Three days from now, a room full of horsemen, Churchill Downs officials, and Derby connections will reach into a barrel and pull out numbered pills, and just like that, the 152nd Kentucky Derby field takes shape. The post position draw is one of the most genuinely consequential moments in the sport,...
It was a hot time last weekend in Saratoga Springs, both in the old town and at the racetrack. Temperatures soared into the mid to upper 80s without a ripple of cooling breeze, making for toasty conditions in the venerable wooden grandstand. The racing action warmed to the occasion, topped by Fierce...
National Treasure 9-5 favorite in strong 12-horse for Whitney On the day after his induction in racing’s Hall of Fame, Joel Rosario has a chance to pull off a huge upset in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. The 39-year-old jockey from the Dominican Republic had three moun...
Bob Baffert is a world-famous trainer for his masterful handling of 3-year-old colts, most of whom were precocious stars at 2. He’s won a record 17 American classics, including two Triple Crowns, and 15 of his 22 Eclipse champions were males. Of his six Hall of Famers -- Silver Charm, Silverbullet...
Nothing says Saratoga like a lucrative grass stakes, and the Spa will present two on Friday -- the $400,000 Saratoga Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies and the $500,000 Hall of Fame Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds. Cinderella's Dream is the one to beat in the Saratoga Oaks Cinderella’s Dream (Oaks) and ...
Baffert on Justify: “He was like a comet, streaking along the sky.” A few days before Triple Crown winner Justify is formally inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame on Friday, trainer Bob Baffert chuckled when he recalled his first impression of the massive chestnut colt. “It was right after th...
Bob Baffert plans to send out a couple of heavyweights on Saturday, top-rated National Treasure in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) and highly-acclaimed Adare Manor in the $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar. National Treasure, the 2023 Preakness (G1) winner, is 2-for-3 as a 4-year-old, wit...
Bring on the Breeders’ Cup Sprint! The Chosen Vron won the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar for the second year in a row and earned another automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 2. The California-bred won for the 14th time in his last 15 races, […]...
Brilliant or baffling, that was the question. Fierceness continued his trend of victory following defeat by stalking the pace, taking the lead past the three-eighths pole and holding off Sierra Leone by a length in the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Jim Dandy Sta...
It took a behemoth of a horse to defeat a pair of Breeders’ Cup champions, and Goliath was up to the task as he knocked off Rebel’s Romance and Auguste Rodin in the $1.125 million King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot on Saturday. Sent off as a 25-1 longshot in the […]...
A look at the past performances for Fierceness indicates he’s ready for another fantastic race rather than a flop in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course. The 3-year-old son of City of Light has been overpowering in three victories but in each of his following starts...
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