Hence

Haskell Stakes Preview: Competitive Field Set to do Battle

The Grade 1, $1,000,000 Haskell Stakes will run this Sunday at Monmouth Park, and it is perhaps the race’s toughest running in recent history. Belmont Stakes runner-up Irish War Cry […]

Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes Preview: It’s Always Dreaming’s Race to Lose

At Wednesday afternoon’s post position draw for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.5 million Preakness Stakes, Always Dreaming, the impressive winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, was assigned post 4 and […] Read More

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Preakness Stakes Update: Always Dreaming Takes to the Pimlico Track

BALTIMORE, MD – Kentucky Derby champion Always Dreaming got acquainted with the racing surface at Pimlico Race Course on Wednesday morning during a light jog in preparation for a scheduled […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Preview: Irish War Cry Looks to Make History From 17 Post

John Oxley’s Classic Empire, the unanimous Eclipse Award selection as 2016’s champion 2-year-old and a three-time Grade 1 winner, has been established as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in a field […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

2017 Kentucky Derby Strong Ties to 2016 Saratoga

For some at Saratoga, the dream of making the Kentucky Derby starts a year prior to the first Saturday in May. For one 2017 Derby entry, Practical Joke, that dream […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Update: Derby Dream Within Reach in Casse Barn

LOUISVILLE, KY – The 2-year-old champion Classic Empire and the Grade 1 Florida Derby runner-up State of Honor could bring a lifelong dream to the Mark Casse barn in the […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Why We HATE Your Derby Pick 2017 Edition

Do you think you have your Kentucky Derby horse picked? Guess what: we hate him! If you get on Twitter, Facebook, or any horse racing message board, then you know […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Update: McCraken Breezes Five Furlongs

LOUISVILLE, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken turned in his penultimate workout for the Kentucky Derby, working five furlongs in 1:00.60 in company on a sunny Monday morning at Churchill Downs. […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Hence Wins G3 Sunland Derby, Earns Spot in Kentucky Derby

SUNLAND PARK, NM – Calumet Farm’s homebred Hence rebounded from a lackluster performance in the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes last month at Oaklawn Park with an impressive win in the Grade 3, […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Sunland Derby Preview: Big Time Connections Ship to Sunland

The Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at 1 1/8 miles will go as the ninth race on a Sunland Park Sunday card that will feature over $1.5 million in purse […] Read More