The favorites faltered, and that left clear sailing for longshot Speed King to win the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Oaklawn Park and put the 3-year-old colt on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1). Speed King picked up 20 Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby points with his Southwe...
The Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park is the lone Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race on Saturday, but the result could produce a bunch of 3-year-olds moving into position to Run for the Roses. Two of the 10 entries in the 1 1/16-mile Southwest – Gaming and Patch Adams – are among the usracing.com...
A year ago, Mystik Dan pulled off an upset in the Southwest Stakes (G3) over a muddy track at 11-1 odds and went on to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at even longer odds (18-1). Could there be another Derby winner lurking in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile, $1 million Southwest at Oaklawn Park? Grade 1 winner...
The Fair Grounds' four-race prep series produced many Triple Crown contenders in recent years. The Lecomte Stakes (G3), its first graded event, will be run Saturday, and we’ll probably see a few in its field of 14 in the 3-year-old classics. Mandaloun finished third in the 2021 Lecomte before runn...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Bob Baffert, sporting so many early Kentucky Derby prospects it’s tough to keep track of them all. Out of the Derby picture for three years after being suspended by Churchill Downs in 2021, the six-time winner of the Run for the Roses is back in a big way. The [&h...
Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the break and kicked away for a four-length victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, giving Briley a contender for his first Kentucky Derby. Coal Batt...
The second time around was a bit easier for Barnes. The $3.2 million colt trained by Bob Baffert blew away his rivals for a 5½-length victory in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday. Barnes, named for Baffert’s longtime assistant Jimmy Barnes, won his much-anticipated d...
Not only did Cyclone State lead into the turn, the Iowa-bred pulled away from the field in the stretch and easily won the $150,000 Jerome Stakes on a chilly Saturday at Aqueduct. Trained by Chad Summers, the 3-year-old McKenzie colt was eight lengths ahead by the eighth-pole and cruised home by 3 ½...
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