The historic 144th Preakness Stakes takes center stage Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. A highly competitive, full field of 13 three-year-olds is heading postward and, perhaps, at least for this day, might curtail the seemingly unending controversy that continues to engulf the 2019 Kentucky Derby. 2019 marks the first […]
Calling the process that caused the disqualification of their Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security “bizarre and unconstitutional,” owners Gary and Mary West, filed a federal lawsuit late Tuesday over the May 4 incident. The federal lawsuit filing is in U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Kentucky, and seeks to have the […]
Maximum Security jockey Luis Saez is now officially suspended 15 racing days by Churchill Downs stewards for his ride in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. Maximum Security, although crossing under the finish wire first, was disqualified for causing interference leaving the second and final turn of the 1 ¼ mile race. […]
Country House, winner of the Kentucky Derby thanks to a controversial disqualification, is out of the Preakness Stakes. He joins Maximum Security, the disqualified horse, with both sets of connections electing not to run in the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 18, two Saturdays from now. The […]
It’s on to Pimlico and the Preakness Stakes for controversial Kentucky Derby winner Country House, but a rematch between the Bill Mott trained Derby winner and Maximum Security — first at the wire, but then shockingly disqualified — now seems unlikely. The DQ’d horse’s owner Gary West told the Today […]
Country House, a 65/1 long shot, is the stunning winner via disqualification of the 2019 Kentucky Derby in this, the 145th edition of the US’s most prestigious race. Former claimer Maximum Security at off odds of 9/2 crossed the finish line first over a sloppy racing surface. But, stewards, following […]
The opening favorite for the 145th Kentucky Derby, Omaha Beach, was a surprise scratch for Saturday’s Run for the Roses. The outstanding three-year-old was removed from the $3 million 1 1/4 mile race for three-year-olds late Wednesday, after trainer Richard Mandella and veterinarians discovered a concerning breathing problem. The Daily […]
Omaha Beach at 4/1 is now the morning line favorite for Saturday’s highly anticipated $3 million Kentucky Derby. It’s the 145th edition of the US’s most prestigious horse race. Barring any late scratches, the field is now set with Tuesday’s completion of this year’s post position draw. The Kentucky Derby is […]
Technology could soon be changing the relationship between Thoroughbred horses and their riders, with the first widespread use of a new, padded riding whips at Laurel Park in Maryland. On Thursday, all the riders at the suburban Washington, DC, track used the new, cushioned riding crops for the first time […]
All indications are pointing towards Bellafina as the post time favorite for the 2019 Kentucky Oaks on Friday May 3. The speedy three-year-old filly hails from the barn of upper-echelon, California-based conditioner Simon Callahan. The $1.25 million race, for three-year-old female runners, is the accompaniment to the 145th Kentucky Derby […]
A Los Angeles County task force will now formally examine the recent rash of equine fatalities at iconic Santa Anita Park. This from LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey in a Tuesday media statement. Here’s the Lacey announcement in its entirety: “I have formed a task force of experienced deputy […]
As has become customary over the past few years, jockey Hugh Bowman let Winx settle from her outside draw, ranging up on the far outside about mid-pack near the halfway mark of the 2000 meter turf race (just less than 1 1/4 mile), where she stormed home in her usual […]
The long and winding road to 2019 Kentucky Derby glory is nearing conclusion. Now, with the prep season at an end, the focus shifts to getting those horses that have made the grade all set for the biggest race of their lives. It’s less than three weeks to May 4, […]
Omaha Beach and Improbable at Oaklawn Park and Anothertwistafate and Sueno at Keeneland are leading the way into the final weekend of Kentucky Derby prep races. Saturday marks the final day to earn points towards one of only 20 starting stalls for the race every owner, jockey and trainer covets. […]
Winx, generally regarded as one of the greatest equine athletes ever to look through a bridal, takes her final bow Saturday at Royal Randwick Racecourse, in suburban Sydney. The “mare beyond compare,” now age 7, is in search of a 33rd straight victory as a farewell celebration on her way […]
Trainer Bob Baffert’s Roadster was the most impressive Thoroughbred in a trio of key Kentucky Derby prep races Saturday, each worth 100 points to the winner, guaranteeing an invitation to the US’s most prestigious horserace, now just four weeks away. Kentucky Derby officials limit the field in the 1 1/4 […]
An eye-popping field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls are contesting the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes Saturday at Kentucky’s historic Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington. And, it’s just one of a trifecta of Derby preps, the best group seen yet on the road to glory in Louisville, the first Saturday in May […]
US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) is seeking a temporary halt to racing at Santa Anita — to allow for a comprehensive investigation of a rash of equine fatalities at the iconic Los Angeles-area Thoroughbred track. The announcement late Tuesday by California’s senior senator follows 23 horse fatalities since the track […]
Smart horseplayers know very well that giving all horses in a race equal consideration is the wise thing to do — a handicapping principle clearly on display Saturday. That’s when two easily overlooked Kentucky Derby hopefuls – Plus Que Parfait for Brendan Walsh and Maximum Security for Jason Servis – were […]
Final exam time arrives Saturday for Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Florida and 7,827 miles away in Dubai. In these two far-flung locations, contenders are intent on proving they’ll have what it takes to enter the Derby starting gate on May 4, a scant five weeks away. At Gulfstream Park, near Miami, […]
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