The stage is set for an emotional Eclipse Awards ceremony with Team Cody’s Wish in position to dominate when the winners are announced. Three finalists in 16 of the 17 human and equine Eclipse Award...
West Coast mission accomplished for Chad Brown & Co. Sending some of his turf horses to Del Mar for the final weekend of the meet, the New York-based trained came away with a Grade 1 sweep – on ...
Goodnight Olive ($4.20) made it back-to-back Filly & Mare Sprint victories by taking charge around the turn for home and pulling away for a 2 ¾-length win over Yuugiri in the $1 million BC Filly ...
Irad Ortiz, Jr., Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables easy winners as top jockey, owner After 40 days of racing at Saratoga, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and owner Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables were runa...
A decade after Big Blue Kitten gave Chad Brown his first victory in the Sword Dancer Invitational (G1), the trainer will saddle 6-5 favorite Stone Age as he tries for victory No. 4 in the 1 ½-mile tu...
Let’s just call this the $500,000 ‘Betting Chad’ Diana Stakes. As usual, trainer Chad Brown will saddle most of the field in the Grade 1 Diana for older fillies and mares going 1 1/8 miles on th...
By Richard Rosenblatt He’s a Hall of Famer, and one of the most well-respected trainers in the business — ever. Pretty successful over the past 30 years or so, too, primarily in southern Calif...
By Richard Rosenblatt The Fountain of Youth. The San Felipe. The Gotham. The John Battaglia Memorial. And much, much more. A huge dose of stakes races featuring four Kentucky Derby preps, three Kentuc...
By Richard Rosenblatt Call us crazy, but we’re celebrating Wayne’s Week on the road to the 148th Kentucky Derby (G1) – and the Oaks (G1). Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas finds himself...
By Mike Farrell Handicappers sometimes feel lost in a fog. Saturday was one of those blurry days where horseplayers were dazed and confused by the two biggest events: the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) an...