The synthetic era is all but dead, so explain to me why we still have synthetic races being deemed as Kentucky Derby point races? The El Camino Derby and Spiral Stakes are both point races, despite th...
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Oscar Nominated stamped his ticked to the Kentucky Derby (GI) in five weeks with an impressive just-off-the-pace victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Spiral Stakes (GIII) at Turfw...
Saturday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (GII) at Fair Grounds is the first Kentucky Derby prep race on American soil to offer 100 points (the UAE Derby in Dubai beats it out as the first by a matter o...
The Rebel Stakes has been one of the most telling Kentucky Derby preps in recent years and the 2016 edition was no different. The Bob Baffert-trained Cupid invaded and conquered, going from a maiden w...
In his master work, “Winning at the Races: Computer Discoveries in Thoroughbred Handicapping,” William Quirin called early speed the “universal bias.” And although its importance has diminishe...
Over the last twenty years, colts that have been victorious in the Kentucky Derby have followed a fairly specific training pattern. The majority of the Derby winners from 1990 – 2015 made their init...
Danzing Candy was the “buzz” horse the week before Santa Anita’s San Felipe Stakes. He is a brilliant son of the brilliant Twirling Candy, how could he not be? He is a tall, dark and strapping y...
Under normal circumstances in a Kentucky Derby (GI) prep, a well-bred three-year-old that counts Todd Pletcher as its trainer and Javier Castellano as its jockey would be bet. Heavily. Especially afte...
After the amazing racing year that was 2015, I’m starting to think that we — fans — have been lulled into a false sense of security. After all, we got from American Pharaoh last year what we’d...
Grade I winner Brody’s Cause will make his return to the races Saturday in the $350,000 Grade II Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. Listed as the 5-2 morning line favorite, with jockey Corey Laneri...
