The Pinnacle of West Coast Racing at Santa Anita Park The 2026 Santa Anita Derby represents the final major hurdle for three-year-olds on the West Coast seeking a spot in the starting gate at Churchill Downs. This Grade 1 event carries a massive $500,000 purse and, more importantly, offers 100 quali...
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...
With 12 million reasons to run, the folks at Juddmonte Farms figured why not go for it in the Dubai World Cup? Ushba Tesoro, Senor Buscador run distant 2-3 And so they did, and unsung Laurel River put on a command performance in routing a field packed with champions in the $12 million Dubai World [&...
Yes. Forever Young is for real! And headed to the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) after an impressive victory in the $2.5 million UAE Derby (G2) on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse. And he’s likely to be among the favorites as Japan seeks its first victory in the 150th Run for the Roses on May 4. [&he...
Each year the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park normally represents the end of yet another grueling Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) journey through the Natural State, and as such it’s often one of the most anticipated Derby preps of them all, as well as one ate of the most productiv...
The Florida Derby (G1) will be run for the 73rd time this year and the 1 1/8-mile race still ranks as the Sunshine State’s most important prep for the Kentucky Derby (G1), which will be held again for the 150th time at Churchill Downs in Louisville in five weeks. The nine-furlong race, which is sp...
The only horse to win back-to-back Dubai World Cups was Thunder Snow (2018, 2019), and Japan’s Ushba Tesoro could match him Saturday at Meydan Racecourse. The 7-year-old favorite enters the 1¼-mile extravaganza in top form, with only the head of Senor Buscador denying him glory in last month’s ...
The $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) is March 30 at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is for 4-year-olds and up at 1 ¼ miles on dirt. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. SENOR BUSCADOR This somewhat humbly bred horse surprised just about everyone with his...
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