Unleashing Summer Speed: Opening Weekend at Del Mar The legendary summer meet at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club finally arrives, and horse racing fans across the globe are preparing their bankrolls for a spectacular opening weekend. Known worldwide as the place "where the turf meets the surf," this histo...
Several weeks ago, Scottie Scheffler donned the green jacket for a second time, the treasured sartorial prize awarded the Master of Augusta National. On Saturday, the victorious colt in the Kentucky Derby (G1) will be draped in a garland of roses, the traditional garb reserved for the winner of the ...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. Epic Ride replaces Encino, who was scratched. EPIC RIDE First on the also-eligible list for the De...
Mike Repole looks at things differently than most people. It’s made him a billionaire. Billionaire owner confident first Kentucky Derby win is at hand Years ago, when folks were drinking either soda or plain water, he came up with the idea of bridging the gap between the two and pretty much revolu...
It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when 80-1 shot Rich Strike spurted by along the inside to devastate Steve Asmussen. Asmussen is 0-for-25 ...
A Kentucky-bred has a pretty good chance to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. First off, history says 115 of the 149 Derby winners were Kentucky breds – that's a 77% strike rate. Kentucky-breds are most common and therefore have won more Derbys Secondly, let it be noted...
The Kentucky Derby trophy, first presented in its modern iteration in 1924, is believed to be the sole solid gold trophy awarded for a major American sporting event. Hand-hammered from a brick of 14-karat gold, with 20-karat gold adornments, it takes more 2,000 man-hours to produce and months to com...
One never knows what a $2 win bet will produce at the Kentucky Derby. With such a huge field totaling as many as 20 3-year-olds, you’ll get some solid favorites who deliver and many more longshots coming through at their one shot at racing glory. Over the past five years, the payoff on a $2 [&hell...
If you bet on the bay, odds are you’ve probably picked a few Kentucky Derby winners through the years. Bay horses have been the most successful in the Derby (bay also is the most common horse color) earning the trophy for the winning connections 56 times (a 37.58% strike rate). Bay horses have won...
Fierceness, the record-setting Florida Derby (G1) winner, was made the slight 5-2 morning-line favorite despite drawing the winless post No. 17 in a full field of 20 3-year-olds for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) next Saturday (May 4) at Churchill Downs. The 2-year-old champion is trained by Hall of ...
Bob Baffert may be banned from sending out horses in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but he has a couple of 3-year-olds primed for the Preakness (G1) two weeks after the Run for the Roses. Endlessly works, but will he run in Derby? Muth, winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1), opened as the 3-1 Preakness future...
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