Tiz and the Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — With his 5 1/2-length romp in the Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga, Tiz the Law ran right smack into Kentucky Derby (G1) favoritism, on this oddest of Triple Crown […]
Road to the Kentucky Derby
Art Collector wires Ellis Park Derby; Mundaye Call sets track record in Audubon Oaks
Blue Grass (G2) winner Art Collector was bet down to 2-5 favoritism in his final Kentucky Derby (G1) tune-up, Sunday’s $193,750 Ellis Park Derby, and the Bruce Lunsford homebred took care of business on the […]
Five points to ponder: Travers Stakes
The “Midsummer Derby” predates the Kentucky Derby (G1) in this topsy-turvy COVID-19 landscape, but Saturday’s $1 million Travers Stakes (G1) still retains a salient characteristic: pitting the established class against up-and-comers in the sophomore ranks. […]
Art Collector installed as 4-5 favorite in overflow Ellis Park Derby
Sunday’s $200,000 Ellis Park Derby is the penultimate scoring opportunity for Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls, with only the Aug. 16 Pegasus Stakes remaining on the schedule. Thus an overflow field of 13 has signed on […]
Thousand Words rejoins Derby picture with upset Shared Belief win
A former star on the Road to the Kentucky Derby reestablished his credentials with an upset victory in Saturday’s Shared Belief S. at Del Mar, prevailing at the expensive of a heavy favorite who arguably […]
Honor A. P. tops Shared Belief, McKinzie entered in Bing Crosby
Del Mar hosts a double feature Saturday with the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep, and the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Challenge prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland in November. […]
The cognitive dissonance standing trackside at Saratoga’s opening weekend
Welcome to Saratoga 2020, Covid-19 edition. Opening weekend at Saratoga Race Course was an exercise in cognitive dissonance. […]
Authentic just lasts over Ny Traffic in Haskell
He had everything his own way and looked a solid win prospect from the eighth pole to the sixteenth pole, but Authentic ultimately had everyone sweating out a photo finish in Saturday’s $1 million Haskell […]
Two turns could benefit Modernist, Mystic Guide in Peter Pan
A no-show off a three-month break in the June 20 Belmont Stakes (G1), Modernist will look to right his Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects this week, possibly in Thursday’s $100,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) on opening day of the Saratoga meet. […]
Art Collector continues ascent in Blue Grass win
Art Collector brought the goods to Saturday’s $600,000 Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland, driving past Swiss Skydiver in midstretch and posting a three-length win in the major Kentucky Derby qualifier. The rapidly-improving colt made his […]