Girvin launches winning move in Risen Star
Girvin powered to the lead in midstretch and drew clear in Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2), scoring by two lengths at Fair Grounds. Brian Hernandez Jr. was up on the Joe Sharp-trained colt, who was […]
Kentucky Derby qualifier
Kentucky Derby Report February 22: Two turns no problem for One Liner in Southwest
One Liner looked terrific winning the February 20 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, drawing off to a 3 ½-length decision. He received a career-best 101 BRIS Speed rating trying two turns for the first time, […]
Guest Suite back for more, Mo Town among new shooters in 14-horse Risen Star
Guest Suite leads the way as the top five return from the January 21 Lecomte (G3) and Mo Town is one of three stakes winners making their first appearance in a Kentucky Derby qualifier this […]
Zakaroff posts 48-1 stunner in El Camino Real Derby
Zakaroff found a seam entering the stretch and closed best of all to record a massive upset in Saturday’s $245,000 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields, paying nearly $100 to win the […]
Kentucky Derby Report February 15: McCraken begins in good order
McCraken picked up where he left off last fall, comfortably winning the February 11 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The unbeaten colt isn’t flashy, scoring by less than two lengths in the […]
McCraken serves notice establishing new track record in Sam F. Davis
A week after juvenile champion Classic Empire faltered launching his 3-year-old campaign, McCraken confirmed his credentials as a leading Kentucky Derby contender returning a winner in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay […]
McCraken returns versus eight Sam Davis foes
McCraken opens his 3-year-old campaign in Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, squaring off against eight rivals in the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth a combined 17 points (10-4-2-1 scale). The Ian Wilkes-trained […]
El Areeb looks to back up Jerome against nine Withers rivals
El Areeb leaped into the Kentucky Derby conversation with a smashing victory in the January 2 Jerome (G3) at Aqueduct, rolling to an 11-length decision over a muddy inner track, and the gray colt will […]
Guest Suite joins Kentucky Derby trail with Lecomte win
Farish and Kilroy’s homebred Guest Suite rallied to the lead in midstretch and won going away by 1 ¼ lengths in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, picking up 10 points toward a Kentucky […]
Gormley returns, American Anthem tries stakes foes in Sham
Gormley didn’t fire in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), weakening to seventh as the 5-1 third choice, and Grade 1-winning colt will look to rebound when opening his 3-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham (G3) […]