Every Kentucky Derby trail has a race that looks insignificant right up until it isn’t. The Sunland Derby lives comfortably in that category. No glamour. No coastal hype. No media parade. Just a dry, high-altitude oval in New Mexico that quietly reshapes futures markets every few years. This seaso...
The $175,000 Futurity (G3) at Aqueduct on Friday may result in trainer Todd Pletcher having two more contenders for the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar. Mentee had a bumpy start in his first race on turf but took charge in the stretch for a 3 ½-length victory over stablemate Gate to Wire in [...
A year ago, Idiomatic was nearly unbeatable. She went 8-for-9, winning five consecutive graded stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). There was even buzz about considering her for Horse of the Year. This year at age 5 she’s been impressive (2-for-4) but not invincible. She lost two of...
Call it a successful opening day at Keeneland for Brad Cox -- the trainer won the $600,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) with Immersive and the $350,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) with Federal Judge. The victories on Friday gave one of the nation’s top conditioners a pair of fees-paid automat...
Looking for a 13th victory in the $200,000 Oak Leaf Stakes (G3) on Saturday, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert sends out four of the eight 2-year-old fillies seeking an all-fees paid automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). The 1 1/16-mile Oak Leaf, which was known as the Chandel...
Here’s the scoop on the $200,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2): Who doesn’t like Iscreamuscream in a field of seven going 1 ¼ miles on the turf for a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1)? The 3-year-old filly faces older horses for the first time when the daughter of Twirling Candy...
Nothing Better is obviously a “horse for the course” entering the $200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint (G3) on Saturday. The 6-furlong turf dash at Belmont at the Big A attracted a field of nine with Prince of Jericho also entered as a main-track only runner in the event the race is rained off the grass...
Santa Anita Park is ready for another huge Saturday with a 10-race card including three Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” races dominated by horses trained by Bob Baffert and Phil D’Amato. All totaled, Baffert and D’Amato have 10 of the 22 horses entered for the $300,000 American Pharoah...
The top three finishers from the Saratoga Derby (G1) in August square off again Saturday in the $500,000 Jockey Club Derby (G3) on the Belmont at the Big A card. That trio are the ones to beat in the 1 3/8 miles turf contest for 3-year-olds. They have the experience and the class edge over […...
Let’s go shopping for value in the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) for 2-year-old fillies on Saturday at Belmont at the Big A. Senza Parole is the odd-on 3-5 favorite in the 1-mile race that is also a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” stakes. The winner gets an expenses-paid trip to the BC J...
Chancer McPatrick proved he was a tough dude with his victory in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) on Labor Day, the final card of the Saratoga meet. We’ll find out just how tough he is on Saturday in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont at the Big A. Tough and talented field of juveniles set [&hel...
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