It’s been 17 years since a Wood Memorial Stakes (GII) winner went on to win the Kentucky Derby (GI) (Fusaichi Pegasus) and before that there was a 19-year gap. This year, Irish War Cry and Mo Town w...
During my first career as a commercial banker in Southern California, I had the great pleasure to finance a Santa Monica Mexican-food restaurant for a kind and colorful man. In the banking industry,...
The connections of Always Dreaming, State of Honor and Gunnevera – the top three finishers in Gulfstream Park’s Grade 1 Xpressbet Florida Derby – have confirmed that their horses will run next i...
“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...
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In the weeks leading up to the Florida Derby (G1) trainer Todd Pletcher made no secret about how high he was on Kentucky Derby prospect Always Dreaming. He told just about anyone who’d listen he’d...
Grade 1 $1,000,000 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby Gulfstream Park, April 1, 2017 Trainer Todd Pletcher (trainer, Always Dreaming, 1st) “I think the whole program really helped today. We brought him alo...
Brooklyn Boys, Teresa and Vinnie Viola, Siena Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds and St. Elias Stable’s Always Dreaming went from Kentucky Derby (GI) outsider to legit contender in one fell swoop on Sat...
Despite winning the Risen Star Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds a month ago, a bit of a question mark still hung over Brad Grady’s Girvin heading into Saturday’s Louisiana Derby (GI) at Fair Grounds. ...
Multiple graded stakes winner El Areeb will miss the Triple Crown trail due to an injury in his right knee discovered after a March 29 workout at Laurel Park. El Areeb will undergo surgery on April 3 ...
