Posted on: Mar 12, 2016
Trainer Todd Pletcher never fails to head into the Kentucky Derby prep campaign with a strong hand. This year is no exception but so far none of his three Derby prospects had really distinguished themselves from the others. That may have changed on S....
Posted on: Mar 11, 2016
California Chrome won the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes only to fall short in the Belmont in his quest for the Triple Crown. That didn’t stop him from becoming one of the most popular race horses in decades. After a disappointing 201....
Posted on: Mar 10, 2016
There’s an obvious economic reality about the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks–demand for tickets often exceeds supply. This is especially true in a year like 2014 and 2015 when dominant horses California Chrome and American Pharoah raise....
Posted on: Mar 09, 2016
American Pharoah earned racing immortality last year by winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to earn the Triple Crown. Now the jockey that piloted him to victory–Victor Espinoza–is among ten nominees for the 201....
Posted on: Mar 08, 2016
Yesterday, Sunland Park announced the cancellation of their two major Kentucky Derby and Oaks qualification races, the Sunland Park Derby and Sunland Park Oaks. The track said that they wanted to preserve the integrity of the qualification process fo....
Posted on: Mar 07, 2016
A major race on the Kentucky Derby prep trail has been cancelled, at least for this year. Sunland Park has announced they have cancelled the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Park Derby and the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks originally scheduled for March 20. Su....
Posted on: Mar 06, 2016
Last year Awesome Gent was known for little more than being the stable mate of Todd Pletcher’s dominant two year old sprinter Sudden Surprise. This year the roles could be reversed and Sudden Surprise could play second fiddle to Awesome Gent. A....
Posted on: Mar 05, 2016
It’s not certain that race horses ‘feel pressure’ in the same way that humans do but if so the poster child might be Keen Ice. He’s by all accounts a very good horse. He’s got a spectacular lineage–he was sired by ....
Posted on: Mar 05, 2016
California Chrome captured the imagination of the horse racing betting public winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2014. To be honest, he’s never really let go despite a disappointing 2015 campaign that saw him only race twice due to inj....
Posted on: Feb 24, 2016
Todd Pletcher is one of the most accomplished trainers in horse racing and that makes the relative anonymity of his undefeated horse Zulu something of a head scratcher. Zulu doesn’t have any Kentucky Derby qualification points–yet. But wi....