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 ...
Soaked and celebrating, trainer Ken McPeek was all smiles after watching Thorpedo Anna cruise through the slop for a dominating 4 ¾-length victory in the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on Friday. “Special,’’ was McPeek’s first reaction as he finally won the Oaks after th...
Is there an Oaks-Derby double out there for Brad Cox this weekend? Or for any one of five other trainers with entrants in both races? Cox has a double-double shot at victory in the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday with 7-2 favorite Tarifa and 30-1 Gin Gin, while in the $5 million Kentucky [...
Unbeaten Forever Young put in a leisurely 6-furlong workout Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs with regular jockey Ryusei Sakai aboard. The Japan-bred UAE Derby winner was timed in 1:19.60 over a fast track, working the final 4 furlongs in company with an unraced 3-year-old, Cuffed Candy, trained ...
It was a Bill Mott Monday morning at Churchill Downs as the Hall of Fame trainer sent out his Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) contenders, Resilience and champion Just F Y I. Mott’s Resilience, Just F Y I work for Derby, Oaks Fierceness, Sierra Leone arrive Resilience, the Wood Memorial ...
A trio of final preps closed out the road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1), with Where’s My Ring winning the Gazelle (G3) at Aqueduct and Leslie’s Rose victorious in the Ashland (G1) at Keeneland to secure their spots in the premier race for 3-year-old fillies. Final Oaks preps decide top 14 Oaks quali...
On Friday (April 5), opening day at Keeneland, eight 3-year-old fillies will assemble for the $600,000 Ashland Stakes (G1), all vying to earn points to qualify for the nation’s premier filly race, the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) four weeks hence. The Ashland is one of 19 stakes at Keeneland’...
A neck shy of pulling off a 17-1 upset in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Jody’s Pride made her 3-year-old debut a winning one and vaulted from 24th to first place on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard with her 2 ¼-length score in the $200,000 Busher Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday. Sta...
The colts (and an occasional gelding) “Run for the Roses” in the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4. Not to be left out, the fillies have their own race one day earlier, the Kentucky Oaks (G1), also at Churchill Downs. The “Lillys for the Fillies” chase begins in earnest this weekend. Just as in t...
The $100,000 Busanda Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday is the midway point on the New York road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1), and trainer Ken McPeek hopes Shimmering Allure can live up to her role as the 4-5 morning-line favorite. The most seasoned and accomplished filly in the compact field of...
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