The sky looked ominous. It couldn’t decide between sunshine and rain and rainbows on Oct. 17, suddenly autumn. The winds chased the dark clouds around and the people too. And beneath it all, French-born trainer Christophe Clements almost swept the $602,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, winning with British-bred Mutamakina, and finishing second with La Dragontea, another British-bred … [Read more...] about Stormy Skies, Gritty Wins
E.P. Taylor Stakes
An International Encounter
Strangely enough, two horses from England blossomed in the $800,000 Canadian International Championship Stakes in forboding conditions: a slate grey sky, thunderous clouds driven by a stiff, frigid wind, a capricious sun that didn’t warm anybody’s hearts. Irish-bred Desert Encounter and English-raced Thundering Blue drew away from the rest of the field in the stretch to … [Read more...] about An International Encounter