Disco Time began his winning dance around the far turn and rallied down the stretch to edge Built by a neck in the $250,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) on a rainy Saturday at Fair Grounds. The Lecomte is a Kentucky Derby (G1) points qualifier, with Disco Time picking up 20 points in improving his record to ...
The Fair Grounds' four-race prep series produced many Triple Crown contenders in recent years. The Lecomte Stakes (G3), its first graded event, will be run Saturday, and we’ll probably see a few in its field of 14 in the 3-year-old classics. Mandaloun finished third in the 2021 Lecomte before runn...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Bob Baffert, sporting so many early Kentucky Derby prospects it’s tough to keep track of them all. Out of the Derby picture for three years after being suspended by Churchill Downs in 2021, the six-time winner of the Run for the Roses is back in a big way. The [&h...
Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the break and kicked away for a four-length victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, giving Briley a contender for his first Kentucky Derby. Coal Batt...
The second time around was a bit easier for Barnes. The $3.2 million colt trained by Bob Baffert blew away his rivals for a 5½-length victory in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday. Barnes, named for Baffert’s longtime assistant Jimmy Barnes, won his much-anticipated d...
Not only did Cyclone State lead into the turn, the Iowa-bred pulled away from the field in the stretch and easily won the $150,000 Jerome Stakes on a chilly Saturday at Aqueduct. Trained by Chad Summers, the 3-year-old McKenzie colt was eight lengths ahead by the eighth-pole and cruised home by 3 ½...
Way back in the day, Leonard Jerome (1817-1891) was as big as you can get. The super-rich New York financier built Jerome Park, a state-of-the-art showplace in the Bronx where the first Belmont Stakes was run in 1867. Jerome also was the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill, one of the giants o...
Last year, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was showing some of the barns newly minted 3-year-olds to a friend when he decided to bring out one of his more recent acquisitions, a muscular bay son of Into Mischief out of the American Pharaoh mare All American Dream. “Is this a 3-year-old?” asked ...
Smarty Jones made a lasting impression at Oaklawn Park in 2004, sweeping the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby before his oh-so-close sweep of Triple Crown – winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness but coming up short in the Belmont Stakes. Brad Cox seeks fourth Smarty win with H...
A last-minute jockey change didn’t matter as Built took an easy lead and rolled to a 6 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. The Kentucky Derby prep races awarded Built 10 2025 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, with the next four finishers earning 5-3...
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