LATEST RACING ARTICLES
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Ocelli
Maidens in the Kentucky Derby: Ocelli and Friends
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Danon Bourbon
Keep the winnings rolling: Racing to play after the Kentucky Derby
Official 2026 Kentucky Derby Betting Guide: Top Horses, Best Picks & Expert Analysis
2026 Kentucky Derby odds, betting strategy, cheat sheet
Betting the 2026 Kentucky Derby on Different Budgets
VIDEOS
LATEST
VIDEOS
LATEST
ADVERTISEMENT
ALL ARTICLES
Breeders' Crown Elims Highlight Friday Card at Meadowlands
Two races later in the other Breeders Crown elim for two-year-old trotting fillies, Thats All Moni (Tetrick) looms the solid choice for Takter sporting a 4-3-2 slate and $210,000 bankroll from nine starts this year. But the daughter of Cantab Hall ...
Racing
Texas Classic Futurity Trials This Weekend at Lone Star Park
The connections of Tres Friends in the winner''s circle after last year's Texas Classic Futurity victory Judd Kearl, currently the leading AQHA trainer, will saddle ten promising 2-year-olds in Saturday's Texas Classic Futurity trials. On Fr ...
Racing
Renown makes a name for himself with Sycamore win
Merriebelle Stable LLC’s Renown was making his graded bow in Thursday’s $100,000 Sycamore Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, but that didn’t stop the chestnut gelding from getting up in the final strides to record a nose victory in the rainy day feature.
...
Racing
Upset pick in Valley View at Keeneland
I remember Sweet Talker. By Stormin Fever, who also sired the Grade 1-winning turf filly Check the Label, Sweet Talker notched her biggest victory on Keeneland’s turf when capturing the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) in 2005. The triumph came ...
Racing
Almanzor, Minding star on Champions Day
By Dick Powell
Champions Day was run last Saturday at Ascot in England and even if the results do not have a lot of Breeders’ Cup implications, they were great to watch.
The highlight was race five, the $1.9 million Champion Stakes (G1) run a ...
Racing
Pay the Kitten figures tough off the layoff Sunday at Keeneland
Sunday's sixth race at Keeneland is a $60,000 maiden special weight on the turf for fillies and mares. With favoritism likely to fall on Lemon Squeeze (#5) off a sharp second-place effort at Woodbine for Mark Casse, Pay the Kitten (#7) figures to b ...
Racing
ADVERTISEMENT
Breeders Crown Exposition Of Eliminations Adorns Meadowlands Weekend
All eyes are on the Meadowlands as the 2016 championship series presents a slew of eliminations for The Breeders Crown on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. Entries for the $6.2-million “Crown” miles numbered 174 trotters and pacers dropping into the entry box to ...
Racing
Breeders Crown Elims For Mare Pacers And Frosh-Filly Trotters For Profit
The Breeders Crown Countdown will be reaching its conclusion as the finals approach, this week featuring several eliminations of for aged pacing mares and two-year-old trotting fillies.
The first elimination for the aged pacing mares attracts ...
Racing
Thursday Rosecroft Card Highlights Both Breeds
But just to her inside is Dublin Rose (Roberts) who has been first, second and third in her three starts locally in this affair for trainer Michael Hall and will once again leave with the goal of cutting the entire mile and perhaps outkicking Spri ...
Racing
SOUTHLAND Preview - Thursday, October 20
Race 10 - 583 yards - Grade AA - These top grade fields have the tendency to be very competitive and I think we see that here in this contest as five of the greyhounds made the Finals and Consolation races of the recently completed Southland Fes ...
Racing
A longshot deserving of attention in Thursday's Sycamore at Keeneland
Thursday's $100,000 Sycamore (G3) at Keeneland, a 1 1/2-mile turf race for older horses, attracted a full field of 14 (plus one also-eligible). As one might suspect, it's a rather contentious affair.
Trainer Mike Maker arguably has the horses to b ...
Racing
Raven Run attracts a dozen well-matched fillies
Twelve three-year-old fillies will line up on Saturday in the $250,000 Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, and the field includes an undefeated runner attempting to keep her record perfect.
That would be the lightly raced Lucy N Ethel, who made ...
