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...
In the run-up to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. No betting, no worries when it comes to trying to sort out the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby (G1), now just about seven weeks away. The $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) produ...
Let’s take a break from sorting out the leading Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders and look at the likely field for the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) -- it’s pretty strong. The 28th running of the 1 ¼-mile race at Meydan Racecourse on March 30 is set to feature a rematch between $20 million Saud...
More than 600 horseplayers will compete for $4.5 million in cash and prizes at the 25th National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) at the Horseshoe Las Vegas from March 15-17. Inside the NTRA Handicapping Contest: Winning Big and Gaining Recognition The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA),...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. Locked is no longer loaded. After missing his 3-year-old debut race again, this time in the Fountain of Youth (G2), Locked is out as No. 1 in the latest US Racing Kentucky Derby Co...
In 1905, Belmont Park opened as the most elaborate racetrack in America, one modeled after the grand racecourses of Europe. A century and then some later, Belmont Park’s current $455 million renovation, also modeled after some of the most iconic racetracks in the world, is expected to be completed...
A neck shy of pulling off a 17-1 upset in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Jody’s Pride made her 3-year-old debut a winning one and vaulted from 24th to first place on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard with her 2 ¼-length score in the $200,000 Busher Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday. Sta...
Jockey Frankie Dettori and Newgate staged a stretch-long rally and caught Subsanador in the final yards for a thrilling victory in the $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) on Sunday. The 87th edition of the 1 ¼-mile Big ‘Cap gave trainer Bob Baffert his sixth victory in the iconic race won by some ...
And the 3-year-olds just keep on winning for Bob Baffert, no matter which ones he sends out. The Hall of Fame trainer won the $300,000 San Felipe (G2) for the ninth time when 9-10 favorite Imagination outdueled stablemate Wine Me Up by a head in a photo finish at Santa Anita on Sunday. Nysos, consid...
Encino’s one-length victory over favorite Epic Ride in the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on Saturday night gave trainer Brad Cox a nice finish to a long day of Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. The two-time Eclipse Award winner went 0-for-4 in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct earlier, ...
Deterministic came off a long layoff and promptly put himself in the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a rousing victory in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) over a sloppy Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. In his only other race, back on Aug. 12, Deterministic won at 7 furlongs at Saratoga. Under Joel Rosario i...
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