The 2024 Arlington Stakes (G3T), set for Saturday, June 1st, promises to be a thrilling event at Churchill Downs. With a purse of $275,000, this Grade 3 race has attracted a competitive field of eight...
No longer a Grade 1 race and its purse cut in half, the $200,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G2) on Monday still draws some of the top horses in the country. In what shapes up as a competitive field of eight ...
Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens liked to “run ’em when they’re doin’ good.” Five days after crushing the 1982 Met Mile by 7¼ lengths with speedy Conquistador Cielo, he saddled “the Co...
Following an eighth-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Lemon Muffin wheels back on two weeks rest in an attempt to give 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas a record fifth victory – and first sin...
The Preakness is a little more predictable than the Kentucky Derby. For the most part, the reasons are simple: The Derby winner plus a few other 3-year-olds he beat in the race and a bunch of new shoo...
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is unlikely to be the favorite in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico on Saturday, marking the first time since 2012 that has occurred in racing’s s...
A year ago, Arcangelo won the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct en route to historic victories in the Belmont Stakes (G1), the Travers Stakes (G1), and then won the Eclipse Award as the top 3...
Everyone is confident and cautious. The owners. The trainers. The jockeys. No matter the odds, no matter the opposition, no matter the weather, they all have a chance to win the $5 million Kentucky De...
Is there an Oaks-Derby double out there for Brad Cox this weekend? Or for any one of five other trainers with entrants in both races? Cox has a double-double shot at victory in the $1.5 million Kentuc...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races...