Racing
Wednesday Spot Plays for lucrative Pick 6 at Keeneland
Keeneland features a $106k Pick 6 carryover on Wednesday with full fields in five of the six legs (Races 3-8). Here are three horses I’m looking forward to playing in the sequence as well as my A-B-C grid for the Pick 6:
Race 4: #1 Sage’s Epiphan ...
Racing
SOUTHLAND Preview - Wednesday, October 19
Race 10 - Grade AA - 583 yards - A very strong and competitive field here in this top grade contest as 6 of these hard running greyhounds made the Finals and Consolation races of the recently completed Southland Festival Of Stakes championship. ...
Racing
French filly Azaelia drops in class for Valley View
Friday's $150,000 Valley View (G3) at Keeneland is its usual popular self. Fourteen three-year-old fillies, plus one on the also-eligible list, were entered for the 1 1/16-mile grass test, and a pair of former European mainstays figure to attract m ...
Racing
Milestone Year Continues for One Famous Eagle
Quarter Horse sire One Famous Eagle's offspring have won over $5 million in 2016 The son of Mr Jess Perry stands at 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, and set records as a first crop sire, continuing with exceptional runners each year. His top perf ...
Racing
Most Outstanding Greyhound Track Announcers In The Country
Here is also Ramon calling the Super Marathon back in April where he mentions many of the top track announcers in his race call: Honorable Mentions
Bob Thacker - Sanford Orlando Kennel Club
Jerry Esherman - Wheeling Greyho ...
Racing
Breeders' Cup implications from Woodbine not limited to Erupt, Al's Gal
If you're wondering why a Lady Eli photo is associated with a Woodbine story, read on.
In contrast to Champions Day , Breeders’ Cup implications were much stronger on Sunday at Woodbine. Canadian International (G1) hero Erupt looked likely f ...
Racing
Breeders’ Cup decision pending for Found
In the aftermath of a blockbuster Champions Day at Ascot , Breeders’ Cup clues were few and far between, and largely revolving around Aidan O’Brien’s possible squad for Santa Anita.
The biggest question regards Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) hero ...
Racing
Hill Earns Rippey Award for Handicapping Media for Profile of Derby Bettor "Dink"
David Hill, a freelance writer who grew up in the shadow of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, took his talents to Nevada for this year’s Kentucky Derby, and his "How a Las Vegas Sports Betting Legend Spends Horse Racing’s Biggest Weekend" profil ...
Racing
Two down, nine to go: divisional championships on the line at the Breeders' Cup
We're less than three weeks away from the Breeders' Cup, which means time is nearly up for candidates to make their final championship pitches to Eclipse Award voters.
At this writing, it appears two of the 11 equine divisional races are already s ...
Racing
How to bet the Pick 5 carryover on Monday at Meadowlands
I'm not a huge fan of shoehorning a single into a multi-race sequence just to play it, but given the $48,106 Pick 5 carryover today at Meadowlands and just 15% takeout on new money I'm OK with gambling a little bit.
The timing of the carryov ...
Racing
Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/16/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
...
Racing
Harrington and Rosecroft Kick Off the Weeknight Cards
Then one race later in the $17,700 Open Handicap for older pacers, Arque Hanover (Roberts) looks poised to regain his status as the top pacer of the meet after a runner-up effort in the Open I at Batavia behind former three-year-old star, Limeligh ...
Racing
Erupt continues Euro-domination of Canadian International
The Niarchos Family’s homebred Erupt didn’t get his ideal pace scenario, but Woodbine’s firm turf was a sufficient canvas in itself for him to maintain Europe’s streak in Sunday’s $762,726 Canadian International (G1) . A surprising overlay who went ...
Racing
Al’s Gal holds on from Suffused in E.P. Taylor
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Al’s Gal turned back a platoon of internationals, and British import Suffused, to take Sunday’s $381,668 E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine. Runner-up to Sea Calisi in the Beverly D. (G1) in her only prior Grade 1 try, the Mike Mak ...
Racing
Arella Rockstar hits winning note in Matron
E Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Magic Cap Stables’ Arella Rockstar outran her 12-1 odds in Sunday’s $196,000 Matron Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park to score a three-quarter length victory under jockey Luis Saez.
