Bob Baffert plans to send out a couple of heavyweights on Saturday, top-rated National Treasure in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) and highly-acclaimed Adare Manor in the $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch...
Deterministic came off a long layoff and promptly put himself in the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a rousing victory in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) over a sloppy Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. In his...
The 72nd running of the Gotham (G3) on Saturday has attracted a wide-ranging field of 13 drawn to Aqueduct Racetrack by virtue of the race’s timing, its one-turn mile, $300,000 purse and, more impor...
By Richard Rosenblatt The Fountain of Youth. The San Felipe. The Gotham. The John Battaglia Memorial. And much, much more. A huge dose of stakes races featuring four Kentucky Derby preps, three Kentuc...
By Mike Farrell Handicappers sometimes feel lost in a fog. Saturday was one of those blurry days where horseplayers were dazed and confused by the two biggest events: the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) an...
Jimmy Jerkens is a New York guy, through and through. Like his late Hall of Fame father Allen Jerkens, his heart and soul are in New York racing, especially Saratoga. So, it comes as no surprise that ...
2021 Gotham Stakes: As the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby rolls along, US Racing looks back at some history of many of the prep races that now offer qualifying points to Run for the Roses at Churchi...
By Noel Michaels With eight weeks remaining until the 2020 Kentucky Derby on May 2, things have finally started to sort themselves out on the road to the Triple Crown thanks to the latest round of pre...
Godolphin Racing’s homebred Enticed took another solid step on the road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) Saturday with a 2 ¾-length victory in the $300,000 Gotham Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct. In doing so, ...
There is a reason that odds-on betting choices are often described as “prohibitive” favorites — their odds prohibit one from making a simple win wager. In Saturday’s Grade III Gotham Stakes at...
