Trainer Mark Casse is having one sensational summer, especially with his 3-year-olds – colts and fillies. The dual Hall of Famer not only trains the popular Sandman – winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1) -- but his fillies have been even more fabulous. On Saturday, he sends out three of his 3-year-...
A full field of 12 sophomore fillies will line up and race nine furlongs in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1) at Del Mar. Some impressive names are listed on the roster of previous winners, including champions Turkish Trousers, Flawlessly, Hollywood Wildcat, Golden Apples, Canadian Horse of ...
E.P. Taylor (1901-1989) was a thoroughbred racing executive, owner and breeder whose influence on the sport extended far beyond his native Canada. His greatest contribution was his homebred Northern Dancer, the 1964 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) hero who became the greatest stallion ...
Bettors eagerly look forward every summer to Saratoga, upstate New York’s annual showcase of top-level racing that features at least one major stakes every weekend. It’s the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) this Saturday for 3-year-old fillies going a demanding 1 ¼ miles. The arrival of the Alabama...
Sovereignty, the nation’s top 3-year-old and a leading contender for Horse of the Year, remains No. 1 in this week’s Breeders’ Cup Classic Top 10 rankings. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Belmont Stakes (G1), and t...
For those who bet on horse racing, it is well known that Saratoga Race Course is also called the “Graveyard of Favorites’’ as well as the “Graveyard of Champions.” Either is appropriate, as some of racing’s biggest upsets have taken place at the iconic upstate New York racetrack. A few...
Be Your Best certainly looks to be the best bet in a field of six fillies and mares in the $500,000 Beverly D. Stakes (G2) on Saturday at Colonial Downs’ Festival of Racing. The 5-year-old mare bred in Ireland has won four of six starts since being moved to the barn of trainer Saffie Joseph, [&hel...
Saturday’s $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) at Del Mar -- the first graded stakes event of the year for juveniles racing in Southern California – honors the late, great California-bred gelding, Best Pal, who was foaled 37 years ago just down the road from “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” in near...
Dream On looks to be in the right place at the right time for a third straight victory as the 3-year-old takes on seven rivals in the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (G2) at Colonial Downs on Saturday. Trained by Mark Casse, Dream On is the class of the field coming off wins in the Woodhaven Stakes [&he...
It’s been 15 months since Mystik Dan won the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) in a thrilling three-horse photo finish. Since then, the 18-1 longshot Derby winner is 1-for-7. A victory in the Blame Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on May 3 ended an 0-for-5 post-Derby run, which included a second in the Preak...
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