Race 5 at Australia A (Newcastle) Wednesday night is a terrific maiden race for two-year-olds going seven furlongs. A field of 14 are entered and the ground is expected to be “Good.”…
Articles by Author: Dick Powell
Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner Tacitus has a pedigree that is everything you would expect from a Juddmonte Farms homebred, with not only lots of black-type but major names and stakes winners.…
Gotham Stakes (G3) winner Haikal is a real enigma to try to analyze. Usually Shadwell Farm homebreds have deep and rich pedigrees. Haikal fits that bill except for one glaring fact: his…
If you dig down far enough, you can find some black-type in the pedigree of Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) winner Somelikeithotbrown. His sire, Big Brown, has been a decent sire and his…
The legendary Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (G1) will be run on Friday as race 4. 16 runners are entered to go 3 miles and 2 ½ furlongs and all carry 164 pounds…
The Cheltenham Festival continues on Thursday morning with three Group 1 races. The highlight should be Race 3, the Ryanair Chase (G1) for five-year-olds and up going 2 5/8 miles on a…
Race 3 at Australia A (Goulburn) Wednesday night is a maiden for colts and geldings going seven furlongs. A field of 10 are entered and the ground is expected to be “Good.”…
The $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) will be run at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday for three-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles. It is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1)…
The $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) will be run on Saturday at Turfway Park going 1 1/8 miles on the synthetic track. As part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1),…
Race 6 at Australia A (Port Macquarie) Wednesday night is a benchmark 66 rated handicap going 7 ½ furlongs. A field of 11 are entered and the ground is expected to be…
A field of 11 older horses will go 11 furlongs on the Gulfstream Park turf course in Saturday’s $200,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2). The last of 14 races on the day, hopefully…
Gulfstream Park will host a tremendous day of racing on Saturday with the highlight being the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) for three-year-olds. The weather is supposed to cooperate, and it better…