Brad Cox-trained Commandment, Further Ado both 6-1 Renegade finished first in New York, Florida, and Arkansas, and now he’s the lukewarm 4-1 morning-line favorite to come through again in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on May 2. The highly anticipated post-position draw was ...
Who says the top 3-year-olds have to come from Kentucky? Uncle Heavy, bred in Pennsylvania, rallied in the mud Saturday to edge El Grande O, a New York bred, at the wire in the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. With the victory, Uncle Heavy banked 20 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points in his fir...
Coming off a rousing maiden win to close out his 2-year-old campaign, Better Than Gold will tackle unbeaten sensation Nysos and two other Bob Baffert trainees in Saturday’s $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Better Than Gold, a dark bay son of Nyquist, had a somewhat dolorous start...
Saturday will be a busy afternoon for 3-year-olds harboring Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirations with important stakes races on tap in Florida, Arkansas, California and New York. While the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct will be overshadowed by the others, it will offer the biggest handicapping challen...
Last seen at the races, Fierceness was rolling to a 6 ¼-length victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at 16-1 odds three months ago. Not only did the emphatic victory over the three top choices Muth, Locked, and Timberlake earn Fierceness the Eclipse Award as 2-year-old male champion, it prop...
An impressive display of “good energy” in a 10 ¾-length romp at the Fair Grounds in his 3-year-old debut has Maycocks Bay in the favorite’s role for Saturday’s $800,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park. After a maiden win in four starts as a 2-year-old, the Godolphin homebred started fast, le...
Saturday’s $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds contested in the country. The race was named for New York businessman, horse owner, breeder, and one-time Monmouth Park owner David Dunham Withers, who owned the 1890 winner of the race, King Eric. Road...
In 2007 the Santa Anita Derby (G1)/Kentucky Derby (G1) prep once known as the Santa Catalina Stakes was renamed the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) to honor one of the most beloved owners in the game of Thoroughbred racing who passed away the year before. The familiar green and yellow silks representing...
Saturday marks the 59th running of the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the feature again returns on the track’s stakes calendar to its regular spot as the traditional Rebel Stakes (G2) prep this year after a nearly two-week delay in 2021 thanks to winter storm Uri, which blanketed the so...
This year marks the 35th running of the Holy Bull Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park, the Miami-area oval’s first major prep on the road to the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1). The 1 1/16-mile main track test offers Road to the Derby points to the top finishers on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale, which could put the ...
A quartet of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps is set for Saturday (Feb. 3), all offering qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers. The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park features early Derby favorite Fierceness, who will be making his 3-year-old debut. The 2-year-old champion an...
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