Smarty Jones

Mischevious Alex Looks to Get John Servis, Zacney Back to Triple Crown

Trainer John Servis knows the exhilaration of winning Triple Crown races. He went from relative anonymity to national prominence when Pennsylvania-bred Smarty Jones swept the Kentucky Derby and Preakness before […]

Kentucky Derby

Smarty Jones Field Draws Nine for Opening Day at Oaklawn Park

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Nine horses, including four from Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, were entered Friday in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 24, a 1-mile race that […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Triple Crown: Top 5 Ways Justify Can Get Beat in Belmont Stakes

When the Triple Crown is on the line, the nervous energy before the Belmont Stakes is unmatched by any other moment in sports. It’s difficult to not feel chills go […] 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

Kentucky Derby

Top 5 Kentucky Derby Winners of the 2000s: 2018 Edition

So many great memories came back to life when making this list that, by the time it was done, this became my favorite article of all-time. There will be plenty of debate […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 273: Kentucky Derby Prep Previews and Rapid-Fire

The Thoroughbred Racing Dudes preview three Kentucky Derby prep races – the Grade 3, $150,000 Jerome Stakes from Aqueduct, the Grade 3, $200,000 LeComte Stakes from Fair Grounds, and the […] Read More

Race Recaps

Pavel Passes the Test in G3 Smarty Jones

BENSALEM, PA – Reddam Racing’s Pavel continued his upward progression on Monday, winning his first stakes race in only his third career start in the Grade 3, $300,000 Smarty Jones at Parx […] Read More

Profiles

New York State of Mind: Chad Summers Profile #3

American horse racing was centered in New York up through the mid-1800s, at which point seemingly every state not named Kentucky decided to ban the sport as a way of […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

The 5 Best Kentucky Derby Winners of the 2000s

So many great memories came back to life when making a list that, by the time it was done, this became my favorite article of all-time. I’m sure there will […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Uncontested Likely to Skip Rebel, Next Start Arkansas Derby

HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017) – Uncontested will likely make his next start in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn, co-owner Harry Rosenblum of Little […] Read More