John Velazquez

What a Catch Wires $100,000 Rockville Centre

ELMONT, NY – Fresh off of breaking his maiden on debut here on June 2, Gary Barber’s What a Catch wired a field of five 2-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Rockville Centre […]

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New Money Honey Leads Brown 1-2-3 in G1 Belmont Oaks

ELMONT, NY – Holding off late bids from stablemates Sistercharlie and Uni, New Money Honey won the Grade 1 $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational and gave trainer Chad Brown a […] Read More

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Royal Ascot Day 1 Recap: Lady Aurelia Fantastic in G1 King’s Stand

ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND – Wesley Ward’s speedster Lady Aurelia produced a devastating display in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes, winning her second consecutive race at Royal Ascot and simultaneously provide her […] Read More

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Cloud Computing Nails Classic Empire to Win Preakness, Always Dreaming Fades

BALTIMORE, MD– Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Cloud Computing tracked a hotly-contested pace duel between Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming and Classic Empire into the far turn before launching […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

Always Dreaming Draws Post 4, Installed 4-5 Favorite in Preakness Stakes

BALTIMORE, MD – The impressive Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming was assigned post 4 and installed the 4-5 favorite in the 10-horse field at Wednesday afternoon’s post position draw for Saturday’s […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

What Kind of Pace Will We See in the Preakness?

Pimlico is known as a speed-favoring track with tighter turns and favors the inside posts. If you follow horse racing, you’ll hear that at least a dozen times in the week […] Read More

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Irish Mare Zhukova Dominates Boys in G1 Man o’ War

ELMONT, NY – The boys proved no match for John D. Murrell’s Zhukova on Saturday at Belmont Park as the 5-year-old Irish mare dominated her male competition in the Grade […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Favored Always Dreaming Cruises in Kentucky Derby 143

LOUISVILLE, KY – Always Dreaming shook clear at the 1/2-mile pole, opened a daylight advantage, and cruised to a 2 3/4-length victory to win the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby. Trained […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby 143 Post-Race News Conference with Always Dreaming Connections

LOUISVILLE, KY – Derby fans weathered rainstorms and unseasonably cold temperatures to watch post-time favorite Always Dreaming win the 143rd Kentucky Derby over a sloppy track. Attendance of 158,070 was […] Read More

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Imperative Rallies to Win Second $1,250,000 Charles Town Classic

CHARLES TOWN, WV – In a move reminiscent of the one he used to upset the heavily-favored Game On Dude in the 2014 Charles Town Classic, Loooch Racing and Imaginary […] Read More