The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) attracted an intriguing field of 12 for Saturday’s renewal at Gulfstream Park. Just how intriguing? Consider the fact that 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1)...
A year ago, Mystik Dan pulled off an upset in the Southwest Stakes (G3) over a muddy track at 11-1 odds and went on to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at even longer odds (18-1). Could there be another De...
There was a lot of variety among the first six winners of the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1). The classiest were Bricks and Mortar and Warm Heart. Chad Brown’s Bricks and Mortar began his 6-for-6 Horse...
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan headlines the field for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), a race that lost a bit of luster with neither Bob Baffert’s Imagination nor $12 mill...
The $125,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday, a 1 1/8-mile test for newly turned 3-year-old fillies with Ramify the 5-2 morning-line favorite, is a steppingstone on New York’s road to the Ken...
The Fair Grounds‘ four-race prep series produced many Triple Crown contenders in recent years. The Lecomte Stakes (G3), its first graded event, will be run Saturday, and we’ll probably see a f...
A field of eight newly minted sophomore fillies takes aim at the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Saturday at the Fair Grounds when they go postward for the $150,000 Silverbulletday, a 1-mile, 70-yard race aroun...
Way back in the day, Leonard Jerome (1817-1891) was as big as you can get. The super-rich New York financier built Jerome Park, a state-of-the-art showplace in the Bronx where the first Belmont Stakes...
Last year, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was showing some of the barns newly minted 3-year-olds to a friend when he decided to bring out one of his more recent acquisitions, a muscular bay son of I...
Smarty Jones made a lasting impression at Oaklawn Park in 2004, sweeping the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby before his oh-so-close sweep of Triple Crown – winning the Kentucky De...
