State of the Eclipse races: Swiss Skydiver clinches, other divisions coming into focus
The Breeders’ Cup is five weeks from now, several Eclipse Award races came into much sharper focus an indeed, we’re ready to make a call in one of them. […]
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Preakness analysis: Triple Crown newcomer appealing at Pimlico
The pace scenario promises to be interesting in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness (G1). With Art Collector, Swiss Skydiver, and Thousand Words breaking to the inside of Authentic, more speed will be present than in the […]
Five points to ponder: 2020 American Pharoah Stakes
The first Grade 1 scoring race on the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1), Saturday’s American Pharoah Stakes (G1) has a more immediate ramification: a free ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). The […]
2020 Breeders’ Cup: early look at landscape ahead of final preps
With the Breeders’ Cup prep action going into overdrive for the next couple of weeks, it’s helpful to get the lay of the land – how the various divisions are shaping up, and the main […]
Kentucky Derby wrap up; Preakness look ahead
Authentic turned back 7-10 favorite Tiz the Law in a 1 1/4-length, wire-to-wire score in the Kentucky Derby. The Preakness Stakes could see Authentic, Art Collector and Tiz the Law. […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Analysis and picks
An 18-horse field is set for Saturday’s 146th running of the Kentucky Derby, and Tiz the Law has been established as the 3-5 favorite on the morning line. The sublime colt enters with a 4-for-4 […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Scintillating Travers display for Derby favorite
Tiz the Law emerged as a Kentucky Derby contender when romping in the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park last October. He’s won four stakes since, none more impressive than a 5 1/2-length blowout in […]
Royal Harmony: Ohio’s Iron Horse
An hour’s drive from the lush and fertile Bluegrass region of Kentucky, and across the eponymous river, lies Ohio. Better known on the national sporting scene for college football and the loyal but often dispirited […]
Tiz and the Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — With his 5 1/2-length romp in the Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga, Tiz the Law ran right smack into Kentucky Derby (G1) favoritism, on this oddest of Triple Crown […]
Five points to ponder: Travers Stakes
The “Midsummer Derby” predates the Kentucky Derby (G1) in this topsy-turvy COVID-19 landscape, but Saturday’s $1 million Travers Stakes (G1) still retains a salient characteristic: pitting the established class against up-and-comers in the sophomore ranks. […]