Back in the day, the Wood Memorial Stakes (GI) at Aqueduct was a shining beacon for Triple Crown-bound horses. A total of 11 Derby winners prepped for the Run for the Roses via the New York and Wood M...
Ten will head postward in the 80th running of the Santa Anita Derby (GI), which will go off at 6:30 EDT as the afternoon’s eighth race at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. For some strange reason, conve...
An overflow field of 16 runners was entered for Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (GI) at Keeneland, the last main prep in the state for the Kentucky Derby (GI) down the road at Churchill Down...
Just because a horse hasn’t earned enough, if any, points towards a starting post in the Kentucky Derby by now, doesn’t mean it’s too late to have a legitimate shot. Check out Danza, who won the...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A spectacular afternoon of racing is on tap for Saturday at Keeneland when the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes caps an 11-race card also highlighted by the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes and Grad...
Many folks love to find reasons to love a horse like Nyquist, but I keep finding reasons to not like him. It’s not that I don’t respect the horse, there are just factors I don’t care to see and ...
The synthetic era is all but dead, so explain to me why we still have synthetic races being deemed as Kentucky Derby point races? The El Camino Derby and Spiral Stakes are both point races, despite th...
“There are those who’ll bet love comes but once and, yet, I’m oh so glad we met the second time around.” – Frank Sinatra (The Second Time Around) How often do you scan over a maiden race and...
ARCADIA, Calif. – Mor Spirit and Songbird, one the likely favorite for the Santa Anita Derby and the other a certain favorite for the Santa Anita Oaks, put in impressive workouts Monday at Santa Ani...
The Blue Grass Stakes is set to run on opening weekend of the 2016 spring meet at Keeneland, the official date being April 9, 2016. The field is full of horses hoping to break through and gain valuabl...