The Rudy Rodriguez trainee suffered a ...
Racing
Canadian International News & Notes
The Canadian International (Can-G1) will be run for the 79th time on Sunday as part of a star-studded card at Woodbine.
The prestigious 1 1/2-mile turf contest boasts such luminaries as Secretariat, Dahlia, Exceller, All Along, Sky Classic and Sin ...
Racing
Hoosier Sparks Top Winner At $32; H2W Average Soars To 45-Percent In The Money; Five Exactas With Favorite Partners
Our features were heavily concentrated on Saturday, Oct. 15. At Yonkers, the afternoon program presented the $1-million Yonkers International Trot. Resolve, the U.S. star, won as a huge favorite. Jonesy (62-1), our invader from Finland, rode a dull 1 ...
Racing
Top Older Trotters and Pacers Highlight Yonkers Afternoon Card
Melady's Monet delivered the best effort of his career in defeat, grinding first over from the second tier to finish second behind one of the best trotting mares of this century. A seven-year-old Revenue S gelding trained by Kevin McDermott, Melad ...
Racing
Time and Motion times it perfectly in QEII Challenge Cup
Phillips Racing Partnership’s homebred Time and Motion just got her head in front on the wire of Saturday’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland to record her fifth win of the year and first career Grade 1 score.
Jockey John Ve ...
Racing
Heavenly Grace has some big horseshoes to fill
In January 2012 at the Eclipse Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, a four-year-old filly named Havre de Grace was revealed to be the 2011 Horse of the Year.
She earned that top honor without winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) or even ...
Racing
Hanson: Siding with European non-favorites on Canadian International Day
Queen's Plate Day might be Canada's biggest day of racing, but for my money that provincial (no pun intended) affair is less intriguing than Canadian International Day, which attracts the eyes of the world.
The foreign participation runs very deep ...
Racing
Almanzor turns Champion double over Found; Minding’s the Queen
French star Almanzor, who’d edged Found in the September 10 Irish Champion (G1), outkicked the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner once again in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot.
Perfectly handled by Christophe Soumillon after a sluggish sta ...
Racing
Rawnaq in driver's seat for Eclipse after Grand National score
Rawnaq solidified his status atop the American steeplechase rankings on Saturday with a victory in the $350,000 Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey, the most lucrative hurdle in the country.
With this victory, his third in as many starts ...
Racing
Video form plus comments on Euros in Canadian International
To supplement the brief profiles of the Europeans in the Canadian International (G1) , I’ve collected their most significant race replays – embedded or linked – and added a few more comments.
Protectionist (photo courtesy WEG/Michael Burns vi ...
Racing
After Tepin's Loss the Breeders' Cup Mile Looks Wide Open
Ironicus Ironicus might be the best turf horse in the United States not named Flintshire. He finished second to Flintshire in the 1 1/4 mile Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap in June. He came right back and finished second to Miss Temple City while chasing ...
Racing
Video form plus comments on Euros in E.P. Taylor
Aim to Please photo courtesy of Michael Adolphson via Twitter
Continued from Part I on the Canadian International (G1) ...
This video form guide supplements the preview of the E.P. Taylor (G1) .
Swiss Range
The Juddmonte homebre ...
Racing
Theory dominates Futurity
Theory ran to expectations in Saturday's $196,000 Futurity (G3) at Belmont Park, heading long-time leader Moves Like Ali at the eighth pole and drawing off to win by 3 1/2 lengths under Javier Castellano.
The 3-10 favorite in the field of five j ...
Racing
Hanson: Two deep in QEII and spreading elsewhere in Keeneland Late Pick 4
Saturday's late Pick 4 at Keeneland, with the exception of the third leg, the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), appears highly contentious on paper. I'll go just two deep in the QEII with Catch a Glimpse (#1, 2-1) and Time and Motion (#7, 5-2 ...
Racing
Yonkers Hosts International Trot on Saturday Afternoon
Harness racing enthusiasts are accustomed to seeing the sport's best trotters and pacers compete under the lights, but this Saturday afternoon Yonkers Raceway will offer a special daytime card featuring a $1 million trot and a pair of $250,000 Invita ...
