A few weeks ago, I made the decision to start posting free plays on a regular basis, like I used to do when I began my career as a turf writer. Unfortunately, rather than demonstrating how one can bea...
While it may not be a marquee Kentucky Derby prep, today’s Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park sure looks interesting. Below is a look at the field: Derek Simonwww.usracing.com
He’s the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion; undefeated in five lifetime starts; and the current single-entrant favorite in the Kentucky Derby Future Pool #2. Yet, I don’t think Nyquist stands a sn...
US Racing’s Derek Simon discusses Cam Newton’s post-Super Bowl reaction and recaps last Saturday’s Robert B. Lewis Stakes, San Antonio Handicap and Las Virgenes Stakes. Derek also explains how t...
There’s an old saying — a very old saying — in thoroughbred horse racing that asserts: “pace makes the race.” And that pearl of wisdom will be put to the test in the Grade II Barbara Fritchi...
In a Feb. 10 piece for Bloodhorse entitled “How About a Trainer Derby Future Wager?” Steve Haskin goes about handicapping the Kentucky Derby in a very unique way — by analyzing the trainers with...
After Nyquist won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last year, NBC analyst Randy Moss was quick to point out that it took the two-year-old son of Uncle Mo a second longer to traverse the 1 1/16 miles than ...
