Dick Powell’s Australian Pick of the Week April 3

Tue Apr 02 2019Dick Powell

Race 6 at Gosford (Australia A) is a one-mile handicap for benchmark 64-rated horses. It has a wide spread of weights and that is what makes it attractive to me. The track is expected to be “Soft-7” so any kind of form on it would be a help. FRE ...
Bad Luck Board Visits Gronkowski and Haunt

Tue Apr 02 2019TwinSpires Staff

A Painful Beat as Gronkowski is Edged Out by a Nose by Thunder Snow   [caption id="attachment_42127" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thunder Snow and Gronkowski 2019 Dubai World Cup (Horsephotos.com) [/caption] Adding blinkers for his t ...
Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby Top 10: Where to Rank Maximum Security?

Mon Apr 01 2019J. Keeler Johnson

With barely more than a month remaining until the 2019 Kentucky Derby , the race remains as wide-open as ever. Two more upset victories in the Florida Derby (gr. I) and UAE Derby (UAE-II) did little to clarify the Derby picture; if anything ...
Rosecroft and Pocono cap month of March on Sunday

Mon Apr 01 2019Ted Black

On the day in which the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was finally whittled down to the "Final Four", a pair of five-eighths mile harness racing ovals in the Mid-Atlantic region capped off the month of March with solid cards. In the opening race o ...
Kentucky Derby Rankings Updated Top 5

Mon Apr 01 2019D.S. Williamson

Maximum Security impressed so much winning the Grade 1 Florida Derby this past Saturday that he immediately jumps to the top of my Derby Rankings. The former maiden claimer took the lead and dominated. Could he do that on the First Saturday in May? ...
Santa Anita Derby Historical as It Gets

Mon Apr 01 2019D.S. Williamson

On Saturday, April 6, some of the best three-year-olds in the nation will head to the Great Race Place, Santa Anita Park, for the Santa Anita Derby. Traditionally one of the top three-year-old prep races for the Kentucky Derby, the Santa Anita Derby ...

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Citation Horse Racing’s First Millionaire

Mon Apr 01 2019D.S. Williamson

Few race horses reach legendary status. If you don’t believe that statement, think about Justify. Although Justify won the Triple Crown last year, nobody puts him in the same league as American Pharoah, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, or Affirmed. Justif ...
Linda Rice Trainer Leading Aqueduct Standings

Mon Apr 01 2019D.S. Williamson

Heading into April, Linda Rice leads Rudy Rodriguez in the Aqueduct trainer standings by 5 races. Rice has won 45 races while Rudy’s won 40. Linda’s horses have also earned a massive $2,254,745. Her horses have won 25% of the time while they’ve finis ...
Der Flug Wins Final Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Race

Sun Mar 31 2019J. Keeler Johnson

For his victory, Der Flug earned 40 qualification points to sit atop the leaderboard, but the Nobuhiro Suzuki-trained son of Behkabad has not been nominated to the Triple Crown and seems unlikely to make a trip to Churchill Downs. Second on the lead ...
Plus Que Parfait Rebounds in UAE Derby

Sun Mar 31 2019J. Keeler Johnson

Trained by Brendan Walsh for Imperial Racing LLC, Plus Que Parfait was racing with blinkers for the first time, and the headgear seemed to make a difference as Plus Que Parfait turned in his best effort since finishing second in the Kentucky Jockey ...
Maximum Security Finishes Fast in Florida Derby

Sun Mar 31 2019J. Keeler Johnson

“It was beautiful. He broke so perfect and I just took it. He was traveling beautiful, and when he came to the half-mile pole and you feel the pressure I knew I had a lot of horse and in the stretch he just took off,” Saez told Gulfstream Park. “My p ...
Yonkers, Meadowlands and Pocono Downs offer Saturday card action

Sun Mar 31 2019Ted Black

While thoroughbred racing fans were keen on watching a superb card at Gulfstream Park capped by the Grade I, $1 million Florida Derby, harness racing enthusiasts were paying close attention to the action at Yonkers Raceway in New York, the Meadowland ...
Matchmaker Has Three Of Four; ‘Levy’ Losses; Top Winners Pay Double-Digits; 52 Percent On The Board

Sun Mar 31 2019TwinSpires Staff

Making up for last week’s dull horses-to-watch winners was this week’s rebound, with a good bunch coming through for us and a whopping win percentage. Here’s the success and failure rundown from features: Thursday, March 28 Our Power Plays ...