By Ed McNamara In the days leading up to the $12 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 27, usracing.com will profile the contenders for the 2,000-meter ...
By Lynne Snierson In the days leading up to the $12 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 27, usracing.com will profile the contenders in the world’s ...
By Richard Rosenblatt With the road to the Kentucky Derby – and the Kentucky Oaks – set for a stop in New Orleans on Saturday, we can picture ourselves settling in at Liuzza’s, ordering a bowl o...
By Ed McNamara Joe Talamo woke up the day of the 2009 Kentucky Derby dreaming of winning on the favorite. Then it all came crashing down. I Want Revenge was scratched that morning because of an ankle ...
By Noel Michaels There is a five-way battle royal atop the Santa Anita trainer standings that should continue for the rest of the season, which still has two months to go. Through mid-March, the actio...
As the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby rolls along, US Racing looks back at some history of many of the prep races that now offer qualifying points to Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 1. B...
By Richard Rosenblatt Some numbers to digest as we get ready for the first of eight Kentucky Derby preps with qualifying points of 100-40-20-10 to the first four finishers of each race … The winner ...
By Ray Wallin As handicappers, we strive to be wrong less often than we are right. Yet in defeat we can find a positive. Thinking back to the days of my misspent youth on the apron of the Monmouth Par...
By Mike Farrell Jambalaya anyone? The 3-year-old action shifts Saturday to the Fair Grounds for the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2). This is the first Kentucky Derby (G1) prep offering 100 qualifying ...
By Richard Rosenblatt Make room for Concert Tour on the ever-expanding list of trainer Bob Baffert’s top Kentucky Derby contenders. The Hall of Famer saddled Gary and Mary West’s homebred to an im...