Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the break and kicked away for a four-length victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, giving Briley a contender for his first Kentucky Derby. Coal Batt...
The second time around was a bit easier for Barnes. The $3.2 million colt trained by Bob Baffert blew away his rivals for a 5½-length victory in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday. Barnes, named for Baffert’s longtime assistant Jimmy Barnes, won his much-anticipated d...
Not only did Cyclone State lead into the turn, the Iowa-bred pulled away from the field in the stretch and easily won the $150,000 Jerome Stakes on a chilly Saturday at Aqueduct. Trained by Chad Summers, the 3-year-old McKenzie colt was eight lengths ahead by the eighth-pole and cruised home by 3 ½...
Way back in the day, Leonard Jerome (1817-1891) was as big as you can get. The super-rich New York financier built Jerome Park, a state-of-the-art showplace in the Bronx where the first Belmont Stakes was run in 1867. Jerome also was the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill, one of the giants o...
Last year, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was showing some of the barns newly minted 3-year-olds to a friend when he decided to bring out one of his more recent acquisitions, a muscular bay son of Into Mischief out of the American Pharaoh mare All American Dream. “Is this a 3-year-old?” asked ...
Smarty Jones made a lasting impression at Oaklawn Park in 2004, sweeping the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby before his oh-so-close sweep of Triple Crown – winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness but coming up short in the Belmont Stakes. Brad Cox seeks fourth Smarty win with H...
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...
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...
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 ...
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