It’s safe to say the 33 runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) so far have been kind to 3-year-olds. A total of 11 sophomores — 33 percent — have defeated older horses in the main event on...
The top three finishers from this year’s Kentucky Derby (GI) — Nyquist, Exaggerator and Gun Runner — all meet up for the last time as sophomores in the last major dirt derby of the year in Satur...
13 starts, six wins, three seconds, and one third. That is the record of Exaggerator, who will be running in the 2016 Travers Stakes and has been installed as the morning line favorite. There are quit...
Surviving a jockey objection, Exaggerator won his third Grade I of the season in the Haskell Invitational (G1), giving his sire (Curlin) his fourth stakes winner of the weekend. Many questioned the de...
Nothing can top a Triple Crown winner racing in your signature race, but drawing the top three Kentucky Derby finishers comes pretty darn close. That is exactly what Monmouth Park has managed to do. L...
This year’s thrilling Triple Crown series, while absent a sweep of the three races like a year ago, saw a champion wear the roses, two brothers team up to wear the black-eyed susans and a celebrity ...
It hardly seems like an entire year since racing witnessed American Pharoah win the first Triple Crown in 37 years, but here we are. And despite a year with no Triple Crown on the line, this year’s ...
Even though, historically, favorites in the Belmont Stakes win more often than favorites as a whole, they are wildly overbet, returning approximately $3.67 for every winning $2 wager, compared to ab...
“The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles.” ~Garth Stein Exaggerator can stake his claim as the top three-year-old in training on Sa...
Every year, with or without a Triple Crown on the line, the Belmont Stakes promises to be an exciting and competitive race. For years, the Belmont Stakes has seen the dethroning of top horses and the ...