Racing
Galileo Gold and other plays for British Champions Day
I might be proved wrong, but I don't envision any major upsets occurring Saturday morning (U.S. time) in the five British Champions Day group events at Ascot. However, there are few favorites I'll be standing against as well as a some longshots I'll ...
Racing
Miss Ella ekes out victory in Franklin County
Jack Swain III’s homebred Miss Ella just held on to deny 5-2 favorite Fair Point by a neck in Friday’s $100,000 Franklin County Stakes (G3) at Keeenland.
Ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer Graham Motion, the Exchange Rate filly bided her time in ...
Racing
SOUTHLAND Preview - Saturday, October 15
Race 14 - Grade AA - 660 yards - OSHKOSH KID (8) is coming off a huge stakes win as the champion of the 2016 Southland Festival Of Stakes middle distance division. He's going for 6 wins in a row here and stands a solid chance of doing so. The ...
Racing
Found set for Champion rematch with Almanzor; Minding shortens up for QEII
Since my early look at Saturday’s Champions Day card at Ascot , the final fields have been declared, and the storylines are now crystallized.
The eponymous highlight, the Champion S. (G1) (10:45 a.m. EDT) , can be billed as a rematch between Pri ...
Racing
Strong international presence in E.P. Taylor
Of the 13 fillies and mares entered in Sunday’s C$500,000 E.P. Taylor (G1) at Woodbine, six are based in Europe. And if you include the four imports who call North America home, 10 contenders have an international dimension.
The John Gosden-train ...
Racing
Prairie Meadows Closes Meet with Eight Stakes on Saturday
Jockey Jorge Torres will be honored as leading rider of the meet ...
Racing
Palm Beach Fabulous Friday Matinee Preview 10/14/2016
Top Pick Race 14 - #8 Ethel Is Here
Enjoy the race action everybody! ...
Racing
Powell willing to oppose Belmont's Super Saturday II horses in Breeders' Cup
by Dick Powell
Super Saturday wasn’t so super after all. The folly of lumping a bunch of graded stakes races on the same day, while hurting the rest of the weekends that are not designated as “super,” was in evidence Saturday at Belmont Park wher ...
Racing
Idaho’s early favorite in vintage renewal of Canadian International
European shippers have captured the past six runnings of the Canadian International (G1), and that may soon become seven thanks to a formidable foursome on the scene at Woodbine. With invaders the caliber of Idaho, Protectionist, Dartmouth, and Eru ...
Racing
Tracking Breeders’ Cup storylines
With most of the prep races in the books, let’s take an early look at some storylines for the 33 rd running of the Breeders’ Cup in three weeks.
Classic
As the centerpiece of a 13-race event, the $6 million Classic tends to define the Bree ...
Racing
Yonkers Hosts International Trot; State And Province-Bred Stakes Parades In Maine, Ontario, Indiana, Ohio
It’s state-bred mania this week, while many stakes campaigners take a breather before possible schedules include the Breeders Crown. We will take readers on a full tour of a heavy Saturday, Oct. 15, with stops in four states and one province. That ni ...
Racing
Quartet Of Simpsons For Sophs At Philadelphia
Harrah’s Philadelphia attracts Breeders Crown competitors for their Friday, Oct.14 card, which features two divisions of the $80,000 John Simpson Memorial for both three-year-old trotting fillies and three-year-old trotting colts and geldings.
...
Racing
Harrington and Rosecroft Offer Good Thursday Cards
Looking to upend the Delaware invader are Cedar Hall Heiress, who won a conditioned event easily last week and gets the rail here, Valentina De Vie (Henrik Lundell) who very rarely loses in this spot, Rhapsody Rose (Roger Plante, Jr.) who owns a w ...
Racing
La Coronel inviting favorable comparisons following Jessamine romp
Even with turf stars like Tepin and Catch a Glimpse in the barn, the Mark Casse stable is always on the lookout for young fillies that will ultimately fill those big shoes. They might have one in La Coronel, who rolled to a decisive victory Wednesday ...
Racing
Catch a Glimpse headlines tough QE II Challenge Cup field
Catch a Glimpse returns to action on Saturday in Keeneland’s $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) having suffered her first turf loss August 21.
That tough neck beat came in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2) at Saratoga and was the sophomore ...
