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...
Hopefully, a frustrating spring will lead to a fruitful summer for a champion last seen in the winner’s circle nearly four months ago. That would be Forte, the 2-year-old Eclipse Award winner who tops a talented but compact field of five in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. ...
Jason Servis, the disgraced trainer of star-crossed champion Maximum Security, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a yearslong scheme of abusing racehorses through the use of performance enhancing drugs. The maximum sentence based on the charges was delivered on Wednesday (Jul...
Irad Ortiz, Jr. is rolling once again at the Spa, already out to a commanding lead in the jockey standings with no signs of slowing down. As the third week of the eight-week summer begins on Wednesday (July 26), Ortiz has piled up 21 victories in 71 races, including a win in the Shuvee (G2) [&hellip...
Overlooked at 12-1, Geaux Rocket Ride enjoyed a confident ride from Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith to upset Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage and 4-5 favorite Arabian Knight in the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. The 3-year-old bay son of Candy Ride gave Hall of Fame train...
Since Gustavo Delgado, Sr. won the Kentucky Derby with 15-1 shot Mage back on May 6, getting to the winner’s circle again has been a tough task for the trainer. Delgado’s next 12 starters did not win, including Mage in the Preakness (G1) on May 20, where he finished third. He’s 1-for-his-last-...
No matter how he arrives, by plane, train, or horse van, Monmouth Park received the good news a day before Wednesday’s post-position draw for the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1): The Derby winner is coming, the Derby winner is coming. Mage, the surprise Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, will take on seve...
Live Thoroughbred racing returns to Southern California on Friday as The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s 2023 summer race meet is set to get underway for the 84th time. Initially, the San Diego-area track will operate on a Friday-through-Sunday schedule for the first week of of the meeting and switch ...
Bob Baffert’s horses don’t stay long at the Jersey Shore, but when they show up for the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park the trainer is usually in for a big payday. The Hall of Famer has saddled nine Haskell winners, six runners-up, and has collected hefty bonus money from the tra...
Jack Knowlton and his merry band of yellow bus riders, better known as Sackatoga Stable, had the time of their lives 20 years ago when their New York-bred gelding Funny Cide took them on one of coolest quests for a Triple Crown in history. Trained by the curmudgeonly but lovable Barclay Tagg, and ri...
*Originally published in 2017, published again today in memory of Funny Cide, who passed away at his home at the Kentucky Horse Park on July 16, joining Wes Lanter, who died in December of 2o22. We honor both Wes and Funny Cide with this memory. Fourteen years ago, a humble New York-bred gelding nam...
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