By Casey Laughter The $125,000 Busher Stakes takes place on February 27, 2016 at Aqueduct in New York. The race is the eighth on a nine-race card and will be contested at 1 1/16 miles over the Aqueduc...
Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps last weekend’s Rachel Alexandra (won by 74-1 longshot Venus Valentine) and Risen Star Stakes (taken by Gun Runner), along with Thursday’s Trans Gulf Electromec...
By Margaret Ransom All eyes will be focused on South Florida this Saturday as top-class stakes action fills the card at Gulfstream Park, including six graded events on a 13-race program. A compact but...
By Laura Pugh A filly born in April has won the Kentucky Derby. This is a fact. All three filles that have won the Kentucky Derby — Regret, Genuine Risk and Winning Colors — won against males prio...
By Ray Wallin Have you ever scanned through the past performances and seen a horse coming back to the races on less than ten days rest and wondered just how sharp it can be? What was the intent of t...
By Laurie Ross In ten weeks, the clang of the starting gate bell and roar of the crowd will announce the start of America’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby. The 1 ¼-mile event is limit...
By Ryan Dickey Kansas heads to Waco tonight for its second meeting of the Big XII season against Baylor (8:00 ET, ESPN2). Bill Self’s Kansas squad (23-4/11-3 Big 12) will find themselves a short fav...
By Matt Hess “And it is still Midnight Aria…” I got hooked on horse racing the moment I heard those words. They belong to Dan Loiselle, the legendary longtime track announcer at Woodbine Racet...
By Laura Pugh The Risen Star Stakes is officially in the books, and so is Gun Runner, who earned 50 points with the win. The effort has landed him atop the Kentucky Derby Leader Board, with Nyquist an...
