With the inconsistency that we have seen this year from the current 3-year-old crop and older horse division, I have been paying a bit more attention to the 2-year-old crop than usual. I love finding ...
The winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity hasn’t visited the Kentucky Derby winner’s circle since Spend A Buck in 1985, yet, to me, the race is always illustrative of the challenge that juve...
Monday’s $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (GI) marks closing day of the prestigious summer racing season at Del Mar and, before getting out of town and heading back North, nine juveniles will square off ov...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Haskell Invitational (GI), an important summer stop for sophomores, many of which are exiting a grueling Triple Crown campaign. Once run as a handicap, the ...
Like many racing fans, I’m sure, I find myself watching two-year-old races with an eye towards the first Saturday in May and, now, there’s even more reason to pay attention to the baby races. For ...
Trainer Todd Pletcher said Grade 1 Belmont Stakes champion Tapwrit could make his next start in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on July 29 or the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmou...
There is a common perception among horse racing fans that an “off” track (one labeled anything other than “fast”) is a breeding ground for upsets. When this belief took hold is hard to pinpoin...
“Breezing” or “breezed” indicates the horse was not under strong urging. “Handily” indicates the horse was under urging from its rider. Numbers in parentheses represent the ranking among o...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 9, 2017) – Always Dreaming, hero of last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), departed Churchill Downs at 6:40 a.m. Tues...
Always Dreaming draped in roses following the running of the 143rd Kentucky Derby (photo by Jordan Sigmon). Grade 1 Kentucky Derby champion Always Dreaming exited his victory in good form for trainer ...
