by Margaret Ransom A year ago, the racing world witnessed eventual Triple Crown winner Justify, who at the time was unraced as a 2-year-old with just two starts under his belt as a sophomore, make his...
by Margaret Ransom In 1930, the great Triple Crown champion Gallant Fox became the first Wood Memorial Stakes winner to capture the Kentucky Derby and, in the 78 years since, ten have followed in his ...
by Margaret Ransom The names of 14 Kentucky Derby hopefuls were dropped into the Keeneland entry box for Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (GII), the last main prep in the state for the Kentuc...
by Margaret Ransom Keeneland’s highly anticipated spring racing season gets underway on a Thursday this year — the first Thursday opening in 60 years — and over the course of the historic 16-day...
by Margaret Ransom For a race in the middle of the Arabian desert, the Dubai World Cup (GI) has always managed to draw fairly full fields of the world’s top handicap stars. And this year is no diffe...
by Margaret Ransom This year marks the 68th running of the Florida Derby (GI), the Sunshine State’s last major prep for the Kentucky Derby (GI) in five weeks at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong rac...
by Margaret Ransom The $800,000 Sunland Derby (GIII) is the youngest of all the second-level, 50-point Kentucky Derby (GI) preps and while a winner of this race has yet to wear the roses in Louisville...
by Margaret Ransom Despite the fact that only two horses in history have completed the Louisiana Derby (GII)-Kentucky Derby (GI) double, the signature race of the Fair Grounds meet is still one of the...
Champion Game Winner Makes Seasonal Debut by Margaret Ransom A week ago, as racing in Southern California reached a crisis level thanks to a staggering number of horses injured and euthanized at Santa...
by Margaret Ransom A field of 11 sophomores is expected for Saturday’s $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (GII), the main event of the Tampa Bay Downs winter racing season. The 1 1/16-mile race...
