One year after Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert secured a record-equaling sixth Kentucky Derby victory, Baffert trainees were prominent in the betting in 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2. Held from Jan. 22-24, […]
A measuring stick for trainers, the Kentucky Derby is the one major prize that has eluded Steve Asmussen. The Hall of Famer has trained Preakness, Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winners, orchestrating four Horse […]
Unbeaten from two starts, Sham S. (G3) winner Life Is Good has been installed as the 6-1 individual morning line favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). […]
Smarty Jones S. — Race 8 (5:11 p.m. ET) Native Arkansan John Ed Anthony long ago tasted success in the Belmont S. (G1), with Temperence Hill in 1980, and in the Preakness (G1), with Pine […]
Anchoring “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) pits promising class-climbers against stakes veterans who themselves have something to prove. The 1 1/16-mile affair offers points toward the […]
Mandaloun could prove one of them as the Juddmonte Farms homebred tackles stakes company for the first time on Saturday in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3). […]
Early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good was finding life in his stakes and two-turn debut too easy in Saturday’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3), until his Bob Baffert stablemate Medina Spirit gained late and […]
Capo Kane kicked off the new year right on Friday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $145,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, securing 10 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1). The fourth choice in a […]
The cessation of racing in most jurisdictions during the darker days of the pandemic last spring afforded me the opportunity to produce a few more historically-oriented features during the course of the year than would […]
The $250,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) remained the personal fiefdom of Bob Baffert on Saturday when Spielberg gave the Hall of Fame conditioner his seventh consecutive win in the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep […]
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