by Derek Simon Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, of course, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest horse...
by Derek Simon Since its inception in 2000, the UAE Derby (G2), which offers 170 Road to the Kentucky Derby points to the top four finishers on a 100-40-20-10 scale, has produced exactly 14 Kentucky...
2019 DUBAI WORLD CUP # Name (morning line odds) 1 Gunnevera (14-1) 2 Capezzano (5-1) 3 North America (7-2) 4 Audible (11-1) 5 Seeking the Soul (8-1) 6 Pavel (40-1) 7 Gronkowski (25-1) 8 Axelrod (20-1)...
by Richard Rosenblatt Step up or step aside on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. With five weeks remaining before the May 4 Derby at Churchill Downs, the race for qualifying points features an intriguin...
by Margaret Ransom For a race in the middle of the Arabian desert, the Dubai World Cup (GI) has always managed to draw fairly full fields of the world’s top handicap stars. And this year is no diffe...
by Margaret Ransom This year marks the 68th running of the Florida Derby (GI), the Sunshine State’s last major prep for the Kentucky Derby (GI) in five weeks at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong rac...
Below are the top speed figures recorded during the past week in the 3-year-old male division: Horse Distance Track/Date Btisnet Beyer By My Standards 1 1/8m (ft) FG 3/23 102 97 Souper Stonehenge 6f ...
by John Rothschild I had my checklist of dreams as a youngster that changed, as I grew older: At 6 years old I wanted to be a baseball player (who didn’t). At 18 years old I got into medical school ...
by Derek Simon In an excellent article that appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News a while back, “Lasix: Why the Effinex Team Just Said Yes,” author Bill Finley recounts the story of Effinex, a f...
by Richard Rosenblatt From Louisiana to New Mexico, in a span of just over 24 hours, a pair of Todd Pletcher-trained 3-year-olds made it perfectly clear that one of the nation’s top conditioners is ...
