Search Results tops Gazelle; Carter attracts field of five
Trainer Chad Brown could make it a clean sweep of Aqueduct’s Road to the Kentucky Oaks preps. […]
Haikal
Zulu Alpha seeks repeat win in Mac Diarmida
He upset the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) in late January, but Zulu Alpha isn’t done yet at Gulfstream Park this winter. The Mike Maker-trained 7-year-old will be back for Saturday’s $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Final analysis and selections
Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) lost a major player when Omaha Beach was withdrawn Wednesday due to an entrapped epiglottis.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 […]
2019 Kentucky Derby Field
145TH KENTUCKY DERBY PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 War of Will Mark Casse Tyler Gaffalione 20-1 2 Tax Danny Gargan Junior Alvarado 20-1 3 By My Standards Bret Calhoun Gabriel Saez 20-1 4 Gray […]
Get to know the 2019 Kentucky Derby contenders
UPDATED after Tuesday’s draw with post positions, morning-line odds, and final PPs. Now that all the Kentucky Derby (G1) scoring races are in the books, and the points allocated, the field is set for the […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Baffert, Mott & paddling Blue Grass winner
Bob Baffert’s barn flexed its muscles with a one-two finish in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and the Kentucky Derby maestro will send a top contender to the upcoming Arkansas Derby (G1). With a pair […]
History summons Tacitus after Wood Memorial win
by Teresa Genaro Tacitus may be named for a Roman historian that one encyclopedia calls “the greatest prose stylists who ever wrote in the Latin language,” but it took more grit and guts than elegance […]
Tacitus leads competitive renewal of the Wood Memorial
Fifteen years after his sire Tapit won the race, Tacitus will attempt to keep Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) somewhat of a family affair in the 1 1/8-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Tacitus steps up for Mott
Bill Mott has not been synonymous with the Kentucky Derby but the Hall of Fame trainer aims to change the narrative this year. Tacitus established himself as one to watch with a stakes-record setting win […]
Top Weekly Brisnet Speed Ratings for Stakes March 5 – 11
A quintet of runners earned triple-digit BRIS Speed ratings last weekend, easily headed by Tom Fool Handicap (G3) hero Do Share. The Mike Maker-trained son of Candy Ride was trying the Tom Fool for the […]