Bluegrass Flag stamps herself as a filly with future in NYSS Park Avenue

New York Stallion Stakes

NYRA/Chelsea Durand Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 By Sarah Mace Bluegrass Flag (Bluegrass Cat) notched her second career stakes tally even more impressively than her first, when she when she buried two rivals in a six-length romp in the open Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct on March 25. In Saturday’s 24th running of the $100,000 Park Avenue […]

Fun Guy Breaks Maiden at Aqueduct

Aqueduct Racetrack

  Fun Guy Breaks Maiden at Aqueduct   April 12, 2017 – New York-bred Fun Guy, with Eric Cancel in the irons, charged down the lane to win the eighth at Aqueduct, a 1 1/16 mile contest on turf. The win came against a field of ten and marked the gelding’s first career victory. From the […]

Bust Holds On To Break Maiden

Tom Morley Racing

  Bust Breaks Out With Maiden Win   February 17, 2017 – New York-bred Bust was much the best on Friday, February 17. The filly, with Luis Reyes aboard, galloped home to win the first at Aqueduct in front-running fashion, breaking her maiden in the process. Leaving the gate from the 3-hole, Bust took command […]

Bluegrass Flag Confident in Maiden Victory

  Bluegrass Flag Goes Gate-to-Wire in Maiden Victory   January 14, 2017 – Under the steady guidance of jockey Kendrick Carmouche, Bluegrass Flag glided home victoriously to win by three lengths at Aqueduct Racetrack. Despite being bumped at the start, the three-year-old filly held her own from gate-to-wire. Registered as the sixth horse to leave […]

Power Nap Scores Fifth Career Win

Tom Morley Racing

  Power Nap Scores Fifth Career Win   January 13, 2017 – Five-years-old and still going strong, Power Nap showed late speed to win Friday’s fourth, at Laurel Park, under the ride of jockey Feargal Lynch. The gelding romped by 5 ¼ lengths, tallying his fifth win since debuting back in September of 2014. A […]

Kiss the Toad Breaks Maiden at Fair Grounds

  Kiss the Toad Breaks Maiden in Frontrunning Style Press Release by EverythingEQ.com   December 30, 2016 — Kentucky-bred Kiss the Toad put in his first effort at Fair Grounds Race Course, in New Orleans, LA., traveling 5 ½-furlongs in a Maiden Special Weight on turf on Thursday, December 29. Piloted by Robby Albarado, Kiss the Toad […]

Brother O’Connell Claims Victory in Mohawk Stakes

  First Stakes Win for Morley-Trained Brother O’Connell Press Release by EverythingEQ.com   October 22, 2016, Belmont Park — New York-breds showcased their talents on Saturday enduring less than ideal conditions as the rain came down, washing races off the turf course and turning the main track into a mudders dream come true. Relishing the […]

Caught a Heater Wins Debut

Caught a Heater horse

  Caught a Heater Wins First Time Out Courtesy of EverythingEQ.com   Making his career debut in a Maiden Special Weight, Caught a Heater did not disappoint on October 16. The 2-year-old colt, by Congrats, galloped to a 2 ½ length victory at Belmont Park, besting eleven other opponents in the 6 ½ furlong contest. […]

Haveyougoneaway Pulls Grade One Upset in Ballerina

  Haveyougoneaway Scores First Grade One in Ballerina Courtesy of EverythingEQ.com   It is every trainers’ dream to compete at the top levels of the sport and win. On Saturday, August 27,  trainer Tom Morley sent out Haveyougoneaway in the Gr.1 Ballerina Stakes hoping to hit the board. What he got was so much more. After […]