For the second week in a row, a Todd Pletcher-trained colt will have to overcome a disadvantageous post in order to win a major Kentucky Derby (G1) prep. Forte did so last week in the […]
Trainer Bob Baffert pulled off a Grade 1 double on opening day of the Santa Anita meet, nabbing the Malibu with Taiba and the La Brea with Fun to Dream. […]
Taiba, who fared best of the three-year-olds in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) after capturing the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and Santa Anita Derby (G1) earlier this season, will attempt to sway a few extra […]
Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Secret Oath might be escaping the shadow of Nest in Saturday’s $1 million Cotillion S. (G1) at Parx, but the 1 1/16-mile affair for three-year-old fillies has still come up rather […]
In his pre-race study of Saturday’s $200,000 Fayette S. (G2) at Keeneland, jockey Javier Castellano noted the lack of apparent speed in the 1 1/8-mile fixture for older horses, especially following the scratch of Sleepy […]
High Oak enjoyed a perfect, stalk-and-pounce trip on his way to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2) for two-year-olds. Rating less than a couple of lengths behind Gunite and Doctor Jeff, who […]
Just 12 years after Yeats won the Gold Cup (G1) for a record fourth time, Stradivarius is in position to emulate that historic achievement at Royal Ascot Thursday. At the opposite end of the distance spectrum, the Norfolk S. (G2) serves as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) […]
The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival opened Thursday with a trio of black-type events. While Con Lima rolled at 8.30-1 in the Wonder Again S. (G3), Change of Control went off at a much shorter 1.45-1 in the Intercontinental S. (G3), and Happy Soul aired as a prohibitive odds-on favorite in the Astoria S. […]
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