Coming off a rousing maiden win to close out his 2-year-old campaign, Better Than Gold will tackle unbeaten sensation Nysos and two other Bob Baffert trainees in Saturday’s $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Better Than Gold, a dark bay son of Nyquist, had a somewhat dolorous start...
Saturday will be a busy afternoon for 3-year-olds harboring Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirations with important stakes races on tap in Florida, Arkansas, California and New York. While the $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct will be overshadowed by the others, it will offer the biggest handicapping challen...
Last seen at the races, Fierceness was rolling to a 6 ¼-length victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at 16-1 odds three months ago. Not only did the emphatic victory over the three top choices Muth, Locked, and Timberlake earn Fierceness the Eclipse Award as 2-year-old male champion, it prop...
An impressive display of “good energy” in a 10 ¾-length romp at the Fair Grounds in his 3-year-old debut has Maycocks Bay in the favorite’s role for Saturday’s $800,000 Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park. After a maiden win in four starts as a 2-year-old, the Godolphin homebred started fast, le...
Saturday’s $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds contested in the country. The race was named for New York businessman, horse owner, breeder, and one-time Monmouth Park owner David Dunham Withers, who owned the 1890 winner of the race, King Eric. Road...
In 2007 the Santa Anita Derby (G1)/Kentucky Derby (G1) prep once known as the Santa Catalina Stakes was renamed the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) to honor one of the most beloved owners in the game of Thoroughbred racing who passed away the year before. The familiar green and yellow silks representing...
Saturday marks the 59th running of the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the feature again returns on the track’s stakes calendar to its regular spot as the traditional Rebel Stakes (G2) prep this year after a nearly two-week delay in 2021 thanks to winter storm Uri, which blanketed the so...
A quartet of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps is set for Saturday (Feb. 3), all offering qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers. The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park features early Derby favorite Fierceness, who will be making his 3-year-old debut. The 2-year-old champion an...
Neither Hall of Famer Bob Baffert nor any of the horses he trains will compete in the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4. Baffert was suspended by Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) for two years in 2021 after first-place finisher Medina Spirit tested positive for a race day overage of a legal medication and was...
As expected, the $200,000 Lecomte (G3) was a two-horse race, with second betting choice Track Phantom once again defeating favorite Nash at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. Track Phantom turned aside 1-2 favorite Nash in the Gun Runner on Dec. 23 (Nash was third). This time, Track Phantom led at every ...
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