Road to the Kentucky Derby bars suspended trainers’ horses from earning points
Churchill Downs unveiled the Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby on Friday, with two main changes to the series. […]
Bob Baffert
Pinehurst gives Baffert 15th Del Mar Futurity
Double-handed in pursuit of his 15th win in the Del Mar Futurity (G1), trainer Bob Baffert succeeded with his ostensible second-stringer, Pinehurst, as the odds-on Murray disappointed. […]
Grace Adler crushes Del Mar Debutante; Flightline flirts with track record
Grace Adler dominated the Del Mar Debutante (G1), longshot Liam’s Dove broke her maiden in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf, and unbeaten sophomore Flightline also grabbed attention on the Sunday card. […]
Front-running Medina Spirit rebounds in Shared Belief
Proving just as tough to pass as he was in the Kentucky Derby (G1), 9-10 favorite Medina Spirit repelled Rock Your World to post a front-running victory in Sunday’s $100,500 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. […]
Gamine goes about her business in Ballerina
Gamine continued her march toward a second sprint championship on Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $500,000 Ballerina H. (G1) at Saratoga. Breaking well from post 1 under John Velazquez, Gamine was tracked closely […]
Medina Spirit, Rock Your World clash in Shared Belief
As Medina Spirit awaits the adjudication of his first-past-the-post result in the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Bob Baffert trainee resumes his campaign in Sunday’s $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. […]
Going Global regains winning thread in Del Mar Oaks
Del Mar staged two major stakes for three-year-old fillies on Pacific Classic Day, and jockey Flavien Prat won both aboard favorites. […]
Gamine romps by 10 lengths in Great Lady M
Champion female sprinter Gamine continued her triumphal march back to the Breeders’ Cup with a 10-length romp in Monday’s $200,000 Great Lady M S. (G2) at Los Alamitos. […]
Classier fends off Defunded in Baffert exacta in Los Alamitos Derby
Bob Baffert was virtually certain to win the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) for the fifth straight year on Sunday. […]
Life Is Good to Pletcher; Charlatan retired to stud
Two high-profile runners for the embattled Bob Baffert made headlines Thursday. While multiple Grade 1 hero Charlatan was retired to stud, onetime Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good is on the comeback trail – but will switch to the Todd Pletcher barn. […]