Last summer, Ricardo Santana Jr. piloted Stellar Tap to a Saratoga allowance victory that made trainer Steve Asmussen the winningest trainer in North American history. That Santana was the jockey for Asmussen’s record-breaking race made perfect sense. As Asmussen’s go-to rider, he was enjoying a breakout Saratoga meet, winning 35 […]
Just like it did in November’s Pool 1, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 finished with All Other 3-Year-Olds as the favorite, and Smile Happy closing as the individual favorite. While Smile Happy closed at the same 8/1 odds he finished at in Pool 1, All Other 3-Year-Olds wound […]
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s lawsuit against the New York Racing Association was dismissed Friday, clearing the way for his pre-suspension hearing from the organization to go forward. Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York threw out Baffert’s attempt to […]
The Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes gives you current Kentucky Derby points leader Pappacap. It gives you one of the most exciting 3-year-olds in the country, Epicenter. And it gives you recent alumni Triple Crown success. The 1 1/16-mile Lecomte also gives you Derby preps for the first time in three […]
The Louisiana Stakes, starring Mandaloun vs. Midnight Bourbon, sounds like deja vu all over again. And again. And again. And again. And, yes, again. This latest duel — the sixth between the newly minted 4-year-olds and 2021 Triple Crown rivals — returns the pair to Fair Grounds and the $150,000 […]
With 11 victories in 58 races and a modest $56,880 in career earnings, Popcorn Deelites defined journeyman on the racetrack. But as one of several Thoroughbreds to portray Seabiscuit in the 2003 film of that name, he was a star on the screen. The 24-year-old gelding died Thursday of complications […]
The first Grade 1 of the New York Racing Association’s 2022 season, and the possibility of a boosted purse in the track’s flagship Kentucky Derby prep, headline Aqueduct Racetrack’s Spring Meet stakes schedule. The 15-day spring meet opens Thursday, March 31, and runs through Sunday, April 24. Aqueduct’s Spring Meet […]
Hit the Road really tried living up to his name during the second half of the 2021 racing campaign. And trainer Dan Blocker tried getting his newly minted Grade 1 winner on the road — and on the track. He’ll finally hit that long and windy road in next weekend’s […]
Brad Cox knows the rules of engagement, which doesn’t make Concert Tour’s last-place finish in last weekend’s Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park any easier to digest. Losing by 15 lengths as the 3/2 favorite in the nine-horse Fifth Season field does, however, come with reinforced lessons. One of which being, […]
The second of five pools for the Kentucky Derby Futures Wager (KDFW) opens Friday at noon ET with All Other 3-Year-Olds (aka the field), carrying 7/5 favorite odds. Meanwhile, the individual Pool 2 favorite comes from a trainer not usually seen with Derby favorites. That would be Kenny McPeek, whose […]
While several of his fellow 4-year-olds from last year’s Triple Crown trail prepare for their 2022 debuts, Hot Rod Charlie shipped to Dubai on Monday. There, he’ll run a Feb. 4 prep race before the March 26 Dubai World Cup at Meydan Race Course. Hot Rod Charlie prepped for the […]
Standout performances by the likes of Brickyard Ride, Legg Galore, and Aligato carried Santa Anita Park to its best Cal Cup Day handle since 2007: an all-sources pari-mutuel handle of more than $17.2 million. “We were very pleased with field size and the tremendous response from our fans nationwide,†Santa […]
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, and the Daily Racing Form announced the finalists for the 2021 Eclipse Awards on Saturday. The list of finalists did not include Horse of the Year candidates, for which Knicks Go is a virtual certainty. Instead, finalists in 16 of […]
The New York Racing Association (announced plans to return the Wilson Chute, one of Saratoga Race Course’s historic racing landmarks for the 2022 summer meet. Restoration of the Wilson Chute will allow the NYRA to write one-mile dirt races on Saratoga’s main track. The Wilson Chute hasn’t been used since […]
The last time we saw Concert Tour on the racing stage, it was a performance to forget. Consider his 2021 Preakness Stakes performance the equivalent of being booed off the stage. Now, it’s a case of new year, new trainer, new start. That’s what awaits the 4-year-old Street Sense colt on […]
The goal for Straight Up G and his fellow California Cup Derby contestants is there for the viewing. They have to go back to 2014 to see what a Cal Cup Derby alum can accomplish. That alum was California Chrome. He used the Cal Cup Derby as his coming-out party, […]
The “R” in Rated R Superstar’s name doesn’t stand for “retired.” Not even as a 9-year-old millionaire who is scheduled to open his season in Saturday’s Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The one-mile, $150,000 Fifth Season is for older horses, a category Rated R Superstar fits rather nicely. Even […]
As the defending champion, Colonel Liam returns from a seven-month hiatus as the top invitee for the $1 million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. He heads an 18-horse invite list for the Jan. 29 race at Gulfstream Park. The Pegasus World Cup Turf and its sister race, the […]
Standout jockey Joel Rosario hasn’t ridden a horse since fracturing a rib in a Dec. 2 Aqueduct race, but he’ll be back in the saddle again on Friday at Oaklawn Park. Rosario, the favorite to win the Eclipse Award as the country’s top rider, returns to action in the Oaklawn […]
We already know Knicks Go and Life Is Good were headed to the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Now, the invite list also includes the hottest horse in North America, Flightline. That standout trio headlines the 19-horse invite list to the $3 million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup, which headlines the […]
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