Like Ed DeRosa and my other Brisnet/TwinSpires colleagues, I’ll be participating in the 2017 WinStar Fantasy Derby contest. In forming my stable I’ve attempted to achieve a semblance of balance, both geographic and in experience […]
For horseplayers, the road to the Kentucky Derby begins the preceding year when next year’s three-year-olds begin racing as two-year-olds. The past nine eventual Kentucky Derby winners had made their career debut by September 18 […]
Having taken the Sham (G3) last month with their Grade 1 winner Gormley, owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs look to make it two-for-two in Santa Anita’s Kentucky Derby (G1) preps this […]
As has been the trend since the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) was introduced in 1999, the Mutuel Field, or “All Other Three-Year-Olds,” betting interest closed as the 5-2 favorite when Pool 2 of the […]
Guest Suite made his first start in a Kentucky Derby qualifier a winning one, rallying to take the January 21 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds by a 1 ¼-length margin over a muddy track. The […]
Edited Press Release Classic Empire, the champion two-year-old of 2016 and winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), heads an international roster of 418 three-year-olds made eligible during the early nomination phase to compete in […]
words & pictures by NICOLLE NEULIST As a Chicago racing devotee, I watch a lot of Fair Grounds on simulcast because watching it feels familiar: I know so many of the voices, the riders, the […]
Having tasted Kentucky Derby (G1) success with Monarchos in 2001, owner John Oxley will hope to add a second with the more precocious Classic Empire, who heads into this year’s classic trail the favorite after […]
Uncontested made short work of rivals in the January 16 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, posting a convincing wire-to-wire victory as lone speed on a sloppy track. The jury is still out on whether the […]
As was the case at Oaklawn Park earlier this week for the Smarty Jones, there’s a strong possibility of an off track for the next Kentucky Derby (G1) prep on the schedule. That would be […]
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