High Noon Rider Shocks Claiming Crown Emerald at 50-1
High Noon Rider (Photo by Lauren King/Coglianese Photos) GenStar Thoroughbreds’ High Noon Rider, having spent the summer and early fall on the road, returned home to register the biggest win of his 55-race [...]
Jesus’ Team Reigns Supreme in Claiming Crown Jewel
Jesus' Team (Photo by Derbe Glass/Coglianese Photos) Prepping for a planned start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, Grupo 7C Racing Stable’s Jesus’ Team returned [...]
Maker seeks to cap banner season in Claiming Crown
Mike Maker (Photo by Coady Photography) Winding down the best season of his career and coming in off the Churchill Downs’ fall title, trainer Mike Maker looks to add to his record 17 [...]
Jesus Team Returns to Roots in Saturday’s Claiming Crown Jewel
Jesus Team (Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup/CSM) Grade 1 stakes-placed in his two most recent starts, Jesus’ Team will return to his roots Saturday with a start in the $150,000 Claiming Crown [...]
G3 Winner Tusk, Defending Champ Muggsamatic Top 95K Emerald
Tusk winning the Tropical Turf Stakes (Photo by Coglianese Photos) Jordan Wycoff’s Tusk, unraced since becoming a graded-stakes winner 10 months ago, and defending champion Muggsamatic, wheeling back just two weeks off his [...]
Claiming Crown Returns to Gulfstream for Ninth Year in a Row on December 5
The 22nd edition of the Claiming Crown, a nine-race event offering $835,000 in purses to the blue-collar horses that are the backbone of the Thoroughbred industry’s day-to-day racing schedule, will return to Gulfstream Park for [...]
Leitone Takes Claiming Crown Jewel to Cap Servis’ Big Day
Leitone (Photo by Lauren King/Coglianese Photo) Ara Aprahamian’s Leitone made an already great day even better for trainer Jason Servis Saturday while scoring a convincing 2 ½ -length triumph in the $200,000 Jewel [...]
Forest Fire Headlines Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park
Forest Fire (Maryland Jockey Club photo) Shirley Lojeski’s Forest Fire will bring stakes credentials into Saturday’s $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel, which will highlight the $1.1 million, nine-race event for horses that have raced [...]
Claiming Crown Set for December 7, 2019, Nomination Forms Now Available
The 21st running of the Claiming Crown has been set for December 7, 2019, at Gulfstream Park. The nomination form, summary of conditions and individual race conditions are now available on the forms and nominations [...]
Claiming Crown, Florida Derby, Pegasus World Cup Highlight 2019-2020 Gulfstream Meet
The $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series, which has become one of sport’s most prestigious and exciting days, and the $1 million Florida Derby (G1), which has produced the winners of 59 Triple [...]