Doug O’Neill

Stubbins Shoots Past Late in Woodford

LEXINGTON, KY – McShane Racing’s Stubbins found room in midstretch and shot past Leinster late to win Saturday’s $200,000 Woodford Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G2). Breaking from post 4 under […]

Breeders' Cup

Bast Headlines Chandelier Field

ARCADIA, CA – Trainer Bob Baffert’s Bast headlines a short but stout list of runners in Friday’s $300,000 Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The Chandelier is a Breeders’ Cup […] Read More

Breeders' Cup

Lazy Daisy Refuses to Wilt in Pocahontas

LOUISVILLE, KY – ERJ Racing, Great Friends Stable, and Tom Mansor’s Lazy Daisy struck the front early and refused to wilt when challenged in the stretch to win Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas Stakes […] Read More

Race Recaps

O’Neill finishes 1-2 with Legends of War, Stubbins

FRANKLIN, KY – After a quiet first four days of the Kentucky Downs meet, two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill waited until closing day and the meet’s final stakes race […] Read More

Race Recaps

Comical Holds on to Win Schuylerville

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Trainer Doug O’Neill shipped east from California with a pair of well-intended juvenile fillies and found the winner’s circle when Comical just held on to defeat Kiss the Girl and stablemate Shippy in Thursday’s […] Read More

Saratoga

Saratoga Skinny: 2019 Opening Day is Here!

Living in upstate New York, the doldrums of winter are only made bearable by the dreams of a Saratoga summer. When I’m blowing a foot of snow off of my […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

Top 5 Preakness Moments of the 2000s: 2019 Edition

Each year as we reflect on all of the great Preakness Stakes memories, we realize that the race might be our favorite leg of the Triple Crown because of so […] Read More

Race Recaps

Stubbins Splashes Home in Pasadena

ARCADIA, CA – An onslaught of precipitation forced Saturday’s Pasadena Stakes off the turf at Santa Anita Park, but for McShane Racing’s Stubbins, that was part of the recipe that helped him […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

Top 5 Preakness Moments of the 2000s: 2018 Edition

Each year as I reflect on all of the great Preakness Stakes memories, I realize that the race might be my favorite leg of the Triple Crown because there have […] Read More

Race Recaps

Blended Citizen Closes Late, Takes G3 Peter Pan

ELMONT, NY – Greg Hall and SAYJAY Racing’s Blended Citizen stamped himself a legitimate contender for the upcoming Belmont Stakes on Saturday after closing late to win that race’s local prep, the Grade […] Read More