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 ...
Confident coming into the race, jockey Rafael Bejarano rode Honor Marie according to plan, passing five rivals moving around the final turn and taking charge in the stretch to win the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race is one of the early preps on...
Equinox has been perfect for more than a year – five Grade 1 wins, most recently a second victory in the Tenno Sho, and has been rated No. 1 throughout in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse rankings. The star 4-year-old Japan bred is the heavy favorite to complete an unbeaten season when he tak...
Moving off the rail around the turn for home, Trademark came through with a rousing finish and nosed out First Mission in the $600,000 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs on Friday. Given a perfect ride along the rail by jockey Fernando De La Cruz while sitting comfortably in fourth, Trademark was taken t...
The points parade to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) returns two days after Thanksgiving – and its traditional holiday parade – with the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs. A field of eight is entered for Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile Derby prep, at the home of the Run for the Roses,...
First Mission and Il Miracolo, a pair of 3-year-olds, are the top two betting choices for Friday’s $600,000 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs, but the eight older horses in the field offer a few betting options that could result in a nice holiday weekend payoff. First Mission, Godolphin-owned and Brad...
With the Breeders’ Cup in the rear-view mirror, and the BC Juvenile (G1) winner Fierceness now considered the really-way-too-early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite, the road to the 2014 Run for the Roses opens again over Thanksgiving weekend. And where else but Churchill Downs, home of the Derby, shou...
There seems to be little hope when taking on trainer Bob Baffert in the Bob Hope (G3) at Del Mar. The Hall of Famer has won the past two editions, four of the past six, six of the past eight, and eight of the past 12. On Sunday, Baffert sends out three of the five […]...
The Mile Championship (G1) at Kyoto Racecourse features last year’s winner Serifos, and 16-horse field, and the world’s top-ranked jockey Ryan Moore making the trip to ride Namur, the only filly in the race. The 19th edition of the Mile Championship on the turf includes five of the six top finis...
It took a little longer than originally thought, but all post-race samples taken from contenders in the Breeders’ Cup have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU). Distribution of purse money has begun accordingly, the Breeders’ Cup said in a news release. The 2023 Br...
Arcangelo is out. White Abarrio is in. Mage is in. Cody’s Wish is out. And so it goes in the wealthy world of thoroughbred breeders following the 40th Breeders’ Cup. Many of the popular horses from 2023 are now retired: male racehorses to stud duty; and female racehorses as broodmares. Top Conte...
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