05/0772026. Field Of Gold, Phileas Fogg, News from Sandown (UK), Antivenom & Booked… by TDN

 

 

Champion Miler Field Of Gold Retired from Racing, Joins Juddmonte Roster for 2027

Field Of Gold (Kingman), who proved himself Europe’s leading three-year-miler of 2025 with consecutive Group 1 wins in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes, has been retired from racing and will stand… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Title Role Wins Nail-Biting Photo in Belmont Derby Over Fast-Closing West End Kid

For as clear as the winner of the GI Belmont Oaks was just two races prior, the GI Belmont Derby was a diametrically opposed result. It came down to a desperate photo on the wire that… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Phileas Fogg Romps To Repeat Suburban Win

One year ago, PHILEAS FOGG (g, 6, Astern {Aus}–Merino, by More Than Ready) went to the lead and gutted it out late to take the GII Suburban Stakes in a photo finish. This year, he left… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

From Sandown to Saratoga, Clan O’Brien Tops Another Elite Race as Kensington Lane Wins Belmont Oaks

Elite-level turf races have more or less become synonymous with a member of the O’Brien clan and this time it was Donnacha O’Brien’s Kensington Lane (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) who took home top prize in the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Antivenom Sharp on Debut at Ellis Park

Antivenom (c, 2, Candy Ride {Arg}) fired three straight bullets at Mark Casse’s Keeneland base and lived up to the billing as the 3-5 favorite on debut at Ellis Park Saturday. The $850,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Yaupon’s Booked Too Much for Sanford Rivals

The 6-5 favorite in this scratched-down field, Booked (Yaupon) was untouchable late to claim his first black-type victory in the GIII Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. Popping out of the gate well and cruising up to lead… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

July 5, 2026
 
IN TODAY’S TDN

In TDN America:.

  • Title Role (GB) won a nail-biting edition of the GI Belmont Derby by the slimmest of margins over West End Kid. Current plans are for him to remain Stateside with a target on the GI Saratoga Derby.
  • In his Saratoga Notebook, Tim Wilkin speaks to Jose Ortiz about his ongoing stellar year, picks Whit Beckman’s brain about Ocelli’s path to the Travers, and speaks to Todd Pletcher about Renegade.
  • Donnacha O’Brien enjoyed a banner day on both sides of the Atlantic when Kensington Lane (Ire) stylishly claimed the GI Belmont Oaks at Saratoga hours after the conditioner took second in the G1 Coral-Eclipse.

 

In TDN Europe:

  • Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) dominated his six rivals to provide Aidan O’Brien with a fourth consecutive win in the G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.
  • Ralph Beckett’s Tattycoram (Camelot) looked a much-improved model when running out an emphatic winner of Saturday’s G2 Betway Lancashire Oaks at Newmarket.
  • Trainer Michael Bell hailed Motivator as an “exceptional racehorse” following the death of the Derby winner at the age of 24.