The $1 million Grade I Santa Anita Derby is scheduled as race eight of 12 at Santa Anita on Saturday, April 9 at 3:30 p.m. PST. 10 contenders will vie for a trip to the Kentucky Derby in this nine-fur...
This Saturday will provide horseplayers with plenty of exciting stakes racing. In addition to the three big Kentucky Derby prep races — the Wood Memorial, the Bluegrass Stakes and the Santa Anita De...
US Racing’s Derek Simon chats with trainer Laura Wohlers about Runhappy’s recent mishap and the ambitious future plans for the Eclipse Award-winning sprinter. Later, in the Handicapping segment, D...
The greatest athletes in the world all have one thing in common: they are driven by the pursuit of greatness. It’s what sports is all about. Being better than your opponent, better than the guy behi...
Just because a horse hasn’t earned enough, if any, points towards a starting post in the Kentucky Derby by now, doesn’t mean it’s too late to have a legitimate shot. Check out Danza, who won the...
Many folks love to find reasons to love a horse like Nyquist, but I keep finding reasons to not like him. It’s not that I don’t respect the horse, there are just factors I don’t care to see and ...
The synthetic era is all but dead, so explain to me why we still have synthetic races being deemed as Kentucky Derby point races? The El Camino Derby and Spiral Stakes are both point races, despite th...
“There are those who’ll bet love comes but once and, yet, I’m oh so glad we met the second time around.” – Frank Sinatra (The Second Time Around) How often do you scan over a maiden race and...
The Blue Grass Stakes is set to run on opening weekend of the 2016 spring meet at Keeneland, the official date being April 9, 2016. The field is full of horses hoping to break through and gain valuabl...
I love horse racing. Ever since I went to Longacres for the first time and watched a horse named Utah Canyon crush the field in the feature, I’ve been hooked. In fact, my obsession with the Sport of...
