ELMONT, NY – Assistant trainer Norman Casse wanted just an easy work as Classic Empire‘s last serious training for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. That’s what he got […]
ELMONT, NY – Nominations were released on Monday for 13 of the 18 stakes on tap for the 2017 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, presented by NYRA Bets, attracting a total […] Read More
ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Tapwrit and Patch, his two likely Belmont Stakes contenders, to the Belmont training track Saturday morning in preparation for the Grade 1, […] Read More
For some at Saratoga, the dream of making the Kentucky Derby starts a year prior to the first Saturday in May. For one 2017 Derby entry, Practical Joke, that dream […] Read More
LOUISVILLE, KY – The multiple Eclipse Award winning conditioner, Todd Fletcher, came into Derby season with many possibilities for the Run for the Roses. As the race loomed closer, his […] Read More
LEXINGTON, KY – Reddam Racing’s Irap, upset winner of the Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass at Keeneland on April 8, put in the first of two scheduled works for the $2 […] Read More
LEXINGTON, KY – Reddam Racing’s Irap became the first maiden to ever win the Grade 2, $1 million Toyota Blue Grass for 3-year-olds on Saturday, holding off Practical Joke by […] Read More
Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated homebred McCraken has been installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field of seven 3-year-olds for Saturday’s 93rd running of the Grade 2, $1 million Toyota […] Read More
OLDSMAR, FL – If Tapwrit, the winner of today’s Grade 2, $350,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, goes on to greater glory, then the fans in attendance at Tampa Bay Downs may […] Read More
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable’s Battalion Runner, a promising 3-year-old who has yet to be tested in stakes company, continued his march to the Grade 1, $1 million […] Read More