Let’s hear it for 72-year-old trainer Lonnie Briley, the ‘Rebel Rouser’ on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) for the first time with his little bay colt Coal Battle. Sweeping past the field around the turn, Coal Battle outkicked pacesetter Madaket Road in the stretch and won the $1.25 m...
First Resort is not so fit, after all. A few days after declaring First Resort “as fit as I can get him,’’ trainer Eoin Harty said the 2-1 favorite will scratch out of Saturday night’s $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park with stiffness in his left hind leg. Favored First ...
Running in Saturday night’s $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial certainly won’t offer pleasant racing conditions, but it does reward the winner with 20 qualifying points on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). With the weather forecast calling for below-freezing temperatures and racing days a...
It’s been a brutal winter in many parts of the country. Hot Springs, Arkansas, gets a taste of the nasties this week. With a stretch of brutal cold enveloping the area, Oaklawn Park shuffled the schedule. Friday’s card was shifted to Saturday. The original Saturday program, including the $1.25 m...
Count ‘em: Barnes, Citizen Bull, Getaway Car. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is up to three 3-year-olds in the latest usracing.com Kentucky Derby Top 10, with a bunch more in position to join them over the next few weeks. Unbeaten Barnes and once-beaten Citizen Bull remain 1-2, with Getaway Car ...
Trainer Chad Brown has been on a huge roll at Tampa Bay Downs. Lately, you buck Brown on Florida’s west coast at your wagering peril. Brown looks to continue Saturday's success with Treaty of Rome in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for 3-year-olds. The Davis is the only race in this weekend's K...
The preps of February continue this weekend, with the Sam F. Davis Stakes on Saturday kicking off Tampa Bay Downs’ road to the Kentucky Derby (G1). A field of 10 is entered for the 1 1/16-mile race, which offers Derby qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers on a sliding scal...
The early Triple Crown nominations are out, and owners of 373 3-year-olds ponied up $600 to set out on a goal all horsemen covet: Victory in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Belmont Stakes. Or, all three. Citizen Bull, the 2-year-old champion who won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) in his 3-...
Anxious at the start, Citizen Bull quickly regrouped, took the lead, and never wavered in his 3-year-old debut, winning the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) by 3 ¾ lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday and heating his road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite in a small field o...
Rick Dutrow, Jr., figures now is the time to see whether Captain Cook is ready to move onto the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). After winning over a sloppy, sealed track by 9 ¼ lengths in his second start, Captain Cook is the slight 5-2 favorite for Saturday’s $200,000 Withers Stakes (G3...
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