Napoleon Solo Wins the 2026 Preakness Stakes! Saturday, May 16, 2026 | Laurel Park, Baltimore There were sharper bettors at the rail in the Preakness paddock who kept saying the same thing all week: the Champagne Stakes form never lies. On Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park, Napoleon Solo proved ever...
Saturday’s Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park is a Kentucky Derby (GI) prep that’s been contested under many different incarnations over the years. It previously was known as the Spiral Stakes, Jim Beam Stakes, Lane’s End Stakes, Horseshoe Casino, and once the Galleryfurniture.com Stakes an...
The career of Noted takes another interesting twist Saturday when the multiple-stakes winning colt runs on artificial surface for the first time in the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park. The lure of the Jeff Ruby is obvious: a huge purse and 100 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points to ...
The Fair Grounds’ long stretch tests stamina, and the 1 3/16-mile Louisiana Derby (G2) is only 110 yards shorter than the Kentucky Derby (G1). In recent years, running in New Orleans’ marquee prep race has led to success on the first Saturday in May. Louisiana Derby also-rans Mandaloun (sixth, 2...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. Here come the 100-pointers! The countdown to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) kicks into the stretch run beginning Saturday with the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) and the $700,000 J...
Trainer Bob Baffert has a special connection to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and it’s not just because his horses have earned more than $21 million in the Dubai World Cup (G1) over the past quarter-century. It’s also the place where he suffered a heart attack in 2012 a week before he was t...
He’s won graded stakes named for a crooner (Bing Crosby), a Triple Crown champion (Affirmed) and a Hall of Fame conditioner (Laz Barrera). This week, he was the runaway choice as the 2023 California-bred Horse of the Year, champion older male, and champion sprinter. Last year, he was the Cal-bred ...
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...
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