The career of Noted takes another interesting twist Saturday when the multiple-stakes winning colt runs on artificial surface for the first time in the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park. The lure of the Jeff Ruby is obvious: a huge purse and 100 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points to ...
The Fair Grounds’ long stretch tests stamina, and the 1 3/16-mile Louisiana Derby (G2) is only 110 yards shorter than the Kentucky Derby (G1). In recent years, running in New Orleans’ marquee prep race has led to success on the first Saturday in May. Louisiana Derby also-rans Mandaloun (sixth, 2...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. Here come the 100-pointers! The countdown to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) kicks into the stretch run beginning Saturday with the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) and the $700,000 J...
In the run-up to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. No betting, no worries when it comes to trying to sort out the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby (G1), now just about seven weeks away. The $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) produ...
In the runup to the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 4, usracing.com continues with our weekly Derby Top 10 contenders. Locked is no longer loaded. After missing his 3-year-old debut race again, this time in the Fountain of Youth (G2), Locked is out as No. 1 in the latest US Racing Kentucky Derby Co...
And the 3-year-olds just keep on winning for Bob Baffert, no matter which ones he sends out. The Hall of Fame trainer won the $300,000 San Felipe (G2) for the ninth time when 9-10 favorite Imagination outdueled stablemate Wine Me Up by a head in a photo finish at Santa Anita on Sunday. Nysos, consid...
Encino’s one-length victory over favorite Epic Ride in the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on Saturday night gave trainer Brad Cox a nice finish to a long day of Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. The two-time Eclipse Award winner went 0-for-4 in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct earlier, ...
Deterministic came off a long layoff and promptly put himself in the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture with a rousing victory in the $300,000 Gotham (G3) over a sloppy Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. In his only other race, back on Aug. 12, Deterministic won at 7 furlongs at Saratoga. Under Joel Rosario i...
Locked, scratched. Victory Avenue, scratched. Speak Easy, scratched. Merit, scratched. With four of the five leading contenders out of the race, Dornoch was bet down to 1-5 and won the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Danny Gargan wasn’t planning on a win in ...
Since the first running of the Gotham Stakes (G3) in 1953, first at Jamaica Racetrack and now at Aqueduct, a lot of really good horses have reached the winner’s circle after capturing the traditional Kentucky Derby prep, including Native Dancer, Jaipur, Dr. Fager, Gone West, Devil HIs Due and Lure...
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