Endlessly closes well in last El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields
With Golden Gate Fields conducting its final meeting before closing down June 9, a valedictory air surrounded Saturday’s $101,350 El Camino Real Derby. […]
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Chase the Chaos big late in El Camino Real Derby
Chase the Chaos angled out for clear sailing in upper stretch and rolled past rivals in the final furlong of Saturday’s $101,350 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, scoring by 1 1/2 lengths […]
Blackladder edges Mackinnon in El Camino Real Derby
Blackladder made his stakes debut a winning one in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, defeating odds-on favorite Mackinnon by a neck. Edwin Maldonado was up for Bob Baffert in the […]
Mackinnon favored in 11-horse El Camino Real Derby
The Road to the Kentucky Derby series makes a stop at Golden Gate Fields for Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby, and multiple stakes winner Mackinnon heads 11 three-year-olds in the 1 1/8-mile test on […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Mandaloun adds blinkers, raises game in Risen Star
Expert horse racing analyst James Scully reflects the KY Derby implications we learned from the efforts of Mandaloun and Rombauer. […]
Rombauer returns with rallying win in El Camino Real Derby
Last seen finishing fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Rombauer opened his three-year-old campaign with a victory in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby S. at Golden Gate Fields. Kyle Frey was up for […]
Rombauer, Petruchio top draws in nine-horse El Camino Real Derby
El Camino Real Derby — Race 8 (7:15 p.m. ET) Grade 1 runner-up Rombauer and Grade 2-placed Petruchio highlight nine runners seeking Kentucky Derby qualifying points in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Four qualifiers before a week sabbatical
It was a busy weekend on the Kentucky Derby trail, with speed ruling split divisions of the Risen Star (G2), a juvenile stakes winner bouncing back in the Southwest (G3), and Bob Baffert shipping an […]
Azul Coast makes successful trip north for El Camino Real Derby
Last seen finishing a distant second to Authentic in the Jan. 4 Sham (G3), Azul Coast shipped to Golden Gate Fields to find a cozier spot away from his Bob Baffert barnmates in Saturday’s $101,800 […]
Azul Coast ships north for El Camino Real Derby
Eleven 3-year-olds were entered in Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, but only three were early nominees to the Triple Crown. Two figure among the top tier of candidates in the […]