Can the Rebel Stakes Winner Handle the Distance? The Road to the Kentucky Derby just took a sharp, unexpected turn in the Ozarks. While the horse racing world fixed its gaze on the heavy hitters in Florida and New York, a sleeper cell from the Todd Pletcher barn detonated at Oaklawn Park. Class Pres...
Fractious at the gate, fantastic at the finish! Sierra Leone came up with a doozy of a Derby prep with a powerful victory in the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday, stamping him a top contender for the Run for Roses. Sierra Leone Cruised Right Into the Kentucky Derby Gate Wit...
Welcome to the 150th Kentucky Derby, Bill Mott. Resilience swept into the lead around the final turn and cruised to an easy victory in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday, giving Hall of Famer Mott a solid contender in the Run for the Roses. Resilience Romped in the Wood Memorial...
Christophe Clement could receive racing’s highest honor when the 2024 inductees into the sport’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, Ne2w York are announced later this month. The dapper Frenchman is certainly a worthy candidate. He has saddled over 2,400 winners and his horses have earned $170 mil...
The final entrance ramps on the road to the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) are open in Lexington, Ozone Park, New York, and Arcadia, California this weekend, with a small window of opportunity a week later back in Lexington. We’re geared up for Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland,...
Just think: If a temporary injunction is issued by a circuit court in Kentucky on Monday (April 8), Hall of Fame trainer could have one -- or more -- horses in the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1). Stronghold, Mc Vay Seek Kentucky Derby berths While it seems unlikely, Amr Zedan, one of Baffert’s biggest ...
Springtime in Kentucky means Derby Fever, which soon will peak for the 150th Run for The Roses on May 4 at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, Keeneland will stage its Derby prep, the $1 million, 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass Stakes (G1). Considering the race's prestige, you might assume its winners have excelled...
On Friday (April 5), opening day at Keeneland, eight 3-year-old fillies will assemble for the $600,000 Ashland Stakes (G1), all vying to earn points to qualify for the nation’s premier filly race, the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) four weeks hence. The Ashland is one of 19 stakes at Keeneland’...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. Derby Top 10: Fierceness Soars to No. 1; Timberlake Off Derby Trail “He’s super,” thanks for asking. Those were the words of two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer Todd...
The Kentucky Derby (G1) picture came clearly into focus in the span of little over an hour on Saturday afternoon. It was the equivalent of going from analog to Hi-Def … it’s now crystal clear. Just Steel, Mystik Dan, and Timberlake run 2-3-4, all likely Derby-bound It started with the Florida De...
That’s what we’re talking about. Fierceness flashed his championship form once again, blowing away the field with a fantastic gate-to-wire record-setting romp in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Next stop for Fierceness: Kentucky Derby Breaking from an outside po...
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