Trainer Mark Casse enjoyed a stellar afternoon Saturday with two-year-old fillies. An hour after saddling the top three finishers in the Natalma (G1) at Woodbine, the Hall of Famer celebrated a win by La Cara […]
Talk of next year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) has been in full swing following the recent Grade 1 fixtures at the summer boutique meetings of Saratoga and Del Mar, but it will […]
Entering this historic weekend of racing at Churchill Downs, both the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) had proven elusive prizes for Kentucky-born trainer Kenny McPeek. He can now put a checkmark beside the Oaks after Thorpedo Anna’s convincing score in the 150th edition of the 1 1/8-mile fixture for three-year-old fillies on Friday. […]
The lessons learned from her first career loss in the March 2 Davona Dale (G2) put Leslie’s Rose in good stead for Friday’s $598,750 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland, which she won comfortably by three lengths […]
San Felipe (G2) winner Imagination and Sunland Derby (G3) victor Stronghold highlight eight sophomores in Saturday’s $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1). The 1 1/8-mile race has proved to be an important prep for the Kentucky […]
Unbeaten from two starts, Gotham (G3) winner Deterministic will seek to enhance his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile race marks the first two-turn attempt for […]
The ever popular spring meet at Keeneland begins Friday with a trio of stakes carded, the most important being the $600,000 Ashland (G1) for three-year-old fillies, one of the final Road to the Kentucky Oaks […]
Thorpedo Anna opened her three-year-old season with a dominant score in Saturday’s $750,000 Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park, and Power Squeeze stretched her win streak to four in $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). Both races […]