Santa Anita Park: Joyful Victory grasps elusive Grade 1 win in Santa Margarita Stakes - March 17, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – It took 17 races and some frustrating near-misses over the course of a couple years, but the ambitious, cro...
Joyful Victory is worth betting on, for once, in Santa Margarita: Byron King - March 16, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – I admit, I’ve had a love affair with Joyful Victory for almost two years now.I type the words &am...
Rebel Stakes: Super Ninety Nine can give Baffert fourth straight win - March 15, 2013
Rebel Stakes Super Ninety Nine has been unbeatable since moving to two turns, and his trainer, Bob Baffert, has been nearly as effectiv...
Dubai World Cup: Little Mike goes back to turf and gets Stevens - March 14, 2013
Little Mike will return to turf racing for the Dubai World Cup card on March 30, according to Carlo Vaccarezza, who bred Little Mike an...
Aqueduct: Caixa Eletronica at best distance in Uncle Mo Stakes - March 13, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Caixa Eletronica has not raced since feasting on four opponents in the Grade 3 Fall Highweight Handicap la...
Oaklawn Park: Oxbow works bullet half-mile for Rebel Stakes - March 13, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oxbow fired a bullet Tuesday morning at Oaklawn in his final prep for Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,...
Oaklawn Park: My Miss Aurelia headed to Azeri Stakes - March 13, 2013
My Miss Aurelia will make her first start of the year on Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park, trainer Steve ...
Verrazano on target for one more Kentucky Derby prep - March 11, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Despite winning three graded stakes and four races overall on Saturday, trainer Todd Pletcher is not about to ...
Santa Anita: Hear the Ghost upsets in San Felipe - March 10, 2013
Godolphin has two primary trainers in Dubai, many of the operation’s top horses stabled with Mahmood al Zarooni, who came out...
Dubai: Bin Suroor soars, Dullahan and Little Mike flop on Super Saturday card - March 9, 2013
Godolphin has two primary trainers in Dubai, many of the operation’s top horses stabled with Mahmood al Zarooni, who came out...
Goldencents offers more value than Flashback in San Felipe - Byron King - March 9, 2013
A quick look at Flashback makes it easy to understand why he is on virtually everyone’s short list of leading Kentucky Derby ...
Gary Stevens, now 50, riding like a youngster - Jay Hovdey - March 9, 2013
Two months into his return, Gary Stevens has pretty much dismissed all suspicions that his comeback was an ego-driven publicity stunt d...
Tampa Bay Derby brings Verrazano a new set of challenges - March 8, 2013
You can hear the excitement in trainer Todd Pletcher’s voice just talking about Verrazano, his undefeated and still untested ...
Kentucky Derby: Casse has live one in Dynamic Sky for Tampa Bay Derby - March 7, 2013
He saw his first Kentucky Derby in 1972 when Riva Ridge won and remembers the grandstand shaking in 1973 as Secretariat thundered home....
Oaklawn Park: Super Ninety Nine, Oxbow part of big group pointing to Rebel Stakes - March 6, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Super Ninety Nine and Oxbow are both being pointed to the Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park ...
Delta Downs: Guadalupe High out to make Azalea her second stakes in a row - March 5, 2013
Trainer Ronny Werner gets together with extended family members each Thanksgiving, and for years the dinner conversation has swirled ar...
Aqueduct: Vyjack benefiting from extended stay in New York - March 4, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Rudy Rodriguez’s decision to leave Vyjack in New York this winter had everything to do with the ...
Gulfstream Park: Rydilluc earns shot at Kentucky Derby after dominant Palm Beach win - March 4, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Can you say Derby Fever?It’s certainly hard to blame trainer Gary Contessa and the connect...
Aqueduct: Gotham Stakes 1-2-3 set for rematch in Wood Memorial - March 4, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Vyjack, West Hills Giant, and Elnaawi – the top three finishers from Saturday’s Grade ...
