Kitodan upsets Dueling Grounds Derby; Vergara battles back in Dueling Grounds Oaks
A pair of lucrative turf stakes for sophomores served as the highlights of an unexpected Labor Day card at Kentucky Downs. […]
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Ready to Purrform tops Dueling Grounds Derby; New Year’s Eve the one to beat in Oaks
Sunday’s 11-race program at Kentucky Downs features a pair of lucrative stakes for three-year-olds. Dueling Grounds Derby (G3) – Race 10 (6:31 p.m. ET) Upgraded to Grade 3 status this year, the $750,000 Dueling Grounds […]
Saratoga Derby attracts 11; War Like Goddess, Matareya favored on Whitney undercard
Saratoga Derby (G1) — Race 11 (6:20 p.m. ET) The composition of Saturday’s $1 million Saratoga Derby (G1) looks a lot like last month’s Belmont Derby (G1), with a few newer faces thrown into the […]
Classic Causeway switches to turf, wires Belmont Derby at 26-1
After racing exclusively on dirt, Classic Causeway has found a home on turf, dynamically switching surfaces and leading wire-to-wire in Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Derby (G1). Julien Leparoux hustled the son of Giant’s Causeway to […]
Stone Age, Nations Pride among Belmont Derby invaders
Belmont Derby (G1) — Race 9 (5:12 p.m. ET) American-based three-year-olds have held the recent advantage in the $1 million Belmont Derby (G1), winning six times since the race became an international attraction in 2014. […]
Arlington, Regret among Churchill turf stakes trio
Churchill Downs hosts a trio of turf stakes Saturday on its Stephen Foster Preview Day program, the highlight being the transplanted $200,000 Arlington S. (G3) for older horses over 1 1/16 miles. One of the […]
Sy Dog rallies in Transylvania; Old Homestead wires Lafayette
Friday’s cold, rainy opening day at Keeneland furnished several upsets, including in the two undercard stakes for sophomores. The 9.90-1 Old Homestead wired the Lafayette S., and Sy Dog went last to first in the Transylvania (G3) as a 5.70-1 chance. […]
Nest to face seven in Ashland; Verbal back for Transylvania
Ashland (G1) – Race 9 (5:16 p.m. ET) A smashing six-length winner of the Feb. 12 Suncoast S. at Tampa Bay Downs, Nest will look to strengthen her Kentucky Oaks (G1) credentials when she lines […]
Girl With a Dream prospers in Forward Gal; Grand Sonata, Opalina win turf stakes
Along with a Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier, the Holy Bull S. (G3), Saturday’s 12-race program at Gulfstream Park featured the $100,000 Forward Gal (G3) for Kentucky Oaks (G1) contenders, and a pair of graded turf […]
Diamond Wow faces six in Forward Gal
Forward Gal S. (G3) — Race 8 (3:33 p.m. ET) Much like her close relation and stablemate Diamond Oops, the Grade 2-winning sprinter, Diamond Wow can run on just about anything effectively. On Saturday, the […]