Being a Kentucky Derby prep is uncharted waters for Ellis Park. And training a Kentucky Derby hopeful is definitely uncharted waters for Tom Drury. Those two storylines will collide Sunday at the Ellis Park Derby with all eyes on Drury’s odds-on favorite, Art Collector. In a normal year, the ungraded […]
Gamine has passed every test facing her on the track: breaking her maiden, winning an allowance, and romping to a near-record time in her first Grade 1. So Saturday’s Grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga is a natural for the 3-year-old, Bob Baffert-trained filly. A seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies, […]
The reigning Belmont Stakes victor is in the field as your deserved race favorite. So is one member of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s 3-year-old Derby Legion of Doom. And so are a wealth of upstarts seeking to make Saturday’s Grade 1 Travers Stakes another trip into Saratoga’s “Graveyard […]
Michigan International Speedway will be the sight of NASCAR’s second weekend doubleheader with Saturday’s FireKeepers Casino 400, followed by the Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday. Joey Logano is the defending champion at Michigan International Speedway, and has won two of the last five races there. But the FireKeepers Casino 400 […]
Joe Gibbs Racing announced Thursday that it will not resign driver Erik Jones for 2021. Jones, who was on a one-year contract extension, drives the No. 20 Toyota car for JGR. Owner Joe Gibbs didn’t give a reason for not bringing the 24-year-old Jones back to a team that includes […]
Bayern Munich holds a commanding 3-0 lead and will host the second leg of its Champions League matchup against Chelsea on Saturday. Chelsea will need at least three goals to have any chance of advancement, a tall order in Allianz Arena after the drubbing at Stamford Bridge in February. Bayern […]
Derrick Lewis wants to position himself for another shot at the UFC heavyweight title, but he’ll have to get past the seemingly ageless Alexey Oleynik in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event to stay in the mix. Lewis (23-7) challenged for the heavyweight championship in 2018, losing by submission to […]
Manchester City will look to close out its Round of 16 clash against Real Madrid on Friday as the Champions League resumes play after a five-month delay. Home clubs will host the remaining Round of 16 matches, but the Champions League will shift to Lisbon for the quarterfinals next week. […]
The legacy Uncle Chuck faces in only his third start — and first Grade 1 stakes race — can be found in the Travers Stakes record book. You only have to go back four years to Arrogate’s performance in the 2016 Travers to find it. It’s one of the many […]
The Equibase Economic Indicators in Thoroughbred Racing report for July revealed another year-over-year increase in wagering, with horseplayers putting down more than $1 billion during the month. That reflects a 16.6% increase over July 2019’s numbers. This increase happened because more tracks opened up during July, most notably Saratoga and […]
The Clemson Tigers will enter the 2020 college football season as the No. 1 team in America after the school took the top spot in the initial Amway Coaches Poll. USA Today Sports released the poll on Thursday, with Clemson earning 38 of the 65 first-place votes. Ohio State, Alabama […]
He’s back and he’s back as the even-money – for now — favorite. And lest you think Tiz the Law can’t handle the 1 ¼-mile distance he faces for the first time in Saturday’s Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, trainer Barclay Tagg is here to disabuse you of that […]
While tracks throughout North America were able to reschedule races in the coronavirus era, Parx Racing in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday it canceled the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby and Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes. Both $1 million races, along with the Turf Amazon Stakes, the Parx Dirt Mile, and the Grade 2 […]
The UConn Huskies won’t take the field for football this year after the school canceled its 2020 season due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. UConn planned to make its debut as an independent football school this season after playing in the American Athletic Conference since 2004. Independent UConn Faced […]
Nineteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announced that he won’t take part in the 2020 US Open due to his concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The 12-time French Open champion made his announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, saying that skipping the US Open is a decision he didn’t want to […]
There was a time when Tiger Woods ruled major championships, but like everything else, times have changed. Other than his stunning win at the 2019 Masters, his last victory at a major was in the 2008 US Open. As a result, oddsmakers don’t believe he’ll be a factor at this […]
After putting a plan in place to have a limited number of fans at the Aug. 23 Indianapolis 500, officials with Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced on Tuesday that the race will be run without an audience. The growing COVID-19 pandemic is the reason behind the decision. It’s the first time […]
The PGA Championship begins Thursday at Harding Park in San Francisco, and the first major of the year has been eagerly anticipated. The PGA Championship was supposed to be contested in May, but the COVID-19 global pandemic forced its postponement. The major was rescheduled for Aug. 6-9 at the Northern […]
Finally, we get our first major of the year in the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. The course will play at 7,234 yards and a par of 70. Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship last year with a score of eight-under, and finally started clicking last […]
Thousand Words is now out of the Kentucky Derby futures shadow. And Cezanne is now out of the Derby futures picture. Those are the oddsmakers’ takeaways from last weekend’s Derby Prep – the Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. Thousand Words, who spent the spring disappointing and the summer disappearing […]
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