Racing
Kentucky stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
Racing
New York stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
Racing
California stakes wrap and the Breeders’ Cup
Many of the best horses in the U. S., and a few from abroad, raced last weekend, with many hoping to sharpen their tools in advance of the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in four weeks. With a bevy of stakes races spanning the ...
Racing
Rawnaq faces seven in Grand National at Far Hills
Rawnaq , the dominant hurdler in the spring when registering back-to-back wins in the Temple Gwathmey (G3) and Iroquois (G1), begins a late-season push for divisional honors Saturday in the $350,000 Grand National (G1) at Far Hills, New Jersey.
...
Racing
Judd Kearl and Paul Jones Duel as Top Quarter Horse Trainers of 2016
Paul Jones has been AQHA trainer of the year a record 14 times Paul Jones is American Quarter Horse racing's all-time leader in money earned with over $78 million. The California native is second in victories to the late Blane Schvaneveldt with ...
Racing
Theory makes belated stakes debut in Futurity
Theory was one of the better-looking debut winners at Saratoga over the summer, but a bruised foot prevented him from competing in the Hopeful (G1) and other major juvenile stakes. After a recuperative period at WinStar Farm, the Todd Pletcher train ...
Racing
The best last-out Brisnet.com Speed Rating is beating the meeting so far at Keeneland
It's not an easy game, but it's sometimes easier than we make it out to be.
Through the first 30 races of the Keeneland fall meeting, flat betting the horse with the best last-out Brisnet.com Speed Rating would have returned +4% on your money. It' ...
Racing
Lady Eli, Lord Nelson and Miss Southern Miss star in final round of Breeders’ Cup preps
A few races of interest remain but most Breeders’ Cup contenders have turned in their final prep. Over the last four days of frenzied action (Friday-Monday), several winners made a serious case for Breeders’ Cup favoritism in Lady Eli (Filly &a ...
Racing
Winners and losers from this past weekend at Santa Anita
by SCOTT SHAPIRO
The 2016 Breeders' Cup is just a few weeks away, and while the cards this past weekend were not as strong as the previous Saturday's, several races had implications for next month's world championships at "The Great Race Place." ...
Racing
SOUTHLAND Preview - October's 5 Up & Coming Young Greyhounds to Watch
potential to be Southland stars. As many of our regular readers probably know, the only requirement that I use in selecting the 5 up and coming young greyhounds to watch each month is that they have had no more then 10 official starts prior to bein ...
Racing
La Coronel looks to keep Casse juveniles on a roll in Jessamine
After Tepin's surprise loss in last Saturday's First Lady (G1), trainer Mark Casse's weekend at Keeneland ended on a higher note when juvenile performers Classic Empire and Keep Quiet captured the Breeders' Futurity (G1) and Bourbon (G3), respectivel ...
Racing
Big Score, Miss Southern Miss romp in Santa Anita’s Breeders’ Cup juvenile turf preps
George Krikorian’s homebred Big Score proved well named after his 3 1/4-length domination of the $102,415 Zuma Beach at Santa Anita. Exploding from midpack off a scalding pace, the Tim Yakteen trainee announced himself the leading local contender for ...
Racing
Canadian International lives up to billing with strong quartet of invaders
The winners of the 2014 Melbourne Cup (G1), 2015 Grand Prix de Paris (G1), and 2016 Hardwicke (G2), and a triple classic performer this season, comprise a robust raiding party for Sunday’s Canadian International (G1) at Woodbine.
To name them, as ...
Racing
Stealing 'Heart' bags Knickerbocker on yielding ground
Heart to Heart, who long ago earned a reputation of stealing graded turf stakes, bagged another prize at Belmont Park on Columbus Day with a gate-to-wire score in the $200,000 Knickerbocker (G3) .
Adapting to the yielding conditions, Heart to He ...
Racing
Found tops Breeders’ Cup candidates engaged on Champions Day
Fresh off her triumph in the October 2 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), Found remains eligible to wheel back in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot.
The Aidan O’Brien filly trod the same path last fall, finishing a luckless ninth in Paris and se ...
