on the Derby-qualifying points leaderboard, it’s time to get serious. Yes, the Derby championship series portion of qualifying opened last weekend with split divisions of the Risen Star (G2) at the Fair Grounds (50-20-10-5 points went to the first four finishers). And the winners, Mr. Monomoy and Modernizer, are 3-year-olds that now have enough points to qualify to Run for the Roses on the first Saturday