by Richard Rosenblatt But first there’s the Arkansas Derby aboard Long Range Toddy When the starting gate opens for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (GI) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, 58-year-old jockey...
by Margaret Ransom Saturday’s $200,000 Lexington Stakes (GIII) at Keeneland, named for the beautiful central Kentucky city where the famed track and sales company is located, is the last Road to the...
By Margaret Ransom Each year, the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) marks the end of yet another grueling Road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) journey and, as such, it’s often the most anticipated prep of t...
by Derek Simon One of the things I find fascinating about horse racing — well, life, really — is what folks accept as true that isn’t. Conclusions that seem logical are often considered fact reg...
by Richard Rosenblatt If form holds, and it certainly has in the six years since Churchill Downs initiated its points’ qualifying system, then Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is likely to saddle a ...
by Margaret Ransom A year ago, the racing world witnessed eventual Triple Crown winner Justify, who at the time was unraced as a 2-year-old with just two starts under his belt as a sophomore, make his...
by Margaret Ransom In 1930, the great Triple Crown champion Gallant Fox became the first Wood Memorial Stakes winner to capture the Kentucky Derby and, in the 78 years since, ten have followed in his ...
by Margaret Ransom The names of 14 Kentucky Derby hopefuls were dropped into the Keeneland entry box for Saturday’s $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (GII), the last main prep in the state for the Kentuc...
by Richard Rosenblatt John Servis is looking for a “woo hoo’’ moment of his own when he sends out Lucky Lee in the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (GII) at Keeneland in one of three major prep race...
by Ben Baugh A perfect break from the gate ended up dictating the terms of the race. Maximum Security kept his undefeated record intact, going gate-to-wire under jockey Luis Saez in the Xpressbet Flor...