Steve Asmussen

Bashford Manor Preview: Copper Bullet, Ten City Ready to Throw Down

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen will attempt to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Bashford Manor Presented by GE Appliances for an impressive fifth time when he saddles his eye-catching, […]

Saratoga

FIRST LOOK: 2017 Saratoga Meet (Part 1)

Forty days of pure horse racing bliss is less than a month away. The 154th meet at historic Saratoga Race Course starts on Friday, July 21, through Labor Day and […] Read More

Handicapping

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week

Last weekend was all about the Downs After Dark program at historic Churchill Downs. With a live national TV audience tuned in, the racing did not disappoint as we saw […] Read More

News

Gun Runner Romps in G1 Stephen Foster Handicap

LOUISVILLE, KY – Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm’s heavily-favored Gun Runner took the lead shortly after the start, shook off a brief challenge from Stanford on the far turn, and […] Read More

News

Stephen Foster Handicap Preview: Gun Runner Ready for Big Second Half

One of Louisville’s biggest summer parties returns in earnest to Churchill Downs on Saturday as the home of the Kentucky Derby welcomes back its wildly popular “Downs After Dark Presented […] Read More

News

Vertical Oak Powerful in G3 Miss Preakness

BALTIMORE, MD – J Kirk & Judi Robison’s Vertical Oak, testing stakes company for the first time, took the lead with a furlong to run and sprinted clear to a […] Read More

News

Terra Promessa Romps Wire-To-Wire in G3 Allaire DuPont Distaff

BALTIMORE, MD – Stonestreet Stables’ homebred Terra Promessa became a graded stakes winner for the fourth time in her career with a front-running 7 1/2-length victory in Friday’s Grade 3, $150,000 […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Update: Derby Dream Within Reach in Casse Barn

LOUISVILLE, KY – The 2-year-old champion Classic Empire and the Grade 1 Florida Derby runner-up State of Honor could bring a lifelong dream to the Mark Casse barn in the […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Five Kentucky Derby Horses With NO CHANCE of Winning

It’s that time of year when we’re all analyzing the Kentucky Derby from every angle imaginable. Everyone is trying to pick the winner, but I’ll start with a different angle. I’m […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby Update: McCraken Breezes Five Furlongs

LOUISVILLE, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken turned in his penultimate workout for the Kentucky Derby, working five furlongs in 1:00.60 in company on a sunny Monday morning at Churchill Downs. […] Read More