Up this weekend on the post-Triple Crown schedule for 3-year-olds is the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown, a race first run in 1876 and contested annually since 1952. The race sure doesn’t sound like a blockbuster on the first Saturday of summer, but the field of 10 has a bunch of familiar ...
The 149th Preakness (G1) is this Saturday, May 18, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The 1 3/16-mile race is the second leg of the Triple Crown. usracing.com is publishing profiles of the contenders. CATCHING FREEDOM There were positives about Catching Freedom’s fourth-place finish in the Kentu...
The field for the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) grew on Sunday as Catching Freedom became the latest contender for the second leg of the Triple Crown. The diverse field of 3-year-olds will include Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan, fourth-place finisher Catching Freedom, and 17th-place finisher Ju...
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystic Dan is headed to the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) on May 18, after all. Five days of carefully checking every move by his Derby winner, from eating up his feed, to body language, jogging, and galloping, led trainer Ken McPeek to this conclusion Thursday: “Ever...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. CATCHING FREEDOM A last-to-first burst in the Louisiana Derby validated him as a serious 3-year-...
Catching Freedom found the daylight he needed in the stretch and won the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on New Year’s Day. With Oaklawn’s leading rider (in 2023) Cristian Torres aboard for trainer Brad Cox, Catching Freedom ($5.40 for a $2 win bet) lived up to his 8-5 favoritism in...
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