Todd Pletcher

Field of Nine Seek First Stakes Victory of Year in Friday’s $100K Curlin

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – A field of nine sophomores will seek their first stakes victory of the year in Friday’s $100,000 Curlin for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles over the […]

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 391: Haskell Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview Saturday’s running of the $1,000,000 TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” event for the $6 million Breeders’ […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 390: Saratoga Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview the 2019 Saratoga meet, including opening weekend stakes races headlined by the Diana Stakes (G1). Then the Dudes give rapid-fire picks for some of the other […] Read More

Saratoga

Saratoga Skinny: Voodoo Song Returns in Forbidden Apple

When I was a teenager in the late 80s and early 90s, I remember coming to Saratoga Race Course every summer with my parents. My father loves the track and […] Read More

Saratoga

Saratoga Skinny: 2019 Opening Day is Here!

Living in upstate New York, the doldrums of winter are only made bearable by the dreams of a Saratoga summer. When I’m blowing a foot of snow off of my […] Read More

Race Previews

Belmont Derby Preview: Full Field Takes Aim at First Leg of Turf Trinity

The feature race on an amazing day of racing Saturday at Belmont Park will be the $1 million Belmont Derby (G1), which has drawn a tremendous international field of 14 […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 389: Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks Previews and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational (G1) and the $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1), then give rapid-fire picks for the remaining Stars & Stripes Festival stakes […] Read More

News

Turf Trinity Series Begins Saturday with Loaded Belmont Derby

ELMONT, NY – Imperial Racing millionaire Plus Que Parfait already has bested a talented field of international contenders on dirt when he captured the Group 2 UAE Derby in March. The Brendan […] Read More

Race Recaps

King for a Day Usurps Maximum Security in Pegasus

OCEANPORT, NJ – There was no controversial finish or post-race decision to be made Sunday when Red Oak Stable’s homebred King for a Day usurped Maximum Security in the stretch run to win the […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 385: Belmont Stakes 151 Instant Reaction

The Racing Dudes are joined by Paul “Free Beers” Withrow live from New York, for an instant reaction to Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at […] Read More