Kaleem Shah got his first stakes win with new trainer Doug O’Neill on Sunday as his lightly raced Iliad became a graded stakes winner with a 3 ½-length score in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (GII...
Used to be that the San Vicente Stakes (GII) at Santa Anita was an important stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby (GI). Even though last year’s winner, Nyquist, went on to win in Louisville on the...
Janis Whitham’s McCraken took another giant step on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) on Saturday with an impressive near last-to-first victory by 1 ½ lengths in Saturday’s $200,000 Sam F. Davi...
A field of nine 3-year-olds in search of 10 valuable Kentucky Derby (GI) points is expected to line up for Saturday’s 37th running of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (GIII) at Tampa Bay Downs, a 1 1/16-mile...
Purchased for a modest sum of $20,000 in Keeneland’s September 2015 Yearling Sale, Uncontested is an early favorite for all the Derby prep races at Oaklawn Park this spring. In mid-January, the Wayn...
Despite his impressive win in the Holy Bull, Irish War Cry was unable to crack my “Derby Dozen” list, which rates the top contenders for the 2017 Kentucky Derby on the basis of their Perceived Abi...
Jay NehfJay C. Nehf is a Thoroughbred owner and trainer who was born in Chicago, Illinois. His first racetrack job was at Washington Park for harness trainer Duncan Price in 1969. After a few years, J...
Isabelle de Tomaso’s New Jersey homebred Irish War Cry made his presence on the Triple Crown trail well known on Saturday with an impressive wire-to-wire score in the $350,000 Lambholm South Holy Bu...
MMG Stable’s El Areeb proved himself anything but a one-race wonder Saturday with an impressive 4 ¼-length romp in the $250,000 Withers Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct. Under regular jockey Trevor McCart...
Jerry and Ann Moss’ Royal Mo stamped himself a legitimate Kentucky Derby (GI) contender on Saturday with an impressive wire-to-wire score in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (GII) at Santa Anita....
