Santa Anita Park, nestled under the majestic San Gabriel Mountains in southern California, will host a live race meeting for the 80th time on Monday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the ...
The first Saturday in May is still many months away, but it’s never too early to start looking for those horses that might look good in red — as in rose red. Below is my current top six (current f...
As interesting as I find the early betting on the equine contenders for the 2017 Kentucky Derby, I think the human contenders are even more intriguing. For example, Bob Baffert has won the Run for the...
Mastery has been made the 1-2 morning line favorite to stay unbeaten in Saturday’s $300,000 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (GI). After an impressive 4 ¾-length score in his maiden debut, Mastery s...
According to the Paulick Report, “two historic races for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby – the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct – will be dropped fr...
As the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion, Classic Empire is an obvious early favorite for the 2017 Kentucky Derby — an opinion validated by the fact that he closed as the second choice in the Kentuc...
As many of you know, Dr. Steven Roman’s excellent Web site chef-de-race.com is no longer being maintained. Dr. Roman is “ending his association with thoroughbred racing” after more than 50 years...
The Triple Crown season is officially upon us. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 closed on Sunday — with few surprises in the wagering. As is typical in these pari-mutuel pools, the field, whic...
Cheyenne Stables’ Mastery made his stakes debut a winning one, capturing the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (GIII) at Del Mar by 1 ¼ lengths over California Diamond in just his second career race. The ba...
The racing world will have its eyes on Vinton, Louisiana on Saturday as Delta Downs runs a special 11-race afternoon card with eight stakes races, offering $2.3 million in purse money. The feature ra...
