Girl Daddy survives hot pace in Pocahontas Stakes
Making an early move into a hot pace is tiring for some horses, but not Girl Daddy. The 2-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo kicked off the 2020-21 Road to the Kentucky Oaks in resounding fashion […]
Road to the Kentucky Derby
Therideofalifetime among 11 juveniles in Iroquois
Once the horses cross the wire in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), it will be only eight more months before the 1 1/4-mile classic is staged for a 147th time. Saturday’s $200,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) at […]
Pneumatic emphatic in Road to Kentucky Derby finale in Pegasus
The Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby concluded with an eminently formful result in Saturday’s $155,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park, as 4-5 favorite Pneumatic ran out a convincing winner. Most recently fourth to Tiz […]
Tiz and the Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — With his 5 1/2-length romp in the Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga, Tiz the Law ran right smack into Kentucky Derby (G1) favoritism, on this oddest of Triple Crown […]
Art Collector wires Ellis Park Derby; Mundaye Call sets track record in Audubon Oaks
Blue Grass (G2) winner Art Collector was bet down to 2-5 favoritism in his final Kentucky Derby (G1) tune-up, Sunday’s $193,750 Ellis Park Derby, and the Bruce Lunsford homebred took care of business on the […]
Five points to ponder: Travers Stakes
The “Midsummer Derby” predates the Kentucky Derby (G1) in this topsy-turvy COVID-19 landscape, but Saturday’s $1 million Travers Stakes (G1) still retains a salient characteristic: pitting the established class against up-and-comers in the sophomore ranks. […]
Art Collector installed as 4-5 favorite in overflow Ellis Park Derby
Sunday’s $200,000 Ellis Park Derby is the penultimate scoring opportunity for Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls, with only the Aug. 16 Pegasus Stakes remaining on the schedule. Thus an overflow field of 13 has signed on […]
Thousand Words rejoins Derby picture with upset Shared Belief win
A former star on the Road to the Kentucky Derby reestablished his credentials with an upset victory in Saturday’s Shared Belief S. at Del Mar, prevailing at the expensive of a heavy favorite who arguably […]
Honor A. P. tops Shared Belief, McKinzie entered in Bing Crosby
Del Mar hosts a double feature Saturday with the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep, and the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Challenge prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland in November. […]
The cognitive dissonance standing trackside at Saratoga’s opening weekend
Welcome to Saratoga 2020, Covid-19 edition. Opening weekend at Saratoga Race Course was an exercise in cognitive dissonance. […]