Promising juvenile Stellar Tap gives Asmussen record 9,446th win
Stellar Tap will go down in history for giving Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen his North American record-breaking 9,446th win. […]
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Essential Quality runs down Hot Rod Charlie to win Belmont
Shrugging off his first career setback, a troubled fourth as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Essential Quality determinedly overhauled pacesetter Hot Rod Charlie and drove to a 1 1//4-length victory in Saturday’s $1.5 […]
American Pharoah’s half-brother Triple Tap rolls in Santa Anita debut
Six years after American Pharoah opened his Triple Crown campaign by airing in the Rebel (G2), his Tapit half-brother Triple Tap made a hotly anticipated career debut for the same Hall of Fame trainer – […]
Life Is Good, sire Into Mischief well backed in first 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wagers
Exciting debut winner Life Is Good and his sire Into Mischief closed as the individual favorites in the first 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager pools. […]
Fields set for 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1, Sire Future Wager
Find the odds and horses in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 for 2021. Plus, the Sire Future Wager! […]
Reflections on 2020 Breeders’ Cup: One for the record books
While the 2020 Breeders’ Cup will be remembered for its trying circumstances – a global pandemic that prevented the attendance of the general public (and a couple of high-profile jockeys) – the racing action at […]
Essential Quality remains perfect in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Essential Quality rallied past 94-1 longshot Hot Rod Charlie to score by three-quarters of a length in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland, remaining unbeaten and confirming his status as a leading […]
Paret upsets Tiller; Tap It to Win flirts with Belmont track record
Belmont’s Thursday stakes offering, the $80,000 Tiller for turf veterans, and a preceding dirt allowance for well-regarded 3-year-olds didn’t appear to have much in common on paper. But both went to front runners who upstaged […]
Halladay all the way in Sunshine Forever
The pace figured to be contested in Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Forever at Gulfstream Park – until the scratch of Santa Anita-bound War of Will. Even so, El Tormenta, despite the blinkers-off move, might have shown […]
Lake Avenue returns in Busher; Honeybee attracts nine Oaks prospects
They dominated the major 2-year-old filly races at Aqueduct last fall, and on Saturday Lake Avenue and Maedean will renew acquaintance over the Queens track in the $250,000 Busher Invitational. The 1-mile Busher, along with […]