Triple Crown Nine Late Triple Crown Nominees Include Helium, Weyburn LOUISVILLE, KY – Hopeful connections of nine separate 3-year-olds – including Tampa Bay Derby (G2) champion Helium and Gotham Stakes (G3) upset specialist Weyburn – paid the $6,000 late fee due Monday in order to…
Kentucky Derby Essential Quality, Simply Ravishing Headline Blue Grass, Ashland LEXINGTON, KY – Undefeated Godolphin homebred Essential Quality drew post 4 for the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2), and trainer Kenny McPeek’s Simply Ravishing drew post 3 for the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1), as they headline Saturday’s card at Keeneland. The Blue Grass is a 1 1/8-mile… Read More
Kentucky Derby Essential Quality Ends Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5 Still Favored LOUISVILLE, KY – Undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) champion Essential Quality, the 3/1 morning line favorite when wagering began Friday, ended up the 4/1 favorite when the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) Pool 5 closed Sunday evening. KDFW Pool 5 is the final round of $2 Win and Exacta wagering… Read More
Kentucky Derby Known Agenda in ‘Great Shape’ Following Florida Derby HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable homebred Known Agenda, showing “good energy” Sunday morning, will remain in South Florida for the time being before heading out for his next step along the Triple Crown trail. Known Agenda earned his spot in the May 1 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a sharp… Read More
Kentucky Derby Prevalence Puts In Final Work For Wood Memorial OZONE PARK, NY – Godolphin’s Prevalence registered his final work on Sunday before shipping to New York for this Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino (G2). Prevalence posted a 1/2-mile breeze in 47.60 seconds at his home base at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach,… Read More
Kentucky Derby Medina Spirit Set For Santa Anita Derby ARCADIA, CA – Medina Spirit, twice runner-up to Life Is Good, worked 4 furlongs Sunday in 48 seconds flat as he prepares to deputize for his undefeated but sidelined stablemate in this Saturday’s Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1). “He went very nice (under jockey Juan Ochoa),” said Bob Baffert, who… Read More
Kentucky Derby Spielberg “Doing Well,” Greatest Honour “Plenty Fit” For Florida Derby HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sunday morning, Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour posted a 1/2-mile breeze at Payson Park, while on the other side of the country, Spielberg breezed 5 furlongs at Santa Anita Park as both tuned up for a scheduled start at Gulfstream Park in Saturday’s $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby… Read More
News Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: Swiss Skydiver Steals the Show It takes a lot to upstage a marquee Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race, especially when there’s only one prep all weekend, but the 2020 Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Swiss Skydiver might have stolen the show in her first start of the year. How did her performance stack up against the rest… Read More
Kentucky Derby Concert Tour, Hozier Back In California After Rebel HOT SPRINGS, AR – Concert Tour and Hozier flew back to their Southern California base Sunday, a day after finishing 1-2, respectively, in Oaklawn’s $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds, continuing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s stranglehold on the major Kentucky Derby prep race. Both horses exited the… Read More
Kentucky Derby Wood Memorial Within Realm Of Possibility For Prevalence OZONE PARK, NY – A pair of decisive victories to launch his career have Prevalence‘s connections considering a start in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Presented by Resorts World Casino (G2) on April 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Brendan Walsh, the Godolphin homebred captured plenty of attention with a flashy… Read More
BLINKERS OFF 491: Final Kentucky Derby Preps Preview and Rapid-Fire The Racing Dudes recap preview the Road to the Kentucky… Read More
The Magic Mike Show 263: Oaklawn Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
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The Magic Mike Show 261: Santa Anita Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets… Read More
Super Stock’s Arkansas Derby Win True Family Affair HOT SPRINGS, AR – Perhaps no horse in trainer Steve… Read More
King Fury KOs Lexington Tote LEXINGTON, KY – Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm’s… Read More
C Z Rocket Bests Whitmore Again in Count Fleet Sprint HOT SPRINGS, AR – The third straight showdown between local… Read More
Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Keeneland, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita Park Picks for April 11, 2021 We officially closed the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with the… Read More
Papa Dude’s Free Oaklawn Picks For Sunday 4/11/21 It’s the Sunday after the Arkansas Derby Day and there… Read More
