Scarcely a month after Saratoga Race Course hosted the Belmont Stakes for the first time, the “Summer Place to Be” kicks off its traditional meet on Thursday, July 11, with 40 days of top-flight racing buoyed by a dizzying schedule of entertainment, attractions and events. As always, the twin pi...
On the first Saturday in July, racetracks in three states combined to stage a trio of Derbies for 3-year-olds and a trio of Oaks for 3-year-old fillies. The races cards at Prairie Meadows in Iowa, Horseshoe Indianapolis in Indiana, and Aqueduct in New York hosted Derby-Oaks doubles and while there w...
For his next impression, Forego? Next staged another brilliant performance in winning the $200,000 Brooklyn Stakes (G2) Friday at Aqueduct, joining select company as a two-time winner in 135 editions of the race. Next picked up a second consecutive Brooklyn win A year from now, the striking 6-year-o...
Short fields usually produce small payoffs. And boy, oh boy did the two dirt stakes on the Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) undercard Saturday at Aqueduct ever come up short. The $200,000 Dwyer (G3) at a mile attracted only a quartet of 3-year-olds. The John A. Nerud (G2) for older sprinters at 7 fur...
The final weekend of the Belmont at the Big A meet features two Grade 1 grass stakes, the $750,000 Belmont Derby Invitational for 3-year-olds and the $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies, both at 1 3/16 miles on Aqueduct’s outer turf. Dwyer, John A. Nerud stakes also on the ca...
Fresh off a scintillating 11 ¼-length victory to kick off his 6-year-old campaign, the peripatetic Next returns to New York in search of a second straight win in Friday’s $200,000 Brooklyn (G2), which launched his current four-race winning streak. Next won last year’s marathon, run at 1 ½ mile...
It’s Saturday Night at the Races for handicappers ready to bet on horse racing. The $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) and the $250,000 Iowa Derby are on tap featuring a pair of Kentucky Derby (G1) also-rans, Stronghold at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Just a Touch at Prairie Meadows (Iowa). Red Route One, ...
Make that eight in a row for Bob Baffert in the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby. The Hall of Fame trainer ran 1-2 on Saturday as Wynstock nosed out stablemate Cornell in a photo finish as the duo dueled down the stretch after overtaking tiring pacesetter and 7-10 favorite Tapalo. Ninth win for Bob Baffe...
Kingsbarns came up with a breakthrough victory in the $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, earning a fees paid, automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Kingsbarns secured his spot in the gate for the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo gav...
Ottoman Fleet cruised to an easy victory in the $500,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, taking the lead in the first turn under Flavien Prat and winning by 1 ½ lengths over Chasing the Crown. Ottoman Fleet Dominates the Wise Dan Stakes at Churchill Downs The 5-year-old gray ge...
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