Magnum Moon Another Assault on Apollo Curse
No Kentucky Derby (G1) winner has been unraced as a two-year-old since Apollo in 1882, but 136 years of the so-called Apollo Curse could receive a stern test this year as both Justify and Magnum […]
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Kentucky Derby Report – Stars come out at Santa Anita
A pair of races at Santa Anita last weekend excited fans and invigorated the 2018 Kentucky Derby picture. The San Felipe (G2) led the way Saturday with spectacular theater as Bolt d’Oro and McKinzie engaged […]
West Coast Horses Live Up to Hype; Gotham exceeds it
Justify, Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie clear choices in Derby Future Wager LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, March 12, 2018) – With nothing separating McKinzie and Bolt d’Oro except the stewards’ stand, the San Felipe Stakes (G2) lived up […]
BRIS Southern California Speed By Circuit March 5-11
Top Winning Speed Ratings (3/5-3/11) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Accelerate 5H 1 1/4m (wf) SA 3/10 106 Bellerin 4G 1m (ft) SA 3/9 96 Mercer Island 6G 1m […]
Justify closes as favorite individual interest in Pool 3 of 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Despite having never faced stakes rivals, a dominant win Sunday at Santa Anita Park just hours before Pool 3 of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) closed saw the Bob Baffert-trained Justify (#12) installed […]
Justify fuels Kentucky Derby dreams in allowance romp
It was just an allowance race, with a scratch-reduced field of five, on a muddy, sealed track. But Justify turned Santa Anita’s 5TH race into so much more – the stage for an irresistible force, […]
All eyes on Justify in Sunday allowance at Santa Anita
As the clocks spring forward Sunday for Daylight Saving Time, Bob Baffert’s sensational debut winner Justify looks to spring forward on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail at Santa Anita. The Scat Daddy colt’s 9 1/2-length […]
Bolt’s d’Oro installed as co-favorite in Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
A smashing winner of the FrontRunner (G1) and Del Mar Futurity (G1) last season, Bolt d’Oro (#3) heads 23 individual interests in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike […]
Bolt d’Oro turns bullet half-mile ahead of San Felipe
Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Bolt d’Oro turned in his final serious exercise Monday in preparation for his comeback in Saturday’s San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita. The multiple Grade 1 star blitzed a half-mile in […]
Reride topples Runaway Ghost in Mine That Bird Derby
Louisiana shipper Reride upstaged 2-5 local favorite Runaway Ghost in Sunday’s $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park. The top two utterly dominated this final prep for the March 25 Sunland Derby (G3), where […]