Essential Quality will face six in Southwest
Last seen winning the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Essential Quality will open his 3YO season against six rivals in Saturday’s Southwest S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park. […]
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Five points to ponder: 2021 Risen Star
Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds ushers in the Kentucky Derby Championship Series with more points up for grabs. A sign of the trail’s increasing momentum toward the first Saturday in May, the […]
Midnight Bourbon, Senor Buscador among baker’s dozen entered in Risen Star
Risen Star (G2) — Race 13 (7:18 p.m. ET) Taking a big step forward from age two to three when wiring the opposition in last month’s Lecomte (G3), Midnight Bourbon will try and do it […]
Midnight Bourbon leads throughout in Lecomte
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon had placed in his two previous scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, both going a one-turn mile, but Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) played to his strengths. The […]
Five points to ponder: 2021 Lecomte Stakes
Anchoring “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) pits promising class-climbers against stakes veterans who themselves have something to prove. The 1 1/16-mile affair offers points toward the […]