Handicapping
NYRA Preview: Aqueduct 2/17
Presidents Day has given racing fans another day of great racing today. After a great weekend of racing, Oaklawn Park takes its chance to have three Grade III Stakes races […]
Kentucky Derby News
Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: Fun Down in the Bayou
We’ll stick to the 3-year-old theme again this week after a few exciting performances at Fair Grounds over the weekend. The Kentucky Derby trail is heating up in a major […] Read More
Handicapping
Baffert Has New Derby Hopeful in Charlatan
ARCADIA, CA – How deep is Bob Baffert’s Derby bench? There’s no telling, as his unraced Charlatan, an imposing chestnut colt by Speightstown, blew away his competition by 5 ¾ […] Read More
Kentucky Derby News
Southwest Stakes Preview: Asmussen Loaded With Entries
The second of four Oaklawn Park-based Kentucky Derby prep races is set to go this Monday with the running of the Southwest Stakes (G3). A field of nine 3-year-olds will […] Read More
Race Recaps
Hard Not to Love Crushes Santa Monica
ARCADIA, CA – Trainer John Shirreffs’ one-eyed wonder Hard Not to Love made it two straight graded triumphs on Saturday when she crushed her competition in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes […] Read More
Kentucky Derby News
Modernist Upsets Risen Star
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Martin and Pam Wygod homebred Modernist sprung the 12/1 upset with a hard-fought effort in Saturday’s second division of the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford […] Read More
Kentucky Derby News
Azul Coast Grinds Home in El Camino Real Derby
BERKELEY, CA – Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman’s Azul Coast dueled sharply in the stretch before grinding home a score in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate […] Read More
Kentucky Derby News
Mr. Monomoy Wires Risen Star
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Trainer Brad Cox’s Mr. Monomoy laid to rest any doubts regarding his ability to route on Saturday when he took the field gate to wire in the […] Read More
Race Recaps
Ring Leader Still Undefeated After Dixie Belle Triumph
HOT SPRINGS, AR – Novogratz Racing Stables’ Ring Leader extended her undefeated streak to three with a hard-fought score in Saturday’s $125,000 Dixie Belle Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Bobbling slightly while […] Read More
Kentucky Oaks
Finite Flies Free in Rachel Alexandra
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Trainer Steve Asmussen’s Finite got the jump on the 2-Year-Old division champ British Idiom in the far turn before flying free in the stretch to win Saturday’s […] Read More