Kentucky Derby: Wheeling and dealing in search of the big score - February 14, 2013
On Dec. 31, Verrazano was an unstarted maiden. A little more than six weeks later, following two impressive victories at Gulfstream Par...
Oaklawn Park: Baffert sending in Super Ninety Nine for Southwest Stakes - February 13, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Trainer Bob Baffert, who last year swept Oaklawn’s graded series for 3-year-olds, said Super Ni...
Gulfstream Park: Animal Kingdom still on target for Dubai World Cup - February 11, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Animal Kingdom, runner-up to Point of Entry in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, remains on target for the $1...
Gulfstream Park: Golden Mystery tops Wolfson brigade in Hurricane Bertie - February 11, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Marty Wolfson entered four fillies and mares for Sunday’s $150,000 Hurricane Berti...
Gulfstream Park: Point of Entry bests Animal Kingdom in Turf Handicap - February 10, 2013
Point of Entry ended 2012 with a tough loss in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, but he started 2013 with a rousing victory over Animal...
Santa Anita: Interaction can step up in San Marcos - February 9, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Considering the way trainer Ron McAnally’s South Americans imports are running this month, Intera...
Gulfstream Park: Flat Out tries to keep it going at age 7 in Donn Handicap - February 8, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – To call Flat Out a late bloomer would be an understatement. After making just six starts and earning...
Kentucky Derby: O'Neill hoping to join elite list of repeaters - February 7, 2013
The Kentucky Derby has been run 138 times, but in those years only six times has a trainer been able to win it in consecutive years, an...
Dubai: Alpha heads Godolphin's strong team on Maktoum Challenge card - February 6, 2013
Alpha, who finished in a dead heat for first in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga last August, makes his Dubai debut in Thursday&a...
Kentucky Derby preps see Pletcher and Baffert flex muscles - February 5, 2013
Between them, trainers Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert have 52 of the 369 horses nominated to this year’s Triple Crown, and the...
Churchill Downs: Sign disqualified from Pocahontas win after medication positive - February 5, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sign, the promising 3-year-old filly bred and owned by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, has been disq...
Santa Anita: Game On Dude overpowers three foes in San Antonio Stakes - February 4, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. - Game On Dude was challenged for the lead for the first six furlongs of the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita...
Santa Anita: Flashback's speed makes up for lack of experience in Robert Lewis Stakes - February 3, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – In a race tailor-made for his front-running style, Flashback proved yet again that talent trumps experience...
Byron King: Sam Davis key is to pick the right Canadian horse - February 2, 2013
A week after the Holy Bull was the showcase stakes race of the day, another top Derby prep – the Grade 3 Sam F Davis at Tampa...
Sam F. Davis: Speak Logistics can give Plesa another serious Kentucky Derby horse - January 31, 2013
If you had asked trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. last fall who would be his better 3-year-old prospect this season – Speak Logistics ...
Shanghai Bobby tops Experimental Free Handicap at 126 pounds - January 30, 2013
Shanghai Bobby, unbeaten at age 2 and the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male of 2012, on Wednesday was given top weight of 126 pound...
Oaklawn Park: Lukas to stage another raiding party at Fair Grounds - January 30, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is planning another New Orleans invasion. He said at his Oaklawn Park...
Gulfstream Park: Holy Bull top two to skip Fountain of Youth and await Florida Derby - January 29, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The Grade 2 Fountain of Youth is one of the most important prep races on the Kentucky Derby trail, a...
Gulfstream Park: Premier Steps moves forward in second U.S. start to capture Sweetest Chant - January 29, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. Trainer Chad Brown predicted Premier Steps would improve off her disappointing U.S. debut when he ran her back i...
Aqueduct: Cohen celebrates return to New York with three-win day - January 28, 2013
It was a happy homecoming for jockey David Cohen, who returned to New York for the first time since last fall and won three races on Su...
Gulfstream Park: Itsmyluckyday defeats Shanghai Bobby, sets track record in Holy Bull - January 27, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Itsmyluckyday ran back to his huge performance in the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year’s Day, and t...
