The Steve Asmussen-trained Combatant toured a half-mile in :49.60 at Churchill Downs on Monday, five days ahead of his tilt at the Kentucky Derby (G1). With exercise rider Angel Garcia aboard, the consistent closer galloped out […]
A Kentucky Derby (G1) top 20 that had been fairly stable took a sudden turn toward flux Monday morning with the news that Quip is out, and that Gronkowski’s bid is in suspense due to […]
May 1 update: The field for the 144th Kentucky Derby (G1) is now set, with post positions drawn and morning-line odds assigned. Here’s your quick guide to the cast of 20, arranged in order of their […]
Now that the Kentucky Derby (G1) scoring races are over, and all the points have been tabulated, the field has crystallized. We now know the top 19 on the final leaderboard plus the European Road […]
Magnum Moon’s connections aren’t scared of Apollo. When asked what he thought of the so-called Apollo curse – no horse has won the Kentucky Derby (G1) without racing as a two-year-old since Apollo in 1882 […]
Relative inexperience proved no hurdle for Magnum Moon in last month’s Rebel (G2). On Saturday, the Todd Pletcher trainee will be back at Oaklawn Park seeking to add the track’s signature event, the $1 million […]
Justify continued to dazzle making his first stakes attempt in the Santa Anita Derby (G1), posting a convincing wire-to-wire victory and guaranteeing himself favoritism in the Kentucky Derby. It’s been a whirlwind process for a […]
Magnum Moon easily proved up to the task making his stakes debut in the Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park, drawing away through the stretch to a 3 ½-length decision, and his 100 BRIS Speed rating […]
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Trainer Todd Pletcher has a new contender for the Kentucky Derby (G1) in Magnum Moon, who successfully stepped up to stakes company Saturday at Oaklawn Park, winning the $900,000 Rebel (G2) […]
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — One horseman didn’t like a disqualification, another didn’t like that there wasn’t one. Though Jimmy Barnes, assistant to trainer Bob Baffert, and Hall of Fame conditioner D. Wayne Lukas have turned […]
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