Kentucky Derby betting season doesn’t start on the first Saturday in May. It starts months earlier, during the Kentucky Derby prep races, when horses earn points and shape the field. The problem is that many bettors burn their bankroll and lock into bad opinions long before the Derby gate ever ope...
Is The Chosen Vron beatable? Undefeated in 2024 (4-for-4) with a five-race win streak, and a winner in 13 of his last 14 starts, all stakes races, The Chosen Vron is ready to rumble on Saturday in the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. The 6-year-old Cal-bred gelding is the solid 6-5 favor...
Auguste Rodin's Quest for Glory at the King George VI Stakes When Auguste Rodin is in peak form, which is most of the time, he’s unbeatable. Last year he swept the Epsom Derby and Breeders’ Cup Turf, two of racing’s most prestigious events, and last month he won the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s...
Jim Dandy Stakes: A Key Prep for the Travers Stakes The 1 1/8-mile Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga is the traditional prep for the 1 1/4-mile Travers Stakes, a Grade 1 stakes that often determines the 3-year-old title. The Jim Dandy Stakes is a Grade 2, but its last four winners (Forte, Epicenter, Esse...
Top Weekend Races: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, Bing Crosby, and Jim Dandy Stakes Horseplayers are in for a betting challenge this weekend with a trio of high stakes races, one each at Ascot Racecourse, Del Mar Racetrack, and Saratoga Race Course. At Ascot outside London, the $1.588 million...
After a rocky start in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Thorpedo Anna proved once again she relishes a challenge. So does her trainer, Kenny McPeek. Following her 4 ½-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile race – her third straight Grade 1 win – McPeek toyed with...
In a humdinger of the Haskell Stakes (G1), Dornoch took the lead, relinquished it not once but twice, and re-rallied each time for a 1 ¼-length victory over Mindframe on Saturday at Monmouth Park. The stretch run was similar to the 1 ¼-mile Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on June 8, when Dornoch b...
Bob Baffert is back in the Kentucky Derby rotation after Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) lifted a three-year suspension of the Hall of Fame trainer, effective immediately. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be eligible to saddle horses for the 2025 Kentucky Derby The announcement came Friday afternoon...
Book’em Danno brought some drama to the $115,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park on Friday, nosing out Little Ni at the wire for his sixth victory eight starts. Under Samuel Martin, the 3-year-old New Jersey-bred gelding rallied outside of Little Ni in the stretch and got up at the wire in th...
The $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) on Saturday (July 20) at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey, is the first major race for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown. usracing.com is publishing profiles on the contenders. 2024 Haskell Stakes Contenders: FIERCENESS The assumption going into the Kent...
After a brief post-Los Alamitos respite, racing returns to Southern California on Saturday as The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s 2024 summer race meet gets underway for the 85th time. The San Diego-area track will operate on Saturday and Sunday for the first week of of the meeting and switch to a Thu...
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