Achilles of Troy, who rocketed into the ranks of top Kentucky Derby contenders with a runaway romp in the Jan. 7 Count Fleet Stakes at the Big A, will be ...

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Achilles of Troy should be up close, but there is plenty of pace in this compact field, including Songofthesailor and Take the Bluff, who beat Belmont Stakes winner Jazil in his last start.

The $200,000 Gotham (gr. III), switched this year to a two-turn race on Aqueduct's inner track at 1 1/16 miles, has drawn a strong field of 11 Saturday, including top-notch 3-year-olds Achilles of ...

How good is Achilles of Troy, who followed a 14-length romp in the Jan. 7 Count Fleet Stakes with a 43/4-length tour-de-force in Saturday’s Whirlaway at the Big A? Not many standout 3-year-ol… ...

And so it is that the character of Achilles, last embodied on screen by a lank-haired Brad Pitt in 2004's Troy, will this time be played by British-Ghanaian actor David Gyasi.

Achilles of Troy had been pointed toward the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. II) on April 15, but now is expected to be out of training until summer.

If Achilles is to now step up and become the central figure in this story – and we know from the classic poem that his role is far from over – then Troy: Fall of a City will be worth ...

The Women of Troy opens with warriors crouched, silent, and waiting in the belly of the Trojan Horse, "packed tight as olives in a jar." The city is breached, and Pyrrhus, son of the dead hero ...

Guided by Athena, Achilles strikes the fatal blow against Hector and plunges his spear into the Trojan’s throat. Painting by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1630, Museum of Fine Art, Pau, France.