Outplay

Realm Reigns in $100,000 Alydar

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Realm was revved up and ready to go in Sunday’s $100,000 Alydar Stakes at Saratoga. The five-year-old Virginia-bred son of Haynesfield made a strong late run to win in a photo and picked up his…

Race Recaps

Hard-Knocking Hoppertunity Refuses to Lose G2 Brooklyn

ELMONT, NY – Trainer Bob Baffert’s hard-knocking 7-year-old veteran Hoppertunity had to fight through traffic and an erratic-running Hard Study in the stretch to slingshot himself to victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park. Breaking passively from post 2 under Flavien Prat, Hoppertunity saved ground towards the rear while Outplay sat… Read More

Race Recaps

Limousine Liberal Repeats in G2 Churchill Downs

LOUISVILLE, KY – In a repeat of last year’s edition, Katherine Ball’s homebred Limousine Liberal edged his foes at the wire to take Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes presented by Twinspires.com at Churchill Downs. Off well under Jose Ortiz from near the outside, Limousine Liberal ran quickly to move down and… Read More

Race Recaps

West Coast Wires Field with Ease in G1 Pennsylvania Derby

BENSALEM, PA – Gary West’s budding superstar West Coast proved that he’s dangerous on the lead, using those tactics to earn his second straight Grade 1 win in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. Breaking cleanly from post 4 under regular rider Mike Smith, West Coast shot to the front alongside Outplay,… Read More

Race Previews

Pennsylvania Derby Preview: West Coast Ready to Build Resume

A field of 10 is set to contest the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby on Saturday at Parx. The event will go off as race 11 on a stakes-filled card of 13 races. Post time for the Pennsylvania Derby is 5:45 EST. The headliner of the race is certainly West Coast,… Read More

Saratoga

The Saratoga Skinny: Gunnin’ for Rabbit in Whitney

Each week on Dark Tuesdays, we will bring you “The Saratoga Skinny” looking at the coming week of racing at Saratoga and looking back at the big action the week before. “The Saratoga Skinny” will be broken into five sections: The Break (looking at the biggest story of the upcoming… Read More

Race Recaps

Outplay Outbreaks and Outclasses Curlin Field

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Repole Stable’s Outplay outbroke the field of seven 3-year-olds and never looked back en route to wiring Friday’s $100,000 Curlin Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Under jockey John Velazquez, the son of Bernardini set fractions of :24.06, :48.71, 1:13.29, and 1:37.81 before finishing up the 1… Read More

News

Baffert Dominant With West Coast in $150,000 Easy Goer

ELMONT, NY – Bob Baffert may not have had a Triple Crown contender running in the Belmont Stakes, but the Hall of Fame trainer wasn’t lacking for firepower when he sent out California invader West Coast to an authoritative victory in the $150,000 Easy Goer to kick off the day’s stakes… Read More