Gun Runner won his first two races before fading to fourth in a Grade 2 event that ended his 2-year-old season. At 3 he won four stakes (Risen Star, Louisiana Derby, Matt Winn, Clark) but came up shor...
Trainer Brad Cox sends out California Sunset in the $100,000 Untapable Stakes at the Fair Grounds on Saturday seeking yet another contender for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 2. Already, Cox has the to...
Whether it’s the Hollywood Futurity, the CashCall Futurity, or the Los Alamitos Futurity, Bob Baffert usually finds his way to the winner’s circle. And it’s likely to happen again on Saturday wh...
Doug O’Neill, a two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer, had several intriguing options for his talented colt Dr Ruben M. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) last month near his home base in Sout...
The New York roads to the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks open again Saturday at Aqueduct with points-qualifying preps in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) and the $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2)....
Not many horses win a race then has it renamed in their honor a few years later. But there are not many horses like Cigar, who won 16 races in a row, went 10-for-10 in 1995, and was a two-time Horse o...
It’s a long way to the first weekend in May at Churchill Downs, but it’s already time for 2-year-old colts and fillies to take their first steps on the road to the marquee events of spring. Saturd...
Del Mar closes out the meet with the annual “Turf Festival,” a weekend full of important grass stakes that attract horses from all over the country. It’s already been quite a fall for the trac...
On Black Friday, America goes shopping with a vengeance. In Louisville, thousands will avoid mall madness at Churchill Downs, where the highlight of a 12-race card is the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2). C...
There’s hope for a 2-year-old trained by someone other than Bob Baffert in the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) on Sunday at Del Mar – Bullard. Bullard has the Bob Hope victory in his crosshairs The ...
