Arkansas Derby favorite War Academy - April 13, 2013
Bob Baffert knows well how to train a horse to win the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert hopes to onc...
Kentucky Derby mounts tough to handicap: Jay Hovdey - April 12, 2013
Kentucky Derby - Eddie Arcaro had a problem. On April 9, 1942, in the Phoenix Handicap at Keeneland, he rode the 3-year-old Devil Diver...
Blue Grass Stakes: Top two finishers will earn ticket to Kentucky Derby - April 12, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – With college basketball and horse racing being as wildly popular as they are here, folks may find delight &a...
Kentucky Derby: Castellano will ride Normandy Invasion - April 11, 2013
More dominos fell into place as far as the riding situation is concerned for the Kentucky Derby as Javier Castellano has chosen to ride...
Kentucky Derby new numbers game an interesting exercise - April 11, 2013
As an analyst with Goldman Sachs, James Covello spends his days poring over numbers, a discipline that has come in handy lately for ano...
Keeneland: Java's War looks like legit Blue Grass Stakes contender - April 10, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – If Verrazano is the consensus favorite for the May 4 Kentucky Derby, then shouldn’t Java War be ta...
Aqueduct: Father figure stands behind Ortiz brothers' success - April 9, 2013
One winter day at Aqueduct a decade ago, Efraim Rosa stood sentry in the jockeys’ room when Irad Ortiz, his old friend from P...
Flashback off Kentucky Derby trail with knee chip - April 8, 2013
Flashback, who finished second to Goldencents in the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, was found on Sunday afternoon to have a small chip ...
Kentucky Derby: Velazquez injured at Aqueduct, hopes for quick return - April 8, 2013
MANHASSET, N.Y. - Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez fractured a rib on his right side and chipped a bone in his right wrist as a resul...
Aqueduct: Dominguez says brain injury is worse than he had thought - April 7, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Jockey Ramon Dominguez said Saturday that the brain injury he suffered in a spill at Aqueduct in January was more se...
Santa Anita Oaks goes to Beholder - April 6, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. - Beholder was allowed to set the pace in Saturday’s $300,250 Santa Anita Oaks, a strategy that worked specta...
Goldencents wins Santa Anita Derby - April 6, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Trainer Doug O'Neill is headed back to the Kentucky Derby a year after winning it, and this time, Louisville ba...
Verrazano looming as Kentucky Derby favorite - April 6, 2013
NEW YORK - Verrazano enhanced his status as the likely favorite for next month's Kentucky Derby with a narrow win in Saturday's $1 mill...
Super Ninety Nine looks poised to rebound in Santa Anita Derby: Byron King - April 6, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bettors accustomed to watching a lot of races often can spot winners as the horses are traveling in the ear...
Santa Anita Derby: Scratch of Hear the Ghost leaves Flashback heavy favorite - April 5, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita Derby, the twists and turns on the Kentucky Derby trail took another hairpin curve on Thursday ...
Hear the Ghost to miss Santa Anita Derby - April 5, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. - Hear the Ghost, the winner of the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 9, will miss Saturday's $750,000 ...
Keeneland: Wise Dan's return spices up already strong spring meet - April 4, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – As if any meet at Keeneland has ever been found wanting for added oomph, here’s a little something...
Kentucky Derby: Nakatani still in the hunt for first win - April 3, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Corey Nakatani was asked Wednesday morning about his record in the Kentucky Derby, and answered just...
Wood Memorial: Verrazano continues family tradition - April 3, 2013
Kevin Scatuorchio was still a teenager in May of 2000 when he watched his father’s horse, More Than Ready, slip through an op...
Charles Town Classic, with $1 million prize to winner, luring top runners - Dick Jerardi - April 2, 2013
It is one thing to put a $1 million stakes race on your calendar. It is another to make that race worth $1 million to the winner. That ...
Kentucky Derby: Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial next regional tests - April 2, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Like the NCAA basketball tournament, the road to the Kentucky Derby has its own version of March Madness, w...
Wood Memorial: Normandy Invasion gives Chad Brown first serious shot at Kentucky Derby - April 1, 2013
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct may be Normandy Invasions last chance to make...
Wood Memorial: Verrazano delivers bullet five furlongs before leaving Florida for Aqueduct - April 1, 2013
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Less than 13 hours after winning Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park aboard Orb, joc...
Florida Derby: Orb pulls away from Itsmyluckyday - April 1, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey was concerned when the meet began that the speed-favoring Gulfstream Park ...
Revolutionary wins Louisiana Derby - March 30, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Late starts are nothing new for Revolutionary.Neither is winning.The Todd Pletcher-trained 3-year-old once again st...
Orb wins Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park - March 30, 2013
By CHARLIE MCCARTHY (Associated Press) HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- With Orb's latest victory, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey ha...
Animal Kingdom wins Dubai World Cup - March 30, 2013
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Animal Kingdom showed that an American horse can win the world's richest horse race on an all-weath...
Bill Mott has strong hand for Louisiana Derby's supporting stakes: Byron King - March 29, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In examining the past performances for Saturday’s card at Fair Grounds, I initially focused on th...
Dubai World Cup looks ready for U.S. to reclaim - March 29, 2013
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – From the first Dubai World Cup, which Cigar won in 1996, Americans became accustomed to leaving...
Louisiana Derby is a big deal in bayou country: Jay Hovday - March 28, 2013
It takes a heavy lift these days for any 3-year-old race not named the Kentucky Derby to stand out from the crowd. Two of them will try...
Kentucky Derby berth assured, Govenor Charlie heads home - March 26, 2013
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Govenor Charlie was set to return to California on Tuesday following his victory here Sunday in the Sunl...
Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Verrazano narrow favorite in Pool 3 - March 25, 2013
LOUISVILLE – With one day to go in the third and final pool of the 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Verrazano is a 6-1 favor...
Santa Anita Derby: Maiden winners Storm Fighter, Summer Exclusive earn a shot - March 23, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – The March 2 program at Santa Anita will rightfully be remembered for Game On Dude’s emphatic win ...
Five reasons why the effort to ban Lasix has stalled: Steven Crist - March 23, 2013
The movement to ban Lasix from American racing, which looked like an odds-on favorite only a year ago, seems to have pulled up at the t...
Spiral Stakes The road to the Kentucky Derby - March 21, 2013
Spiral Stakes on The road to the Kentucky Derby rarely is smooth, as Mark Casse can attest. With a colt named Uncaptured, the trainer h...
Sunland Derby a class reunion for Pletcher and Marr - March 20, 2013
The Grade 3, $ 800,000 Sunland Derby on Sunday takes place in the American Southwest, so it could be a shootout, and since the track is...
Oaklawn Park: Oxbow firm for Arkansas Derby - March 20, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Oxbow will make his next start in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn on April 13, trainer D. Wayne L...
Gulfstream Park: Florida Derby gets new shooter in Merit Man - March 19, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The pace scenario for the $1 million Florida Derby may have changed significantly on Monday after tr...
Oaklawn Park: Rebel Stakes one-two finishers target Blue Grass Stakes, Arkansas Derby - March 18, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Will Take Charge and Oxbow were separated by inches Saturday in the Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park,...
Gulfstream Park: Golden Mystery the standout of Wolfson pack for Inside Information Stakes - March 17, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – No matter how they dress her up, Golden Mystery is still the horse to beat in Sunday’s $15...