Racing
Preakness winner Exaggerator retired
Edited Press Release
Preakness (G1) winner Exaggerator , the only three-year-old colt with three Grade 1 wins in 2016, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
"We could not be more excited ...
Racing
If loss by Tepin a warning sign, Ironicus one to fear in BC Mile
There was a lot of action across various divisions on the second and final major weekend of Breeders' Cup preps, but the older filly and mare turf division was the true focal point.
Reigning champion Tepin suffered her first defeat of the season ...
Racing
Palm Beach Weekly Wrap Up 10/9/2016
That's all we have for this week. We'll see you next time for the Wrap Up!
...
Racing
Gloryzapper merits Breeders’ Cup consideration as a gutsy LA Woman
No guts, no glory, as the saying goes, and Gloryzapper illustrated the correlation with a gutsy display in Sunday’s $101,035 LA Woman (G3) at Santa Anita. By surviving a protracted pace battle and fending off all comers in deep stretch, the Phil D’ ...
Racing
I’m a Chatterbox romps in Spinster
Grayson Farm’s I’m a Chatterbox returned to her winning ways on Sunday at Keeneland, romping by seven lengths in the $500,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) to earn an all-expenses paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on November 4 at Santa Anita Park ...
Racing
Keep Quiet silences Ticonderoga in Bourbon, stamps Breeders’ Cup ticket
Capping a superb weekend for Mark Casse’s juvenile squad, Keep Quiet turned in a polished and professional performance to defeat the green-as-grass Ticonderoga in Sunday’s $250,000 Bourbon (G3) at Keeneland. Gary Barber’s colorbearer thereby booked ...
Racing
‘Miki’ Marks Fastest Win Ever—1:46; Tri-Crown For Marion Marauder; $48 Place Price Tops $23 Winner
The second Grand Circuit week at The Red Mile again ruled our features, including those in our addendum blog that covered Sunday, Oct. 9’s Kentucky Futurity program.
Lady Shadow, a prohibitive favorite, raced about the worse mile we have seen ...
Racing
Baffert Has a Strong Hand Going into 2016 Breeders' Cup
Hoppertunity, BC Classic This year's Jockey Club Gold Cup didn't offer the best of the best in the handicap division. Nobody would ever claim that it did, but Hoppertunity put in his usual strong closing run. It led to a win in the JC Gold Cup, whic ...
Racing
Lady Eli, other Brown runners exit Super Saturday in good order
Edited Press Release
Trainer Chad Brown said his entire contingent came out of Super Saturday in fine form.
Brown won three stakes on the day, highlighted by Lady Eli's return to the winner's circle in taking the Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) to ...
Racing
Vyjack captures City of Hope Mile in record time
Vyjack was sent off the 4-1 third choice in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park but ran like a favorite when scoring by a half-length under jockey Flavien Prat.
Vyjack settled in midpack on the inside as even-mo ...
Racing
Classic Empire overpowers Breeders’ Futurity foes
After rearing and dumping his jockey at the start of the September 5 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, Classic Empire rebounded in powerful fashion in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. The Mark Casse-trained colt pulled his way to t ...
Racing
Miss Temple City turns Maker’s 46/Shadwell Turf Mile double
During Keeneland’s Spring Meet, Miss Temple City opted to face males, rather than Tepin, and the move paid off with a deserved first Grade 1 coup in the Maker’s 46 Mile (G1) . Back at the Lexington oval for FallStars Weekend, the same choice present ...
Racing
Super Saturday II Omnibus
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
The New York Racing Association didn’t luck out with the weather on the two big days of its fall meet this year, but at least Hurricane Matthew kept his distance, and the second of two Super Saturdays was buoyed ...
Racing
Hoppertunity gives Baffert another shot at Classic gold
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
You have to go back to the last century to find Bob Baffert’s name on the list of winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup , but a game Hoppertunity gave the California trainer a second spot on that list, running pa ...
Racing
Desormeaux makes right ‘Call,’ shocks Tepin in First Lady
“If you were an opposing general trying to figure out how to neutralize the shock effect of Tepin’s acceleration, you’d order a ferocious early pace. Stretch out the battlefield, so to speak, and hope that the champion turf mare wouldn’t have quite t ...
