Grade 2 winner Bird Song breezed a bullet half-mile in :47.33 over Saratoga’s fast main track on Saturday for trainer Ian Wilkes. The gray son of Unbridled’s Song is the targeting $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt […]
Jockey Julien Leparoux took a productive jaunt to Arlington on Saturday, earning two graded wins and with more potentially to come next month with the same horses on Arlington Million Day. Sonic Boom laid the […]
Although ineffective against the best of his peers in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1), Hence can return to winning ways Friday night at Prairie Meadows in the $200,000 Iowa Derby (G3). A homebred […]
After a troubled eighth in the Kentucky Derby, McCraken returned to the win column in Saturday’s $100,000 Matt Winn (G3) at Churchill Downs. He towered over the competition as the 1-5 favorite and connections hope […]
While Saturday saw the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the 142nd Preakness Stakes (G1), attracting most of the attention at Pimlico in Baltimore, Churchill Downs provided graded action that was worth watching. First up, […]
Todd Pletcher, Always Dreaming (1st), Tapwrit (sixth), Patch (14th) (A very emotional Todd Pletcher shedding tears of joy) “I knew we had a big shot with this horse and I was hoping it would happen. […]
Bird Song rode the prevailing speed bias to victory in the $400,000 Alysheba (G2) at Churchill Downs on Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard while providing a fitting tribute to his dam, champion Bird Town, who […]
Five Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls turned in works at Churchill Downs on Monday. McCraken drilled for Ian Wilkes, while Steve Asmussen sent out his quartet of Hence, Untrapped, and “bubble” horses Lookin at Lee and […]
Multiple graded stakes winner McCraken, who suffered his first career defeat in the Blue Grass (G2) on April 8 when finishing third, worked over the fast Churchill Downs main track Tuesday morning in advance of […]
Unbeaten from four starts, McCraken will face his toughest test yet when he lines up for Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G2) at Keeneland. The early Kentucky Derby favorite will face six rivals, including three […]
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