American Pharoah and Justify dominated as odds-on favorites in recent years but the potential always exists for an upset in the Belmont Stakes (G1). Post-time favorites have not fared well in the final jewel of […]
The Bob Baffert-trained duo of American Anthem and Nero highlight an eight-horse field in Saturday’s $200,000 Triple Bend (G2). The seven-furlong test serves as one of three graded events on Saturday’s 10-race program at Santa […]
New York Central capitalized upon a pace duel in Saturday’s $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3), closing fast up the inside to win going away by 1 ¾ lengths. The four-year-old colt notched his first stakes tally […]
Atypical probably best describes Saturday’s 144th running of the Preakness Stakes. For the first time since 1951, none of the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby will run back two weeks later at Pimlico. […]
King for a Day established himself as a Kentucky Derby contender recording a close fourth in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) last November but didn’t make it back in time for the spring classic. His […]
Multiple Grade 1 winner Catholic Boy will open his four-year-old season in Saturday’s $250,000 Dixie (G2) on Pimlico’s turf course. One of five turf stakes on the Preakness undercard, the 1 1/16-mile affair has attracted […]
Top Winning Speed Ratings (5/6-5/12) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Han Sense 5H 1 1/16m (ft) CD 5/11 96 Alkhaatam 4C 1m (ft) CD 5/12 92 Aife 5M 1 […]
Maximum Security won’t proceed to the May 18 Preakness after being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby. Country House, Code of Honor and Tacitus, who were placed 1-2-3 in the first leg of the Triple Crown, […]
Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) lost a major player when Omaha Beach was withdrawn Wednesday due to an entrapped epiglottis. A foot abscess forced Haikal out on Friday, leaving a field of 19 for […]
Pace analysis is always a key component of Kentucky Derby handicapping but determining the pacesetter in the 2019 edition involves some guesswork. Here are five candidates I’ve identified as possible pacesetters in Kentucky Derby 145: […]
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