Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the Big ‘Cap, the San Felipe, the Honeybee and the Tampa Bay Derby. He also gives his impression (not literally, that would be hard) of the Kentucky Derby and Ke...
The richest race so far this year on the road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) is Saturday’s $900,000 Rebel Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park, which is also the final prep for the track’s centerpiece event o...
The Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap has been a prestigious race for older fillies and mares since 1935, when the race was open to three-year-old females and older; it was restricted to older fil...
Mohaymen and Nyquist head into their showdown in the Florida Derby on April 2 as the favorites to win the Kentucky Derby. But for bettors who are not convinced that these two are a slam dunk, there ...
Cathryn Sophia was brought to Gulfstream Park for her 2016 debut, the Forward Gal, where she crushed the field. She romped again in the Davona Dale Stakes over the same track, making it natural to ass...
Understanding how the race conditions are written for a claiming race can be especially confusing, but such knowledge can offer the informed handicapper a big edge. Not all horses running for the same...
The NCAA tournament selection committee has performed the unenviable task of deciding which 68 teams will vie for the National Championship. Not only were their selections scrutinized, the seedings at...
Over the last twenty years, colts that have been victorious in the Kentucky Derby have followed a fairly specific training pattern. The majority of the Derby winners from 1990 – 2015 made their init...
Danzing Candy was the “buzz” horse the week before Santa Anita’s San Felipe Stakes. He is a brilliant son of the brilliant Twirling Candy, how could he not be? He is a tall, dark and strapping y...
It almost seems too ironic to believe. A talented yet unproven gelding named Melatonin would earn his first career stakes victory in one of the most historical and prestigious races on Daylight Saving...
