Encino’s one-length victory over favorite Epic Ride in the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on Saturday night gave trainer Brad Cox a nice finish to a long day of Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. The two-time Eclipse Award winner went 0-for-4 in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct earlier, ...
Deterministic came off a long layoff and promptly put himself in the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a rousing victory in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) over a sloppy Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. In his only other race, back on Aug. 12, Deterministic won at 7 furlongs at Saratoga. Under Joel Rosario i...
Locked, scratched. Victory Avenue, scratched. Speak Easy, scratched. Merit, scratched. With four of the five leading contenders out of the race, Dornoch was bet down to 1-5 and won the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Danny Gargan wasn’t planning on a win in ...
It’s Big ‘Cap Day at Santa Anita on Sunday, and horseplayers face some tough decisions when wagering on the $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1). A wide-open field of seven older horses are entered, with Newgrange the slight 5-2 morning-line favorite over 3-1 Highland Falls in the 87th edition of ...
Though the days of true handicap racing seem to have gone the way of the Wooly Mammoth, serious props go out to the few tracks that do their best to preserve history and offer big purses for the best older horses willing to carry weight and earn a position among the best in the older […]...
Since the first running of the Gotham Stakes (G3) in 1953, first at Jamaica Racetrack and now at Aqueduct, a lot of really good horses have reached the winner’s circle after capturing the traditional Kentucky Derby prep, including Native Dancer, Jaipur, Dr. Fager, Gone West, Devil HIs Due and Lure...
This year marks the 87th running of the San Felipe Stakes (G2), Santa Anita’s traditional prep for the winter meet’s signature sophomore event, the Santa Anita Derby (G1), which is set to be held in four weeks. Named for a popular Mexican town located on the Gulf of California, the San Felipe St...
When there’s a big race for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert usually has a corner on the market. On Sunday, the Hall of Famer sends out three of the five horses entered in the $400,000 San Felipe (G2), a Kentucky Derby (G1) prep that excludes Baffert’s colts from earning qualifyin...
Gustavo Delgado reached the pinnacle of a long and distinguished international career training horses when Mage stunned the racing world last May by winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) in a 15-1 upset. Delgado is back on the Derby trail this year with another inexperienced but clearly talented colt: Vic...
The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon set out in the 1500s in search of a mythical fountain, which was believed to be located in the southeastern part of the North American continent and gave all who drank from it eternal youth. Gulfstream Park named a race in honor of the mythical tale and now [&...
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