Trainer Bob Baffert’s impact on the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park was clear after his debut winner Cornucopian was made the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field that includes Coal Battle, already a winner of three 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) point qualifiers. Baffert won the Arkans...
Trainer Bob Baffert’s impact on the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park was clear after his debut winner Cornucopian was made the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field that includes Coal Battle, already a winner of three 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) point qualifiers. Baffert won the Arkans...
Sovereignty, the last-to-first winner of the Fountain of Youth (G2), was installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday (March 29). Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the 3-year-old son of Into Mischief drew the outside No. 10 post an...
Final Gambit rallied from last to first with a six-wide run down the stretch and won the $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on Saturday, punching his ticket to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) in six weeks. The 3-year-old trained by Brad Cox earned 100 qualifying points to move into second p...
Can Tiztastic be fantastic in the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1)? Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, looking to snap an 0-26 run in the Run for the Roses, found himself another contender on Saturday with Tiztastic, who vaulted to the top of the 2025 Kentucky Derby leaderboard with a late-running 2 1/4-l...
The 4-5 morning line on Good Cheer in the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday is like the watering-hole mirage in the sunbaked desert. It’s more wishful thinking than reality. Many handicappers would gladly accept an 80-cent on-the-dollar return for this standout. Just don�...
Betting $100 on the Louisiana Derby (G2), March 22, Fair Grounds In the weeks leading up to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 3, the USRacing handicappers will lay out $100 worth of betting options on selected races. 2025 Kentucky Derby PRIME CONTENDERS #6 BUILT Trainer Wayne ...
Can California Burrito steal another race at Turfway Park in Saturday's $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) and wind up with a chance to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) in six weeks? Or will closers such as Poster (the 3-1 morning-line favorite), Final Gambit, or Flying Mohawk stage a winning rally to p...
The biggest 2025 Kentucky Derby prep races are still ahead, but six-time winner Bob Baffert and four-time winner D. Wayne Lukas are already sitting pretty seven weeks before the Run for the Roses.
A pair of Lukas 3-year-olds moved into the latest usracing.com 2025 Kentucky Derby Top 10 – American...
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby for what would be his record-extending 31st Run for the Roses.
Lukas-trained American Promise rolled to a 7 ¾-length victory in the $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs on Saturday (March 15), earning 50 2025 Kentuc...
No matter who’s in and who’s out of the $250,000 Virginia Oaks on Saturday, there are valuable qualifying points available for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 2.
Trainer Kenny McPeek entered a pair of 3-year-old fillies in the 1 1/16-mile Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs, but his morning-line favo...
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