From a strict probability perspective, trainers Bob Baffert and John Sadler have a combined two-in-three chance of winning Saturday’s $200,000 Palos Verdes (G2) at Santa Anita. Bettors, however, will likely deem their chances much higher […]
Mitole capped a 6-for-7 season and a terrific 10-for-14 lifetime career with a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, beating his younger and favored rival Shancelot. […]
Arguably one of the swiftest female sprint champions of the 2010s, Covfefe was also judged the best of her age group overall when no standout emerged from the traditional route events that typically go far […]
In a year which resembled 2003 in that no male juvenile truly separated himself from the rest, Storm the Court emerged as a default choice by many for winning the division’s signature event, the Breeders’ […]
Although not often replicable elsewhere and vice versa, the Saratoga form last summer of Winston C was enough to propel the 5-year-old gelding to champion steeplechaser honors for owner Hudson River Farm and Hall of […]
Few Thoroughbreds presumably have accumulated as many frequent flyer miles in a single year as Magic Wand did during the course of 2019. From her Coolmare base in Ireland, the Galileo mare made three trips […]
Being a 1 1/2-mile event, Saturday’s $200,000 W.L. McKnight (G3) at Gulfstream Park doesn’t quite rise to the level of a consolation prize to the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) scheduled some 35 minutes later. […]
Three Grade 1-winning fillies from last year’s sophomore class will make up half the field in a stellar renewal of the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) at Sam Houston on Sunday. Won last year by […]
The $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup (G3) at Sam Houston has become the personal domain of trainer Mike Maker in recent years. He’s won the seven of the last eight runnings, including the last […]
Oaklawn Park opens its 2020 season Friday in the best position in its 100-plus year history, and no better reflection of that is the opening-day $150,000 Smarty Jones, which has seemingly attracted one of its […]
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