Early Voting dominates Withers
After being hesitant to load, Early Voting made all the running in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers S. (G3) at Aqueduct, easily leading wire-to-wire by a 4 1/2-length margin in his stakes debut. Jose Ortiz was up […]
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Three points to ponder: 2022 Holy Bull, Withers, Robert B. Lewis
Simplifying the Holy Bull, a vote of confidence in the Withers, and London rising for Lewis points […]
Courvoisier faces familiar foes in Withers
After breaking his maiden in his fourth start, Courvoisier made a successful jump to stakes competition in the Jerome on New Year’s Day. He’ll seek his second consecutive Kentucky Derby qualifier at Aqueduct, and square […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Concert Tour among new stakes winners
Last-out maiden winners grabbed the spotlight on Feb. 2. Candy Man Rocket and Risk Taking earned Kentucky Derby qualifying points for respective wins in the Sam F. Davis S. (G3) and Withers S. (G3), and […]
Risk Taking opens up decisively in Withers
Risk Taking took a big step forward after adding blinkers in mid-December and did it again on Saturday when entering the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture following a 3 3/4-length decision in the $250,000 Withers S. […]
Five points to ponder: 2021 Withers, Sam F. Davis
Trainer Todd Pletcher is double-handed in both of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) scoring races, the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct and the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. A record six-time […]
Capo Kane favored to garner second Derby prep win in Withers
Withers (G3) — Aqueduct Race 8 (4:25 p.m. ET) Capo Kane, who lulled his rivals to sleep in a New Year’s Day romp of the one-mile Jerome S., will attempt to stretch his speed over […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Contrasting styles on display from fancied contenders
Tiz the Law and Thousand Words became the first horses to win multiple qualifiers in the 2019-20 Road to the Kentucky Derby series on Feb. 1, taking the Holy Bull (G3) and Robert B. Lewis […]
Max Player surges late to win Withers
Max Player rallied to win going away by 3 3/4 lengths in Saturday’s $250,000 Withers (G3) at Aqueduct, picking up 10 points toward a Kentucky Derby berth in his stakes debut. The Linda Rice-trained colt […]
Five points to ponder: Withers, Holy Bull, Robert B. Lewis
Saturday’s trio of Kentucky Derby (G1) points races have features in common, so we’ll combine the analysis of the Withers (G3) at Aqueduct, Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park, and Robert B. Lewis (G3) at […]