NYRA board looking for shorter winter race week, new top executive - January 26, 2013
NEW YORK - The New York Racing Association Reorganization Board lived up to its name Friday, agreeing to apply for a shorter racing sch...
Santa Anita: Beholder had throat ulcer in Santa Ynez loss - January 25, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. – Beholder, the 2012 champion juvenile filly, had an alibi for her disappointing runner-up finish as the odds...
Aqueduct: Tug of War has Irad Ortiz ready to score - January 24, 2013
After combining to win 30 of 54 races run at Aqueduct last week, what will the Ortiz brothers do for an encore? That question will be a...
Oaklawn Park: After sweeping the Smarty Jones and Lecomte, Lukas making plans for Round 2 - January 23, 2013
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oxbow and Will Take Charge have put their Hall of Fame trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, front and center on the K...
Santa Anita: Renees Titan defeats Beholder in Santa Ynez upset - January 22, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. - Renee’s Titan closed more than five lengths in the final furlong to score an upset win in Monday’...
Shanghai Bobby gets final tune-up before Holy Bull Stakes - January 21, 2013
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Less than 12 hours after being named the champion 2-year-old colt of 2012, undefeated Shanghai Bobby wa...
Wise Dan named Horse of the Year, wins turf male, older male titles at Eclipse Awards - January 20, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Wise Dan became the first horse since John Henry in 1981 to win three Eclipse Awards in the same yea...
Gulfstream Park: Ron the Greek cruises to victory in Sunshine Millions Classic - January 19, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – What was billed as a two-horse race turned into a one-sided victory for Ron the Greek, who cruised t...
Aqueduct: CAT scan reveals Dominguez has a skull fracture following Friday spill - January 19, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Jockey Ramon Dominguez suffered a fractured skull after being involved in a spill during the running of Friday's sev...
Santa Anita: Eblouissante a half-sister to Zenyatta is perfect in two starts - January 18, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif. - Eblouissante, a half-sister to Zenyatta, is perfect in two starts after a cozy win in a first-condition optional clai...
Gulfstream Park: Cool Blue Red Hot gets going after long layoff - January 17, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The last time Cool Blue Red Hot was sighted in the afternoon, he was running the race of his life fi...
Gulfstream Park: Donn Handicap could attract top four from Hal's Hope - January 16, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Phil Gleaves said he would likely point Csaba to the Grade 1 Donn Handicap here Feb. 9 follo...
Gulfstream Park: Animal Kingdom pretty much ready for Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap - January 15, 2013
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – If trainer Graham Motion had his druthers, the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap would be run next ...
Santa Anita: San Carlos Stakes may be next after Midnight Transfer earns 103 Beyer Speed Figure in comeback - January 15, 2013
Midnight Transfer, a stakes-winning sprinter as a 3-year-old in 2012, won his comeback race in an optional claimer over 6 1/2 furlongs ...
Gulfstream Park: Saez helps Csaba get job done in Hal's Hope - January 14, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.- Csaba showed he belongs at the next level, as did his jockey Luis Saez, after the pair combined for a hard-foug...
Santa Anita: Fed Biz fights hard to capture San Fernando by a head - January 13, 2013
ARCADIA, Calif .- Fed Biz can win a stretch duel as well as any horse in California these days. The trouble is he is not always in cont...
Aqueduct Racetrack: Lady Banks benefits from winning strategy in Ruthless Stakes - January 12, 2013
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - After watching the races earlier on Saturday’s card at Aqueduct, trainer James Lawrence and owner George A...
Horse of the Year candidates a bit short on Grade 1 credentials - January 12, 2013
Whether it is Fort Larned, I’ll Have Another, or Wise Dan whose name is called from the podium Saturday night at the Eclipse ...
Kentucky Derby top-10 list a fun way to usher in new year - January 11, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Isolating the chief contenders for the Kentucky Derby can be difficult even after post positions are drawn,...
