He’s the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion; undefeated in five lifetime starts; and the current single-entrant favorite in the Kentucky Derby Future Pool #2. Yet, I don’t think Nyquist stands a sn...
By Derek Simon Lady Shipman, who was last seen costing me a trifecta by not getting up in time to win the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland, is scheduled to make her 2016 debut in the L...
By Derek Simon Runhappy makes his first start for his new/old connections on Saturday in the Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park. As most racing fans who haven’t been living in a pod (and even...
By Derek Simon I can’t take it anymore. I’m so exasperated that I used “bogus” in the title of this blog — and I can’t guarantee that you won’t see a “rad” or “F-in A, dude” befo...
By Derek Simon As I sit down to write this, the 142nd Kentucky Derby is 176 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes and two seconds away… and I haven’t even picked out what I’m going to wear yet! I jest, any...
US Racing‘s Derek Simon recaps the Breeders’ Cup Classic and gives his (final) take on the BC Sprint saga involving the owners of Runhappy and trainer Maria Borell. Later in the show, Dere...
By Laura Pugh The sport of Thoroughbred Racing rarely ever gets to see a fairytale that has a happily-ever-after ending. Too often, the news we get to see is of breakdowns or drug violations, but that...
To say that the defection of Beholder and Smooth Roller from the Breeders’ Cup Classic changed the complexion of the race is like saying that those Matthew McConaughey commercials for Lincoln are ju...
A video tutorial on how to place a wager at www.usracing.com — just in time for the Breeders’ Cup! Derek Simon Derek Simon is the Senior Editor and Handicapper at US Racing.
