Bast repels Donna Veloce in Starlet
Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet (G1) shaped up as a clash of the placegetters from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). So it proved, only with the order reversed, as Breeders’ Cup third Bast gained revenge on […]
Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Lake Avenue strolls in Demoiselle
Godolphin’s homebred Lake Avenue used her tactical speed to dominate her stakes debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct. […]
Remsen, Demoiselle to offer qualifying points for Kentucky Derby, Oaks
Aqueduct will host its two leading juvenile stakes, the $250,000 Remsen (G2) and $250,000 Demoiselle (G2), on Saturday, with Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points, respectively, on the line in both nine-furlong […]
Anneau d’Or, High Velocity highlight Futurity; Donna Veloce tops Starlet
Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) attracted only four runners, but the Kentucky Derby qualifier promises to be an exciting race. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up Anneau d’Or and unbeaten Bob Hope (G3) winner High […]
Finite earns second Churchill stakes win in Golden Rod
On a wet and rainy afternoon at Churchill Downs, the up-and-coming Finite took a big first step on the road to the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1) […]
Finite looks to stay hot against seven Golden Rod rivals
After dropping her first two career starts, Finite has looked a star in the making in her past couple outings for trainer Steve Asmussen. Saturday in the $300,000 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs. […]
British Idiom wears down Donna Veloce in BC Juvenile Fillies
Friday’s $1,840,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies turned into a bit of a stagger fest over a slow-playing Santa Anita main track, but it was just right for British Idiom. […]
Bast, Pee Wee Reese shine as Santa Anita’s fall meet kicks off
by J. Keeler Johnson The Road to the 2020 Kentucky Oaks took a heart-pounding turn on Friday, September 27, when Bast battled to a hard-fought victory in the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes (G1) on opening day […]
Lazy Daisy takes step toward Breeders’ Cup, Kentucky Oaks winning Pocahontas
Lazy Daisy franked the form of the California-based two-year-old fillies on Saturday with a victory in the $200,000 Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge prep for the Juvenile Fillies (G1) and the […]
Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule announced for 2019-20
The series of scoring races to qualify for the 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1) has a familiar look. Churchill Downs announced on Thursday the schedule for the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” beginning this fall, and […]