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May

5 horses who could make the Travers Stakes special

Even though the Triple Crown has been less than compelling for most fans this year, think about all the great storylines setting up for the Grade 1 Travers Stakes in August at Saratoga. If the right runners stay healthy, the Travers might live up to its other name as the Midsummer Derby. Five horses could make the Travers the race of the year, with Rich Strike, Early Voting and Epicenter the most important 3-year-olds who could enter because of their big Triple Crown efforts and overall popularity. Those three colts offer great storylines for the Travers. For one, Rich Strike is within range of […]

May

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike won’t run Preakness

Kentucky Derby long-shot winner Rich Strike will not race in the Preakness Stakes on May 21. Owner Rick Dawson said in a statement: “Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent on the KY Derby, should we not run in the Derby we would point toward the Preakness, should we run in the Derby, subject to the race outcome & the condition of our horse, we would give him more recovery time & rest and run in the Belmont, or another race and stay on course to run with 5 or 6 weeks rest between races.” Rich Strike entered the […]

May

Aloha West, Jackie’s Warrior Rematch Set for Churchill

Last year Aloha West won the battle, taking the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) over favored Jackie’s Warrior in early November at Del Mar, but the latter won the war when he was named champion male sprinter for 2021. Those top sprinters will meet for the second time when they start in the $750,000 Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by Ford (G1) May 7, a much-anticipated tilt on the Kentucky Derby (G1) day undercard. Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint marked the first grade 1 start for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Aloha West. The Maryland-bred son of Hard Spun proved up to the challenge as he rallied […]

April

Stakes Lineup for LA County Fair Meet at Los Alamitos

Three stakes—including a graded event—worth $200,000, highlight the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos Race Course. The 10-day season is calendared to begin Friday, June 24, and continue through Sunday, July 10. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday opening weekend (June 24-26) and the final week (July 8-10) and Friday-Monday (July 1-4) the middle week. The Monday, July 4 program is a special holiday card and will contain a handicapping contest with two berths in the 2023 NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas on the line. Post time will be 1 p.m. PST each day. Looking for the best […]

March

Olympiad, Proxy lead a six-pack in the G2 New Orleans Classic

Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable and LNJ Foxwoods’ classy 4-year-old colt Olympiad is set to return to Fair Grounds from his South Florida base as the 8-5 favorite in Saturday’s 97th running of the $500,000 New Orleans Classic (G2). Run at 1 1/8 miles, the New Orleans Classic was carded as Race 9 of 12 with a post time of 5:08 p.m. EST. First post Saturday is 1 p.m. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, Olympiad cruised to a 2 1/4-length score in the $250,000 Mineshaft (G3) last month at Fair Grounds, stopping the timer in 1:42.01 for 1 1/16th miles and […]

March

Churchill Downs’ 2022 schedule includes Arlington Million

Led by the $3 million Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7, a record 53 stakes races that total $20.37 million will be staged at Churchill Downs Racetrack this spring and summer. In addition to the 44-day spring meet, which runs April 30-July 4, Churchill Downs will host a special one-day Arlington Million Day program on Saturday, Aug. 13, thanks to cooperation from Ellis Park, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Kentucky horsemen. Overall, Churchill Downs will host nine stakes races that previously were run at Arlington Park. Arlington Million Day on Aug. 13 will feature four stakes cumulatively worth $2 million: the […]

March

Kimari Sets Up for Madison Repeat in Season Debut Score

Kimari kicked off her 2022 season in style March 3 with a 5 1/4-length romp over four overmatched allowance-level foes in a $55,000 event at Gulfstream Park. Using the 6 1/2-furlong dirt event as a stepping stone to greater heights, trainer Wesley Ward said the 5-year-old daughter of Munnings will next target a return to top-level company in the April 9 Madison Stakes (G1), a race she earned on the main track at Keeneland last year. With Joel Rosario in the irons Thursday for her first start since a seventh against the boys in the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar, Kimari tracked the […]

February

Medina Spirit stripped of Kentucky Derby victory; trainer Baffert suspended 90 days

Medina Spirit was stripped of the triumph in last year’s Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner after a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday. The since-deceased Medina Spirit tested positive after the race last May for a steroid, betamethasone, that is legal in Kentucky but banned on race day. Medina Spirit finished half a length ahead of Mandaloun in the race, giving trainer Bob Baffert what was then his seventh Kentucky Derby title. Baffert was subsequently banned for two years by Churchill Downs following the positive test. Looking for the best online betting site and Live betting? […]

February

Scoops Dynasty comes into Los Alamitos Winter Derby off impressive trial victory

Big things will be expected from the winner of Saturday’s $212,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby at 400 yards. The last two winners have been among the nation’s leading 3-year-olds. Tell Cartel in 2020 and Flash Bak last year gained their first stakes in the Winter Derby and later won the Los Alamitos Super Derby in the autumn before finishing second in the Champion of Champions against older horses in December. Tell Cartel has been retired to stud, while Flash Bak will be among the favorites for Sunday’s Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship. Saturday’s Winter Derby field of 10 does […]

February

Cox Eyes Easier Assignment for Concert Tour

After fading in Fifth Season stakes, grade 2 winner may try an allowance race. After a disappointing comeback effort in the Fifth Season Stakes, the bar may be set lower for the next start of Gary and Mary West’s Concert Tour Running for the first time in eight months and making his first start since switching trainers from Bob Baffert to Brad Cox, the grade 2-winning Concert Tour was second after the opening quarter-mile in the Jan. 15 Fifth Season but faded in the stretch and concluded ninth and last in the mile stakes at Oaklawn Park. Looking for the best online […]

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5 horses who could make the Travers Stakes special

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike won’t run Preakness

Aloha West, Jackie’s Warrior Rematch Set for Churchill

Stakes Lineup for LA County Fair Meet at Los Alamitos

Olympiad, Proxy lead a six-pack in the G2 New Orleans Classic

Churchill Downs’ 2022 schedule includes Arlington Million

Kimari Sets Up for Madison Repeat in Season Debut Score

Medina Spirit stripped of Kentucky Derby victory; trainer Baffert suspended 90 days

Scoops Dynasty comes into Los Alamitos Winter Derby off impressive trial victory

Cox Eyes Easier Assignment for Concert Tour

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