Brad Cox goes for an Arkansas Derby (G1) record-setting hat-trick Saturday when he saddles Timberlake in the crowning event of the Oaklawn Park season. No trainer has won the Arkansas Derby for three ...
The long-awaited 3-year-old debut of Timberlake is less than a week away after the promising bay colt was entered Sunday in the $1.25 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Winner of the Champagne (G1) a...
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 Oakl...
By Ed McNamara These are disturbing times for the world and for America, and our national race reflects the chaos. Two of the past three winners of the Kentucky Derby were disqualified, an unprecedent...
By Richard Rosenblatt Call us crazy, but we’re celebrating Wayne’s Week on the road to the 148th Kentucky Derby (G1) – and the Oaks (G1). Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas finds himself...
By Richard Rosenblatt If you’re following the races on Saturday, there’s a bunch of familiar names showing up at tracks around the country, from Gulfstream Park in Florida to Los Alamitos in Calif...
As expected, the Arkansas Derby was a duel into the stretch between front-runner Caddo River, the 3-1 second choice, and Concert Tour, the 3-10 favorite. Then the match race fell apart when along came...
Arkansas Derby 2021 By Ed McNamara As expected, the Arkansas Derby was a duel into the stretch between front-runner Caddo River, the 3-1 second choice, and Concert Tour, the 3-10 favorite. Then the ma...
Seems hard to believe, but the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1) is three weeks away. Since the 146th Derby was run in September instead of its traditional date on the first Saturday in May due to COVID-19, t...
By Richard Rosenblatt Calling all Kentucky Derby contenders! This is it. The Arkansas Derby (G1). A last big chance to collect enough qualifying points to get into a 20-horse maximum field and Run for...