In commercial terms, the winners of last weekend’s Kentucky Derby (G1) trials represented – to borrow a phrase from Joni Mitchell – ‘the breadth of the extremities’. On one hand we have the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) winner. Plutarch and the kidnapper of Sam F. Davis Stakes Defector both from seven-time top sires In […]
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 […]
Dr.’s Stony Pointe Stables William Baxter Jr. go for it with New York-bred horses Fourth and one in the $200,000 Withers Stakes Aqueduct racecourse January 31. The 1 1/8-mile route for sophomores offers 20-10-6-4-2 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points to the top five finishers. Trained by Jeremiah Englehart, the Maxveld The gelding removed the blinders […]