Gun Runner

Castellano Guides Connect to G2 Pennsylvania Derby Win

BENSALEM, Pa. (Saturday, September 24, 2016) –Under a masterful ride from two time Eclipse winning jockey Javier Castellano, Paul Pompa, Jr.’s Connect rallied to the lead with an eighth of […]

Breeders' Cup

Nyquist vs. Exaggerator Round 7 in Pennsylvania Derby

Top Choice #5 Cupid – Lets face I shouldn’t make up any reasons why I’m picking this horse because we all know it’s the Bob Baffert factor. He’s campaigned his […] Read More

Columns

THE SKINNY: Parx Playground

Horse Racing News & Views by Saratoga Slim presented by RacingDudes.com (Volume 1, Issue 2) What’s “THE SKINNY”? A new column looking at a couple top stories in horse racing […] Read More

News

Pennsylvania Derby-Day Nominations Feature Top Three-Year-Olds

Headed by unbeaten champion filly Songbird and the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby, Nyquist, Exaggerator and Gun Runner, nominations closed September 10 for the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes […] Read More

Track Reports

Saratoga Notes: Baffert Eyes Future for G1 Travers Hero Arrogate

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – On the morning following Arrogate‘s stakes record-smashing performance in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga Race Course, Hall of Fame […] Read More

News

Arrogate Seizes G1 Travers in Track-Record Time

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Making his stakes debut and staking a claim to leadership of the 3-year-old division in one fell swoop, Arrogate wrested command from stablemate American Freedom into […] Read More

Track Reports

Saratoga Notes: Baffert Confirms American Freedom, Arrogate for Travers

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert confirmed this morning that both American Freedom, second in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, and Arrogate, who has beaten older horses […] Read More

News

Exaggerator Takes Control of Division With G1 Haskell Victory

Off-track specialist Exaggerator goes from last to first to win the 2016 G1 Haskell Invitational over a sloppy Monmouth Park surface. Ridden by Kent Desormeaux for his brother, trainer Keith Desormeaux, Exaggerator […] Read More

News

Haskell Invitational Preview: Showdown on the Jersey Shore

Likely Winners #1 Nyquist – The Kentucky Derby winner makes his first start since losing the first race of his career in Preakness Stakes to Exaggerator. However, a major error […] Read More

Saratoga

Geroux Gears Up for Saratoga

You would get a lot of different responses if you asked 100 people walking into Saratoga Race Course on opening day, “Who is leading all jockeys in Graded Stakes wins […] Read More