Steve Klein: Box Kentucky Derby Future Wager value horses in the exacta - March 3, 2013
Is it possible to pick a $46.20 winner and feel absolutely miserable about it? It is. That happened to me last year in Pool 2 of Church...
Gulfstream Park: Rydilluc getting 'acid test' in Palm Beach - March 3, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Although Sunday’s $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park will not have an impact on...
Gotham Stakes: Overanalyze gets started on Kentucky Derby trail - March 2, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – On the road to the Kentucky Derby, Saturday’s Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct shapes...
Breeders' Cup will not expand Lasix ban, drops Juvenile Sprint - March 2, 2013
A ban on the raceday use of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide will not be expanded to all of the races at this year’s B...
Santa Anita Handicap distance is Game On Dude's main challenge - March 1, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Game On Dude has earned his reputation as California’s top handicap horse largely through his suc...
Santa Anita Handicap: Ron the Greek figures to get different setup this year - February 28, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Ron the Greek had an ideal trip when he won the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap last March, stalking a furiou...
Gotham Stakes: Vyjack gives owner first shot at Kentucky Derby - February 27, 2013
David Wilkenfeld has already made the score of a lifetime that most horseplayers can only dream about. In 2008, he had the sole winning...
Kentucky Derby Contender Under the Radar: Power Broker - February 25, 2013
Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby three times and is one of the more popular figures in Thoroughbred racing. Year in and year out,...
Santa Anita: Bargain claim Stoney Fleece cuts back to turf sprint in Sensational Star - February 25, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Thinking about the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita gave trainer John Sadler a cha...
Gulfstream Park: Violence fractures sesamoid, putting racing career in jeopardy - February 25, 2013
Violence, who suffered the first loss of his career when second in the Fountain of Youth Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, fractur...
Gulfstream Park: Orb capitalizes on fast pace to outrun Violence in Fountain of Youth - February 24, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Shug McGaughey should have been rubbing his hands in delight after they posted a 45.45-second opening ...
Asmussen passes Leatherbury to rank third in wins on all-time list of trainers - February 24, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – Steve Asmussen became the third all-time leading trainer by wins when Skinny won the seventh race on Feb. 17 at...
Risen Star lures large, talented field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls - February 23, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – A niggling problem with talking about the Risen Star Stakes as a Kentucky Derby prep is the race’s mi...
Santa Anita: Stephanoatsee could like Big Cap distance - February 22, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. − When the 4-year-old Stephanoatsee closed steadily through the stretch to be second to Guilt Trip in the Gra...
Fountain of Youth: Violence puts Pletcher's drive to Kentucky Derby in high gear - February 22, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – With seven of the top 13 3-year-olds on Kentucky Derby Watch in his barn, Todd Pletcher has a proble...
Jay Hovdey: Age hasn't diminished competitive fire in Smith, Stevens - February 21, 2013
Bill Shoemaker turned 47 in August 1978. Two months later, he rode Exceller to victory over Seattle Slew in a Jockey Club Gold Cup for ...
Santa Anita: The Lumber Guy back in San Carlos - February 19, 2013
A disrupted start to 2013 appears to be behind The Lumber Guy, a Grade 1 winner in 2012.After finishing seventh in the Grade 1 Malibu S...
Oaklawn: Super Ninety Nine's romp gives Baffert another Southwest win - February 19, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Super Ninety Nine continued the grip his trainer, Bob Baffert, has had on the 3-year-old stakes program at Oaklawn ...
Oaklawn Park: Tiz Miz Sue ready to roll in Bayakoa - February 17, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Tiz Miz Sue has come to hand so quickly for trainer Steve Hobby that she will be launching her 6-year-old...
Gulfstream Park: Lucky Chappy faces tough task in Mac Diarmida - February 16, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Lucky Chappy may be the most talented horse not to have won a race, let alone a graded stakes, in al...
Santa Anita: Snow Fall, Lady of Fifty give Hollendorfer pair of aces for Santa Maria - February 15, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Snow Fall emerged as a mare with a highly promising future when she won her first stakes in California in t...
