Anchoring “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) pits promising class-climbers against stakes veterans who themselves have something to prove. The 1 1/16-mile affair offers points toward the […]
Mandaloun could prove one of them as the Juddmonte Farms homebred tackles stakes company for the first time on Saturday in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3). […]
Early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good was finding life in his stakes and two-turn debut too easy in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3), until his Bob Baffert stablemate Medina Spirit gained late and […]
Capo Kane kicked off the new year right on Friday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $145,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, securing 10 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1). The fourth choice in a […]
The cessation of racing in most jurisdictions during the darker days of the pandemic last spring afforded me the opportunity to produce a few more historically-oriented features during the course of the year than would […]
The $250,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) remained the personal fiefdom of Bob Baffert on Saturday when Spielberg gave the Hall of Fame conditioner his seventh consecutive win in the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep […]
Senor Buscador had the look of potentially something special when taking his stakes debut in the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night. Breaking slow and trailing the field through the opening half-mile […]
Los Alamitos Futurity — Race 4 (4:28 p.m. ET) He looked like a potentially smart colt winning the Bob Hope (G3) last month by more than seven lengths in a 10-1 upset, but Red Flag […]
Springboard Mile Race 12 (11:28 p.m. ET) A plethora of speed, much of it drawn in outside posts, is a notable feature among the cast of 11 entered in the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington […]
Recent history conspires against Remsen winners, James Scully analyzes how Derby hopeful Brooklyn Strong fits the trend. […]
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