Racing
Cross-country trip pays off for Hoppertunity in Jockey Club Gold Cup
Scratched from a match-up against California Chrome in last Saturday's Awesome Again (G1) at Santa Anita, Hoppertunity made the most of the class relief and his first start at Belmont Park, rallying to win Saturday's $980,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G ...
Racing
Tepin's Loss Doesn't Dull Breeders' Cup Implications From FallStars Saturday at Keeneland
Tepin’s loss at 2-to-5 in the First Lady was by far the biggest upset on a five-stakes day at Keeneland where only two favorites got the job done, and on the surface those results might lead some to believe the Lexington track played as crazy as the ...
Racing
'Nervous horse owner' Hanley 'really, really, really happy' after Lady Eli's Flower Bowl win
Story & Photo by Teresa Genaro
For a man whose volubility makes him a terrific interview, Jay Hanley was curiously silent as he stood near the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon. Minutes earlier, his Lady Eli had won the Gr ...
Racing
Lord Nelson keeps rolling in Santa Anita Sprint Championship
Lord Nelson collared game pacesetter All Run with about a sixteenth of a mile remaining and surged clear to a 2 1/2-length decision in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1), improving to four-for-four in 2016 as he made a case for ...
Racing
Irish Jasper finishes fast in TCA to provide Farish with milestone Bowl
Irish Jasper overcame a slow start to easily prove best in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) , rallying boldly up the inside to win going away by 1 3/4 lengths. Along with notching an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly &a ...
Racing
Practical Joke closes out Champagne after Syndergaard brings heat
Syndergaard brought the heat, but Practical Joke, with Joel Rosario aboard, closed the deal, narrowly, in Saturday's $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park.
Under heavy pressure from Big Gray Rocket, 19-10 favorite Syndergaard ripped off fracti ...
Racing
Lady Eli sparkles in Flower Bowl
At this time last year, that headline would have sounded far-fetched. Sheep Pond Partners’ sensational turf star was battling a life-threatening case of laminitis. Beating it for survival was enough. Whether Lady Eli would ever make it back into trai ...
Racing
Mongolian Saturday, Pure Sensation prevail in BC Turf Sprint preps
After going unplaced in four starts collectively in Hong Kong and England since December, Mongolian Saturday appreciated a return to the familiar at Keeneland on Saturday by taking the $150,000 Woodford (G3) on the same course and distance over whi ...
Racing
Kentucky Futurity Day: Action Over The Red Mile For Sports’ Stars And Courageous Bettors
The Sunday program of the Red Mile is the Grand Circuit finale in Kentucky and the gateway to the Breeders Crown divisional championships. Don’t miss a race, post time is 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Here’s a preview of the top races on Oct. 9 for ...
Racing
Anchor Down wires Kelso in 1:32.90
If Anchor Down has a sweet spot, it's the one-turn mile at Belmont Park. On Saturday, the gray son of Tapit wired four rivals in the $343,000 Kelso H. (G2) in a sharp 1:32.90 over a fast track under Javier Castellano
Winner of the Westchester (G ...
Racing
Yellow Agate rallies for Frizette victory
China Horse Club’s Yellow Agate ran down pacesetter Libby’s Tail in Saturday’s $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park to score a close head win under jockey Manny Franco as the 6-5 favorite.
In doing so, the Kentucky-bred miss not only ea ...
Racing
Breeders' Cup Preview News & Notes
The final major Breeders’ Cup preps are on tap for this weekend at three tracks, and TwinSpires.com has all you need to enjoy the action around the country.
Belmont Park and Keeneland really take center stage by staging their final big “Win & ...
Racing
Chalk Talks at Keeneland Opening Day And Looks To Continue on Saturday
The favorite won 6 of 10 races and hit the board in two others on opening day at Keeneland to trigger shorter-than-typical multi-race payoffs, but there were some nice vertical exotics. At the spring meet, the average double paid more than the averag ...
Racing
Making a Big Bet in the Breeders Futurity at Keeneland
I have no problem admitting that I'm prone to hyperbole when it comes to who I bet (e.g. Mac the Man , Wharton, Surgical Strike), but when it comes to what I bet. (i.e. how much) I'm a pretty straight shooter.
So when I say "I'm making the big ...
Racing
ADVERTISEMENT