After American Pharoah’s daughter Tesorina finished third at Aqueduct Wednesday, Maven hopes to give their sire his first North American winner back at the “Big A.” Yet another Wesley Ward pupil, Maven has been installed […]
by Teresa Genaro Tacitus may be named for a Roman historian that one encyclopedia calls “the greatest prose stylists who ever wrote in the Latin language,” but it took more grit and guts than elegance […]
by Teresa Genaro New Yorker Mike Repole arrived at Aqueduct on Saturday with an entourage of 50 friends and family members. He had horses entered in each of the last five races, four of them in […]
by Teresa Genaro Six months ago, Stephen Brunetti might well have envisioned his homebred Mind Control running at Aqueduct on the first Saturday in April. Winner of the Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga, the bay colt […]
Fifteen years after his sire Tapit won the race, Tacitus will attempt to keep Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) somewhat of a family affair in the 1 1/8-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep […]
A slew of runners from last week’s stakes earned triple-digit BRIS Speed ratings for their wins, including Florida Derby (G1) hero Maximum Security. The bay colt easily secured a 3 1/2-length victory in that Gulfstream […]
Three major Kentucky Derby (G1) preps and a trio of prime Kentucky Oaks (G1) preps all take place April 6 from coast to coast. Santa Anita Park hosts the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Santa […]
by John Mucciolo A trio of Kentucky Oaks prep races took place on Saturday that yielded a few strong performances. Debby Oxley’s Chocolate Kisses earned her first graded stakes tally with a late-running score in […]
by Teresa Genaro Back in 2008, jockey Rajiv Maragh got his first Grade 1 win in the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, riding Little Belle for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. A lot has happened for both Maragh […]
by Dick Powell There are two races this weekend that are part of the Kentucky Oaks Championship Series of points races, offering 50-20-10-5 points to the respective top four finishers toward a berth in the […]
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