Favorite Fierceness? El foldo. Runner-up Sierra Leone? Excellent in defeat. Longshot Mystik Dan? Kentucky Derby (G1) winner! Mystik Dan a nose best in a three-way photo finish to win the 150th Kentucky Derby. Dismissed at odds of 18-1, Mystik Dan was given a perfect trip under Brian Hernandez, Jr., ...
The verdict in the $1 million Derby City Distaff went to Vahva, who took the lead from rival Alva Starr in the stretch and won by two lengths Saturday in the first of three $1 million races on the Kentucky Derby Day undercard. Trained by Cherie DeVaux and ridden by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Vahva moved [&hel...
Part of the Kentucky Derby’s mystique is that it’s a race in which almost anything can happen and often does. A run of six consecutive winning favorites from 2013-18 (Orb, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Nyquist, Always Dreaming, Justify) defied that notion. Then chaos reasserted itself big...
Record-setting Fierceness may be the favorite to win the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday, but the usracing.com team doesn’t see it quite that way. Five of our seven astute handicappers are picking against 5-2 Fierceness in the 150th Run for the Roses, going with the likes of 3-1 second ...
In a nonsensical way, the Marx Brothers knew a good horse when they saw one. Here’s a little repartee between Groucho (Dr. Hackenbush) and Chico (Tony) from the 1937 movie “A Day at the Races.” Tony: Hey, boss! C'mere! Sun-Up is the worst horse on the track! Dr. Hackenbush: I notice he wins al...
A rose by any other name … On New Year’s Day, more than a million people line the streets of Pasadena to witness the annual Rose Parade (next year’s theme: Best! Day! Ever!) Along with her crown, Miss America receives a gigantic bouquet of iconic red long-stemmed roses. More than 2.8 billion r...
A custom-made, 20-stall starting gate designed by Australian-based Steriline Racing made its debut at the 2020 Kentucky Derby, which was rescheduled that year to mid-September due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It replaced Churchill Downs’ standard starting gate, made by United Pruett, which continues ...
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. T O PASSWORD The password for this colt was Fukuryu, the name of the stakes he won by a head [&h...
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. SOCIETY MAN On the first Saturday in May, trainer Danny Gargan will be saddling not one but two ...
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-...
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