Ready for opening day at Santa Anita? Well Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and onward to Thursday’s start of the 90th year of racing at The Great Race Place. The 11-race card on Dec. 26 is packed with graded stakes races – three Grade 1s (one on turf, two on dirt) and three Grade 2s (two [&helli...
A last-minute jockey change didn’t matter as Built took an easy lead and rolled to a 6 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. The Kentucky Derby prep races awarded Built 10 2025 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, with the next four finishers earning 5-3...
Gun Runner won his first two races before fading to fourth in a Grade 2 event that ended his 2-year-old season. At 3 he won four stakes (Risen Star, Louisiana Derby, Matt Winn, Clark) but came up short in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Haskell Stakes, Travers Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby and Breeders’ Cup...
Trainer Brad Cox sends out California Sunset in the $100,000 Untapable Stakes at the Fair Grounds on Saturday seeking yet another contender for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 2. Already, Cox has the top two fillies on the Oaks qualifying points leaderboard with Immersive and Good Cheer. Muhimma is 10...
Even after a rare loss in the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), trainer Bob Baffert comes away from the weekend with the top three 2-year-olds on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Baffert sent out three of the five runners in the Futurity on Saturday, but it was Michael McCarthy-trained Journa...
Whether it’s the Hollywood Futurity, the CashCall Futurity, or the Los Alamitos Futurity, Bob Baffert usually finds his way to the winner’s circle. And it’s likely to happen again on Saturday when the Hall of Famer trainer sends out three of the five 2-year-olds entered in the xxx edition of t...
Doug O’Neill, a two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer, had several intriguing options for his talented colt, Dr Ruben M. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) last month near his home base in Southern California was under consideration after a snappy front-running maiden victory at Santa Anita ...
With horse racing stars of 2024 either retired or in training for next year, it seems like a jolly ol’ time for an early peek at the Eclipse Award, likely favorites and leading contenders. The list of finalists will be announced Jan. 5; the division champions, Horse of the Year and all the Eclipse...
All options are open after Locked barreled down the stretch for a 1 ½-length victory in the $500,000 Cigar Mile (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt trained by Todd Pletcher sustained a ligament injury and missed the Triple Crown races after a promising 2-year-old campaign. But he retu...
Poster swooped past the field around the final turn, took charge in the stretch under Flavien Prat, and held off a strong rally by Aviator Gui to win the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday. While Godolphin-owned Poster stamped himself an early contender for the 2025 Kentucky Derby (...
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