FROM OFF THE PACE: A Rivalry in the Making?

FROM OFF THE PACE: A rivalry in the making?

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In the days leading up to this year’s Coaching Club American Oaks, the word “rivalry” was used in referring to the two favorites in the race, Counting Stars and Always a Runner. The two three-year-old’s had split decisions in two G1s leading up to Saturday’s race, with Always a Runner besting her rival in the Kentucky Oaks and Counting Stars winning the Acorn Stakes five weeks later. The CCA Oaks would be their third str…

Counting Stars Shines in Coaching Club American Oaks to Lead Stakes-Winning OBS Grads

West Point Thoroughbreds’  Counting Stars (Honor A.P.- Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter) put herself squarely atop the 3-year-old filly division when she soundly defeating Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Always a Runner for the second time this year in the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course July 25, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates. Counting Stars wins the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks. (Coglianes…