Promises Fulfilled

BLINKERS OFF 336: Friday Breeders’ Cup Preps

The Racing Dudes preview the Grade 1, $400,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes and the Grade 2, $250,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes from opening weekend at Keeneland. Featuring your resident Racing […]

Saratoga

Saratoga Skinny: Top 10 Stars of Saratoga 2018

Drenched early by steady rains, the 2018 Saratoga meet was bogged down with numerous races taken off the turf. However, the sun came out just in time for the meet’s […] Read More

Saratoga

Saratoga Skinny: Catholic Boy’s Storybook Win & Travers Day Recap

The horse that put trainer Jonathan Thomas on the map had him nearly in tears of joy in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes winner’s circle on Saturday. Catholic Boy, his […] Read More

Race Recaps

Promises Fulfilled Wires G1 H. Allen Jerkens

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Robert J. Baron’s Promises Fulfilled blazed out to the lead early and held off all challengers in the stretch to wire Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 329: Travers Stakes Undercard and Pat O’Brien Previews

The Racing Dudes rapid-fire preview the six graded stakes races on the Travers undercard at Saratoga, including the Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign Stakes and the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Sword […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 323: The Magic Mike Show Recaps Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races and Saratoga

The Magic Mike Show recaps the three Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” races from the weekend and the big four from Saratoga on Saturday. Blinkers Off provides weekly insights […] Read More

Race Recaps

Promises Fulfilled Flew in the G3 Amsterdam

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Promises Fulfilled never ran out of gas and cruised to victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga. The son of Shackleford picked up his second […] Read More

Race Recaps

Still Having Fun with a Late Run in the G2 Woody Stephens

ELMONT, NY – Following a “break neck” early pace, Still Having Fun came out of nowhere to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Mohegan Sun at Belmont […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Why Justify Won the Kentucky Derby

Each Kentucky Derby unfolds in its own unique way. We may try to compare Derbies of yesteryear to those of the present day, but each has its own idiosyncratic attributes. […] Read More

Race Recaps

Justify Wins 144th Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, KY – The 136-year wait is over. Justify put forth a resounding effort to win the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. In doing so, Justify became the […] Read More