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Just before mid-stretch She’s smooth switched gears to charge past a pair of duel leaders and quickly open up to post a six-length victory in the $205,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) on February 28 at Gulfstream Park. In that flash, the homebred Calumet Farm went from “promising second starter” to Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender, while […]
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher continued his supremacy in the Sam F. Davis Stakes Tampa Bay Downswinning the $210,000 Kentucky Derby (G1) prep for a record-extending eighth time – this year with a runner-up finish in the 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) Defector . For Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low’s Renegade, the Sam […]
The last Saturday in January, originally scheduled for three Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points races, will instead feature just one: the January 31 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) on Gulfstream Park. The other two Derby preps are the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3). Oaklawn Park and the $200,000 Withers Stakes Aqueduct racecoursewill not take place this […]
While Florida’s Road to the Kentucky Derby begins Jan. 31 with the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), north of Gulfstream Park, the newly crowned champion of last year’s 2-year-old men’s division is busy preparing for his 3-year-old debut at the end of next month Trainer Todd Pletcher named the undefeated 2-year-old male champion Ted Noffey is […]
A Mott-trained colt starting the Kentucky Derby (G1) course is hardly news. But the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) January 31 at Gulfstream Park creates a wrinkle because it doesn’t include a starter for coach Bill Mott, but his son, Riley Mott. One season after Hall of Famer Bill won the Derby and Belmont Stakes (G1) […]
As breeders already know, gamblers quickly realize it: backing In mischief And Rifle runner is a pretty good idea. Looking at the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager held at the end of November and comparing these results between both Byron King’s first Derby Dozen for BloodHorse, released on January 20, as well as the most […]
McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds announced the first reported foal of his first-placed, stakes-winning sire on January 19 on the social media platform Provocateur . The bay filly born Jan. 19 was bred in New York by McMahon of Saratoga out of Cassidy’s Reward, a winning daughter of The warrior’s reward . Cassidy’s Reward is the […]
The connections of Accelerate registered him for many firsts on January 17 at Fair Grounds Race Track and Slot Machines and the light-flying 4-year-old son of Omaha Beach appeared to accomplish its task. Racing for Spendthrift Farm and Repole Stable in the Louisiana Stakes (G3) Saturday, marking just his fourth career start, Accelerize made his […]
Manny Franco powered all riders to take top honors as the New York Racing Association’s leading jockey with 206 wins across the track’s six races in 2025. Franco, 31, claimed his fourth year-end title at NYRA after coming out on top in 2018/19 and 2023. This year, Franco, represented by agent John Panagot, scored a […]
The Graham Motion trained pair Beach bomb And No show Sammy Jo come in Aqueduct racecourse‘s $250,000 Long Island Stakes (G3T) as the horses to beat after remarkable final performances. Consistent turf router Beach Bomb, a Group 1 winner in her native South Africa, recorded a season-best Equibase Speed Figure of 111 in her most […]
