Todd Pletcher

Belmont Park Notes: Classic Empire Works for G1 Belmont Stakes

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 […]

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Penn Mile Preview: Big Score, Frostmourne Top Tough Field

A blockbuster card at Penn National will run Saturday, with seven stakes races anchored by the $500,000 Penn Mile, contested as a Grade 2 for the first time. Among the entries […] Read More

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Fields Coming Together for Belmont Stakes Racing Festival

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

Belmont Stakes

Belmont Park Notes: Tapwrit Works to G1 Belmont, Patch Possible

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

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The Great Debate: Cloud Computing, Classic Empire, or Always Dreaming

You can look at what happened in Baltimore last weekend in one of two ways. The negative way of thinking: horse racing takes a major blow with no Triple Crown […] Read More

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Handicapping Hell: A Tale of the 2017 Three-Year-Old Crop

I’m man enough to admit it. This year’s 3-year-old crop has given me nightmares. After priding myself for having a handle on the Triple Crown races in years past, 2017 […] Read More

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Cloud Computing Nails Classic Empire to Win Preakness, Always Dreaming Fades

BALTIMORE, MD– Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Cloud Computing tracked a hotly-contested pace duel between Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming and Classic Empire into the far turn before launching […] Read More

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No Mo Dough Erupts to Win $100,000 LARC Sir Barton

BALTIMORE, MD –Alex G. Campbell, Jr., Thoroughbreds’ homebred No Mo Dough came running fastest of all with an explosive burst down the stretch to win Saturday’s $100,000 Latin American Racing Channel […] Read More

Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes Preview: It’s Always Dreaming’s Race to Lose

At Wednesday afternoon’s post position draw for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.5 million Preakness Stakes, Always Dreaming, the impressive winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, was assigned post 4 and […] Read More

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Actress Holds off Lights of Medina in Thrilling G2 Black-Eyed Susan

BALTIMORE, MD – Actress put on a show in Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan, holding off Lights of Medina by a head at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland’s premier race […] Read More