The preps of February continue this weekend, with the Sam F. Davis Stakes on Saturday kicking off Tampa Bay Downs’ road to the Kentucky Derby (G1). A field of 10 is entered for the 1 1/16-mile race, which offers Derby qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers on a sliding scal...
The early Triple Crown nominations are out, and owners of 373 3-year-olds ponied up $600 to set out on a goal all horsemen covet: Victory in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Belmont Stakes. Or, all three. Citizen Bull, the 2-year-old champion who won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) in his 3-...
Anxious at the start, Citizen Bull quickly regrouped, took the lead, and never wavered in his 3-year-old debut, winning the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) by 3 ¾ lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday and heating his road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite in a small field o...
Rick Dutrow, Jr., figures now is the time to see whether Captain Cook is ready to move onto the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). After winning over a sloppy, sealed track by 9 ¼ lengths in his second start, Captain Cook is the slight 5-2 favorite for Saturday’s $200,000 Withers Stakes (G3...
When you have the most horses in the field, and they are the favorites, and they are usually expensive and well-bred, you usually win. Two-year-old champion Citizen Bull favored in three-year-old debut Such is the case with Bob Baffert. On Saturday, the Hall of Fame trainer seeks his seventh straig...
Ferocious is a terrific name for a racehorse, striking fear in the hearts of rivals. It is also the name of the 9-5 favorite in the $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The Holy Bull is the most important of the five Gulfstream stakes that afternoon for 3-year-olds. The win...
The pace picks up on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) Saturday, with point-qualifying preps in California, Florida, and New York. All three Grade 3 races-- the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita, the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct offer 20-...
The favorites faltered, and that left clear sailing for longshot Speed King to win the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Oaklawn Park and put the 3-year-old colt on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). Speed King picked up 20 Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby points with his Southwe...
The Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park is the lone Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race on Saturday, but the result could produce a bunch of 3-year-olds moving into position to Run for the Roses. Two of the 10 entries in the 1 1/16-mile Southwest – Gaming and Patch Adams – are among the usracing.com...
A year ago, Mystik Dan pulled off an upset in the Southwest Stakes (G3) over a muddy track at 11-1 odds and went on to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at even longer odds (18-1). Could there be another Derby winner lurking in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile, $1 million Southwest at Oaklawn Park? Grade 1 winner...
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