Wonder Dean is Japan’s latest 3-year-old to earn an invitation to the Kentucky Derby (G1) and the bay colt comes into the race off a victory in the UAE Derby (G2) in Dubai on March 28. The owner and trainer are in the Derby for the first time, but jockey Ryusei Sakai has been to […]...
So Happy brought smiles (and tears) to a lot of faces after winning the Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 4. The victory came less than two months after the sudden death of trainer Mark Glatt’s wife Dena. The longtime Southern California-based trainer was emotional after winning his first Santa Anit...
It’s been 15 years since Animal Kingdom became the only horse to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) in his first start on dirt. Like Fulleffort, he used a victory in a 1 1/8-mile stakes on Turfway Park’s synthetic surface to prep for the first Saturday in May. Kentucky Derby Contender: Fulleffort Thr...
Three days from now, a room full of horsemen, Churchill Downs officials, and Derby connections will reach into a barrel and pull out numbered pills, and just like that, the 152nd Kentucky Derby field takes shape. The post position draw is one of the most genuinely consequential moments in the sport,...
How Track Conditions Affect the Result Every serious bettor knows the Kentucky Derby is not a race you handicap in a vacuum. You have to respect the venue. Churchill Downs is one of the most surface-sensitive tracks in American racing, and in a field of 20 three-year-olds going a mile and a quarter ...
The 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) underwent another change on Tuesday as Iron Honor was declared out of the race by trainer Chad Brown, and Chip Honcho moved into the field, limited to 20 starters. Iron Honor, who was 16th on the Derby qualifying points leaderboard, will now be pointed to the Pr...
The board is moving. With the April 25 post-position draw less than four days away and Derby morning approaching fast, the Kentucky Derby odds are shifting in real time. Some of these moves are sharp-money signals. Some are public reactions. Knowing the difference is how you build a winning ticket. ...
At least Bob Baffert has a chance to win a record-setting seventh Kentucky Derby (G1). Potente will far from the betting favorite, but the Baffert name alone will likely shorten his odds. However, don’t totally dismiss this $2.4 million Into Mischief colt. He may have finished second in the Santa ...
Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano was 0-for-15 in the Kentucky Derby (G1) before he rode Mage to victory in 2023 for trainer Gustavo Delgado, Sr. Once again Castellano will be aboard a Delgado-trainee -- The Puma -- in the Run for the Roses and the combo, along with a similar ownership group, ar...
Trainer Mark Casse is 0-for-11 in the Kentucky Derby (G1). The Hall of Famer is one of racing’s most popular trainers and comes into this Derby with a deep closer in Silent Tactic. The bay colt ran in all four Derby preps at Oaklawn Park and finished second (Smarty Jones Stakes), first (Southwest ...
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