To the surprise of nobody who has seen him run, Flightline was installed as the 3/1 favorite for the first of two Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager pools. This first Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager pool opens Friday at noon ET. It closes Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET. The wager is […]
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Todd Pletcher Goes Forth, Wins Four Stakes on Fourth of July Weekend
Todd Pletcher enjoyed a joyful June going 1-2 in the Belmont Stakes with Mo Donegal and Nest. That segued into a jolly July over the long holiday weekend as the Hall of Fame trainer swept all four Belmont Park weekend stakes. Pletcher captured the Grade 2 John A. Nerud with […]
Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Speaker’s Corner Head Cross Country Pick 5
Last year’s Kentucky Derby champion, two of the most dynamic sprinters in the country, and a multiple Grade 1 winner looking for redemption headline this week’s New York Racing Association’s Cross Country Pick 5. This week’s Cross Country Pick 5 is an all-stakes sequence. The week’s races come from Belmont […]
Pletcher Pushes Dwyer Reset Button for Derby Disappointment Charge It
At one point down the Churchill Downs backstretch in the 2022 Kentucky Derby, Charge It put himself in seventh place, working his way into a semblance of daylight in the free-for-all pack that is a 20-horse modern Derby. But when jockey Luis Saez asked for more coming out of the […]
Breaking Down the 2022 Kentucky Derby: Chaos Theory Reigns
Welcome to Kentucky Derby 148, a.k.a. The Chaos Derby. And we’re not talking about the usual infield escapades that happen as the Derby returns to it’s pre-pandemic crowds north of 150,000. Unpredictability? Depth? A Derby where surprises almost wouldn’t be surprising? This edition of America’s most popular race has it […]
Florida Derby: The Springboard to Kentucky Derby Glory
Why the Florida Derby is a marquee race on the Kentucky Derby trail, Part the First: Six horses this century graduated from the Grade 1 flagship race at Gulfstream Park to the Kentucky Derby winner’s circle. The six: Monarchos (2001), Barbaro (2006), Big Brown (2008), Orb (2013), Nyquist (2016) and […]