Prime Factor steps up, stretches out in Holy Bull
Holy Bull S. (G3) — Race 11 (4:50 p.m. ET) Although he’s had only one start and victory to his credit, an 8 3/4-length maiden score over 6 furlongs last month, the optimism surrounding Prime […]
Road to the Kentucky Derby
Life Is Good maintains individual favorite status in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
One year after Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert secured a record-equaling sixth Kentucky Derby victory, Baffert trainees were prominent in the betting in 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2. Held from Jan. 22-24, […]
Caddo River dominates Smarty Jones
Prominent Arkansan John Ed Anthony is back on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, after his homebred Caddo River dominated Friday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on opening day at Oaklawn Park. Trained by Brad Cox, who […]
Caddo River, Cowan top Smarty Jones on Oaklawn opener
Smarty Jones S. — Race 8 (5:11 p.m. ET) Native Arkansan John Ed Anthony long ago tasted success in the Belmont S. (G1), with Temperence Hill in 1980, and in the Preakness (G1), with Pine […]
Midnight Bourbon leads throughout in Lecomte
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon had placed in his two previous scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, both going a one-turn mile, but Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) played to his strengths. The […]
Five points to ponder: 2021 Lecomte Stakes
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 seeks to make strong first stakes impression in Lecomte
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). […]
Capo Kane opens up late to dominate Jerome
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 […]
Spielberg keeps Los Al Futurity win streak for Baffert alive in final strides
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 turns on overdrive to go from last to first in Springboard Mile
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 […]