In a month from now, a full field of juveniles will race in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) at Del Mar in what will likely be the contest that decides who the division’s Eclipse Award w...
With the inconsistency that we have seen this year from the current 3-year-old crop and older horse division, I have been paying a bit more attention to the 2-year-old crop than usual. I love finding ...
Monday’s $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (GI) marks closing day of the prestigious summer racing season at Del Mar and, before getting out of town and heading back North, nine juveniles will square off ov...
Saratoga’s Hopeful Stakes (G1) has only produced two Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winners in its rich 42-year history, but it has served as an important stallion-making race on many occasions. With...
The 2017 portion of the Road to the Kentucky Derby got off to a thrilling start when El Areeb won in convincing fashion at Aqueduct in the Jerome on Monday. El Areeb garnered 10 points in his bid to g...
The first Saturday in May is still many months away, but it’s never too early to start looking for those horses that might look good in red — as in rose red. Below is my current top six (current f...
As the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion, Classic Empire is an obvious early favorite for the 2017 Kentucky Derby — an opinion validated by the fact that he closed as the second choice in the Kentuc...
The Triple Crown season is officially upon us. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 closed on Sunday — with few surprises in the wagering. As is typical in these pari-mutuel pools, the field, whic...
The Futurity Stakes (GI) — sometimes referred to as the Belmont Futurity — was at one time, in the late 1800s, the richest race in North America. Up until 1957, horses were eligible to run after t...
