In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our Derby Top 10 contenders. Rankings will be updated periodically as Derby preps with qualifying points are contested. The $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at the Fair Grounds on Saturday kicks off the ‘championship serie...
Quick out of the gate, No More Time led from the start and never gave in when challenged for a 1 ¼-length victory in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, moving onto the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1). “He’s a small horse with a big heart,’’ trainer Jose […...
In the earliest runnings of Tampa Bay Downs’ Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), which will be contested this year for the 44th time, it wasn’t typically considered a serious race for trainers with legit sophomores headed toward the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs. All that changed, however, in t...
The 45th edition of the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday may be the toughest challenge yet for horseplayers betting on Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. The 1 1/16-mile Sam F. Davis on dirt offers Derby qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers. Let’s cons...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our Derby Top 10 contenders. Rankings will be updated periodically as Derby preps with qualifying points are contested. A pair of 9-1 long shots, an 11-1 surprise winner, and an odds-on favorite ineligible to run in ...
Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher led all trainers with 54 horses nominated for the Triple Crown, 15.6% of the total number of 346 early nominations, it was announced Tuesday. Mike Repole, who led all owners with 20 early nominations, owns Fierceness. The Triple Crown races begin with the $5 million Kentu...
Sweeping into the lead at the top of the stretch with an effortless move, Nysos remained undefeated and gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record-extending sixth straight victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita Park. Ridden with the utmost assurance ...
Holy Hades! With 1-5 favorite Fierceness fading in the stretch, Hades pulled off a surprise victory in the $260,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Sent off at 9-1 in a field of seven 3-year-olds, Hades broke first from the rail under Paco Lopez, briefly gave up the lead the Fiercenes...
The track was muddy, the favorite was scratched, and 11-1 longshot Mystik Dan was given a patient ride by Brian Hernandez, Jr., for an eight-length victory in the $800,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. The Southwest, rescheduled from Jan. 27 due to cold temperatures, was one of four Ke...
Who says the top 3-year-olds have to come from Kentucky? Uncle Heavy, bred in Pennsylvania, rallied in the mud Saturday to edge El Grande O, a New York bred, at the wire in the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct. With the victory, Uncle Heavy banked 20 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points in his fir...
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